Engineer/Hacker (SoHo)

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kikin makes the web more enjoyable by integrating search, social networking, sharing, your favorite sites, and when available, content that is relevant to what you are doing. kikin brings all of this to you immediately, i.e. no need to open a new tab, click over to a new site and/or go to search. kikin is a private company that was founded by successful serial entrepreneurs, and is located in exciting SoHo, New York City. For more details or to try kikin, please visit www.kikin.com.

kikin engineers work on a variety of hard problems (semantic indexing, named entity recognition, federated search, behavioral profiling, on-the-fly 3D presentation, latency reduction, etc.). We work in several programming languages to best solve each problem (Java, python, PHP, JavaScript, C++, Objective C); and by leveraging several programs and markups (Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, SVG), we design and build elegant user interfaces. Our application spans a user’s domain (browser plug-in with a JavaScript business layer); reaches our servers and CDNs; and extends to third party APIs (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Amazon). We learn something new and make our product better every day … and this is what makes it so fun to come to work.

Responsibilities

• Create great software to make Web and mobile experiences more enjoyable

• Enjoy problem solving and designing algorithms

• Write efficient and maintainable code

• Learn more about, disseminate and incorporate leading edge technology

• Walk the line between perfection and pragmatism

• Be a contributing member to a high-performance engineering team

• Embrace and extend company culture

Qualifications

Each candidate must have two or more of:

• Have already written a program that made life more efficient/enjoyable

• Deep knowledge of browsers and/or front-end scripting technology

• Cacheing, clustering, indexing, and database application development

• Ecosystem development via dissemination of APIs for third-party/public usage

• Core understanding of hybrid architectures and networking technologies

• Mobile (especially Android) application development experience

• Writing code every day coupled with the desire to mentor others

• Loves data! Charting, recording, exploring, and finding the underlying causes

• Sees the world as semantic relationships and translates that into code

• Interest in both the big picture and minute details

This position is full-time in New York City (SOHO). This is not a telecommute or contract role.

No third-party, sub-contractors/agencies. Unfortunately, sponsorships are not available.

  • Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience. Performance-based stock options; comprehensive healthcare; etc.
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