Web Engineer

Created on 24-04-2018

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Description

HotelTonight makes it remarkably easy to book great hotels at amazing rates on your mobile device, for tonight, tomorrow and beyond. Our goal is to be the premier and most loved way to book a place to stay and we’re looking for a Web Engineer to help do just that.

In addition to our native apps, we also have a mobile web app and responsive desktop website that serve as initial touch points for new customers and partners. In this role you will have primary responsibility over the desktop website, and also work in concert with the existing mobile web team to further develop and integrate the two sites.

WITHIN 1 MONTH, YOU WILL:

Familiarize yourself with our CDN infrastructure and various web components.

Make changes to existing content pages to align with current strategy.

WITHIN 3 MONTHS, YOU WILL:

Work with product and marketing teams to implement a new SEO strategy

Work on new features in our mobile web app and other special projects

Collaborate with stakeholders across the company to launch new content pages

WITHIN 12 MONTHS, YOU WILL:

Have primary ownership over both the front-end and back-end of our content website.

Propose and implement architectural changes to the way the various components of our website fit together to meet evolving content strategy and scaling needs

Work with a broad array of front-end and back-end technologies powering various areas of our website

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

Extensive experience as a full-stack web developer in at least two languages/frameworks

Experience with multiple web development paradigms, both back-end rendered and single-page apps, and understand the tradeoffs between them for optimal architecture

Familiarity and interest in working with React / Redux on the front-end and Ruby on Rails / Node on the backend.

Good understanding of HTTP fundamentals and CDNs

Have a generalist mentality and desire to work with a variety of technologies

Pragmatic and creative thinking about how to put technical solutions together in a diverse environment

An interest in the broader operational picture of the company besides just the engineering piece

Bonus points for specific experience with: Webpack, Varnish, MySQL / PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Ansible, Packer, or Terraform

WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM US:

An official Best Places to Work as listed in the SF Business Times (2 years running!)

The opportunity to define mobile commerce and change the way people book travel

A people-focused organization dedicated to making sure you're challenged, learning, growing, and recognized for all your great work

The camaraderie of a driven, agile team that is building something disruptive

A beautiful workspace at Market & 5th St

Excellent health, dental, vision and 401k plans, and stock options too

Support in creating clear professional goals that drive you to do your best work

An environment in which you can learn skills and new processes to further your career

Fun stuff — quarterly travel stipend, flexible time off, catered meals, subsidized cell phone plans and fitness memberships, access to our very own hotel-inspired full bar, and the opportunity to spin the HT Roulette wheel to win a spontaneous weekend getaway!

Benefit

Flexible

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