Vancouver, BC, Canada. full post: <a href="https://www.matygo.com/careers" >https://www.matygo.com/careers</a>
Matygo takes the traditional university classroom and explodes it across time, space, and social dimensions. We've reexamined the problems historically addressed by an LMS[1] and built a globally accessible free system for university instructors that makes learning more efficient, removes redundancies in teaching, builds social and content graphs, and has already gained traction internationally.
We're a small founding team (two, both technical, plus an HN-hired intern) with a huge ambition to revolutionize one of the largest and most important industries on earth. We are seeking a developer and a marketing communicator. These will be our key first hires and will be expected to lead teams in the near future.
By far, the most important qualification is culture fit.
See the story of William Kamkwanba from one of our first blog posts (<a href="http://blog.matygo.com/post/518849458/announcing-the-matygo-alpha" >http://blog.matygo.com/post/518849458/announcing-the-matygo-...</a>) for our guiding philosophy.
Matygo is a GrowLab company (<a href="http://www.growlab.ca/" >http://www.growlab.ca/</a>), backed by top investors. We are still in the first quarter of the program - joining now means being able to go through most of the program including the trip to SF, Demo Day, Under the Radar conf, and meeting a ton of people.
Developer:
- We play with fun tech: our backend is a custom framework in Scala and our web frontend is Sproutcore. We need someone who can rock them both: Javascript experience is essential, and Scala would be fantastic (but Java + some functional is sufficient).
- Very comfortable with all levels of the web stack. Can implement a feature front-to-back from our db (schema design, mysql) to the css and js that makes our app hum. Rest, http, and tcp understanding essential.
- Good software engineering skills including testing (e.g. unit vs. integration - when to use which?), system design, and agile techniques.
Marketer:
- Great communication skills: Will be responsible for everything from our A/B testing our landing page and social media to partner and customer engagement channels.
- Familiarity with lean startup and customer development approaches.
- Possess the ability, drive, and vision required to play a key part in developing and executing Matygo's user acquisition strategy. We go direct to instructors (and students, in the near future).
- Sales and presentation/public speaking experience would be fantastic.
For both positions:
- Creative. Bonus points for side hobbies like music, photography, design, or any other creative expression.
- Desire to work startup hours and understand the commitment, responsibility, and rewards that come with being a first employee of a high growth startup.
- See 'how to apply': <a href="https://www.matygo.com/careers" >https://www.matygo.com/careers</a>
[1]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system</a>
Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (September 2011)