MaxSquare Inc.
LOCATION&lt;&lt;
New York City
WHO WE ARE&lt;&lt;
MaxSquare is developing a suite of capabilities accessible through SMS, mobile apps or the web that allows local businesses to leverage what we call the "the local marketplace API". We believe there is a huge opportunity in developing a better way for local businesses to interact with their potential customers and vice versa.
We are well capitalized through angel investors and positioned to leverage several key strategic partnerships once the initial product offering has completed development.
WHERE WE ARE&lt;&lt;
We've currently in RAD mode developing our MVP. For our MVP, our backend is built in MySQL and a web2py framework for the application tier. The frontend app is built in Sencha Touch (that will eventually be wrapped in PhoneGap) that communicates with the backend with a RESTFUL api. The backend and API is being developed in-house while the front-end is currently being contracted out.
We are looking for our #2, #3, #4, and #5 technical hires.
BENEFITS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT&lt;&lt;
We are located in an awesome private brownstone building that we have all to ourselves with a garden, kitchen, a nice break room, in a quiet neighborhood on the UES of New York. Mostly empty right now, with ample space to create an ideal work environment.
Founder title and meaningful equity stake.
Excellent health, dental and vision benefits.
Stocked fridge, free breakfasts, lunches, snacks, seamless &amp; postmates in the office.
Flexible work hours, no counting vacation or sick days. 
Choice of MacBook Pro or 2xCinema Displays (or whatever equivalent you want).
Build/choose your ideal workstation!
No forced work environment or corporate culture: All we care about is building the product and nurturing a very hacker-friendly culture. We are 100% hacker owned and operated.
A business that puts solving the problems of our customers first. Our investors and team only care about one thing: Building the best product possible. We care about creating technology that keeps small local businesses in their neighborhoods. Because who wants to live in a world where every other building is a bank, megabrand or franchise?
WHO YOU ARE&lt;&lt;
A world-class engineer passionate about building beautiful and, more importantly, useful products using bleeding-edge technology.
Someone who thrives in a startup environment and wants to be involved in building a company from the ground up.
Someone who pays attention to details, a perfectionist who is driven and comfortable working with rapidly evolving products. You are proactive about improving our products and you are able to prototype and iterate quickly.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR&lt;&lt;
--- CTO
Our current CTO will be moving into the COO role. We are looking for candidates with a strong full stack pedigree in web and mobile app architecture and will be responsible for designing a scalable architecture, overseeing product development and providing technical leadership.
Compensation in the range of 100-200K.
--- Backend Engineer
Will be responsible for writing and maintaining the back-end.
Open to developers with expertise in any modern technology stack - as long as you can make a case for it.
Must be able to collaborate and work with frontend engineers
Being able to support and work with the current back-end framework in MySQL and web2py is a major plus.
Expertise or knowledge in machine learning and/or natural language processing a plus.
Must be comfortable writing lots of code.
Compensation in the range of 50-100K
--- Frontend Engineer
Must be able to work with the currently contracted devs to finish the MVP in Sencha Touch, and possibly for future releases while in transition to moving to a native mobile app.
Must have a high level of proficiency in either native iOS or native Android development. Proficiency in both is a plus.
Must have some level of proficiency in desktop web frameworks to support a future release for desktop web browsers.
Must be able to coordinate with our backend engineer, so some knowledge of back-end architecture and APIs is required.
An eye for and/or competency in UI/UX design a huge plus.
Must be comfortable writing lots of code.
Compensation in the range of 50-100K
--- UI/UX Designer
Will be responsible for evolving our brand as well as the product itself.
Will be responsible for conceptualizing and creating a distinctive and elegant UX, UI and style guide that will be used across our products.
Must have proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator, or equivalent visual design tools.
Must be able to work with other developers to translate mockups into products, so some knowledge of front end markup code (HTML,CSS,JQUERY,etc.) is a plus or must be willing to learn.
Must have an eye for clean, beautiful, intuitive design that can translate basic AND complex solutions into fast and simple to user interfaces and user interactions.
Must understand that when it comes to UI, less is more.
Must be passionate about typography, icon design, color, imagery and graphic elements.
Must be passionate about the design of "everyday things".
Will have the unofficial title of Chief Design Officer and in charge of improving company aesthetics (stationary, letterheads, email templates, merchant collateral, business cards, office interior design/decorations).
A talent for creating beautiful and accessible ways to visualize data is a big plus.
Compensation in the range of 40-100K.
HOW TO REACH US&lt;&lt;
Drop me a line if you think you'd be a good fit: michael AT max2.com
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