Blurb Inc - San Francisco, CA, various positions [H1B] [TN]
The following positions are open as of an email that HR sent out on 2013.08.30:
(US) PR Manager
(US) Senior Payroll Accountant
(US) Senior Financial Analyst
(US) Software Engineer: Creation Tools, Desktop Application Developer
(US) Sr. Platform Services Engineer
(US) Senior Software Engineer: Web Team
(US) Operations Associate
(US) Technical Support Representative
I can't really speak to all the other positions, but I've been on the Web team for 5 week now and I'm really happy here.
30 second intro: <a href="http://blurb.com" > is on-demand publishing of print media. Say you want a book. They have a variety of tools that you can use to lay out, print, and sell your book. They're a medium sized, stable company with a cool product that people like to use.
As for my experiences: I'm on the web team. We've developed a lot of the front end stuff that users use to interact with the various book layout tools. We're primarily a Ruby/Rail team, though we're taking on more Javascript frontend stuff (primarily backbone, though we're looking into using some ember.js)
Blurb is a nice, stable place to work where you can come in, have a good time working, and go home at a reasonable hour. They strongly value work/life balance, and they don't want to burn you out. I can't speak a ton for what it's like to work here; as I mentioned I only recently started. But they seem to be doing a lot right.
If you're looking for a solid place to work, and don't have the fortitude to handle the ups and downs of an early stage startup (eg. if you like getting paid on time and with money, not stock), drop me a line: therd at blurb dot com
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