Care to code? 5 awesome open developer jobs in LA

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Published on Aug. 05, 2015

Backend Software Engineer at Retention Science

Where you’ll be: Santa Monica
 
Who they are: Retention Science helps online businesses target, engage, and retain customers by analyzing massive sets of demographic, social, and behavioral data to generate 1-to-1 retention campaigns personalized to each customer.
 
What you’ll do: You’ll be building robust backend services and applications to help Retention Science’s clients visualize and interact with their data. Your code will touch millions of end-users. You will have full responsibility over your projects, and have a real sense of product ownership.
 
Who they’re looking for: If you have 3 to 5 years working on production web applications in Ruby on Rails or similar framework, then look no further. Apply for the position here!

Software Engineer at Google

Where you’ll be: Venice
 
Who they are: Well…. they’re Google. 
 
What you’ll do: You’ll be writing server-side code for web-based applications,
creating robust high-volume production applications, and building Google’s platforms, systems and networking infrastructure.
 
Who they’re looking for: Dust off that BS in Computer Science degree and brush up on your knowledge of Unix/Linux and large scale system design. Apply for the position here!

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Ruby on Rails Developer at b Spot

Where you’ll be: West LA
 
Who they are: b Spot is a game developer that specializes in legal gambling mobile games. 
 
What you’ll do: You’ll be working on the latest open-source stack alongside b Spot’s top notch engineering and development team. You’re responsible for developing your open source skill set and should be able to deploy the best tool for the job. 
 
Who they’re looking for: Familiar with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, CoffeeScript, nodejs, or CSS. Well if you’re comfortable with one of those technologies and have a Computer Science degree, go ahead and apply. Apply for the position here!
 

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Database Administrator at Legacy.com

Where you’ll be: Calabasas
 
Who they are: Since 1997, Legacy has been one of the top visited websites for the past decade, providing eulogies and service information for the recently deceased. They’ve moved to LA to build a new multi-faceted connected graph about people and their life stories.
 
What you’ll do: You will need a passion for Big Data and support MySql, Solr, MongoDB, Neo4J and Microsoft SQL Server, with the latest tools and technologies to ensure a high-level of performance, availability, security, and maintainability of all data systems.
 
Who they’re looking for: You must have high standards for quality and strive to consistently deliver high quality results with experience in managing MySQL and SQL Server database environments. Apply for the position here!
 

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Full-Stack Engineer at Tinder

Where you’ll be: Hollywood
 
Who they are: Tinder has revolutionized the dating world with a simple swipe-oriented matchmaking app. 
 
What you’ll do: You will work closely with backend engineers to develop and implement Tinder API endpoints while designing and building a next generation data analytics dashboard.
 
Who they’re looking for: You’d fit right in if you have experience with building data API’s, familiarity with Ajax design concepts, and 2+ years experience with any frontend javascript MVC. Apply for the position here!
 
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