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by mierle 4826 days ago

  San Francisco, CA and Cambridge, MA - Locu is hiring Frontend
  Engineers, Backend Engineers and Visual Designers -
  Full-time; H-1B OK

  Locu is developing technologies to change local search ($35bn
  advertising market by 2014) through a number of initiatives
  that help local businesses better connect with their consumers.
  As part of this vision, we created one of the world's largest
  semantically-annotated repositories of real-time small-business
  data, which is now distributed and viewable on sites like
  OpenTable, Citysearch and TripAdvisor (and more). We recently
  launched Locu.com, our local business facing product, that
  combines great tech and beautiful design to help local
  businesses better manage their online presence.

  Our beautiful offices are in downtown San Francisco, CA (Union
  Square) and Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square). Check out photos
  and learn more about our other perks: http://locu.com/about/jobs/

  Frontend Engineering
      
    If you are passionate about building products that will touch
    millions of merchants and hundreds of millions of consumers
    through the applications powered by our local data APIs, Locu
    is the right place for you. [JQuery, Less, Django, etc.]
      
  Backend engineering
      
    We started Locu out of MIT to solve real-world problems by
    leveraging the latest research in computer science. If you
    are looking to solve some of the most challenging problems in
    machine learning, NLP and human computation, you'll feel
    right at home. [Python, Django, Node.js, Postgres, Redis,
    AWS, etc.]
     
  Design
      
    We're looking for visual designers who are excited to
    redefine what the future of local business data looks like
    across web and print, and to create tools that put modern web
    technology in the hands of merchants.

  Interested? Drop us a line at jobs@locu.com. Please include
  "[HN]" in the subject of your letter. Learn more about us at
  http://locu.com/about/jobs/.
Link (photos!): http://locu.com/about/jobs/