Trendrr Careers

We're Hiring! Nov 28, 2012

At Trendrr.TV we’re always on the lookout for smart, creative people to join our team. We’re taking on exciting new projects every day and love to hear from people who share our passion for television, technology and social media.

Working at Trendrr.TV means becoming an integral part of a nascent industry with explosive growth potential. If you want to define the social TV landscape and work with top networks, advertisers and production companies, you’ve come to the right place.

A few things we look for in prospective candidates:

You live and breathe social TV.

You think like an entrepreneur, diving into problems and testing out a few of your own solutions before asking questions.

You can communicate equally well in persons, presentations, by email, and through social media.

You have a results-based approach to your work and strive to get things done.

You have no problem with deadlines and always follow through on your commitments.

Check out the full jobs listing below:

Software Engineer Nov 27, 2012

About Us:

Trendrr is the real-time data processing muscle behind Trendrr.com, , and other media experiences.

What we do:

We process approximately a hundred thousand content items per minute. We process streams from many different sources. We analyze each message for relevance, sentiment, anticipation, gender, and many other classifications. We provide targeted analytics and curated content streams to our clients. Our clients include major television networks, movie studios, and major marketing agencies.

How we do it:

We believe in agility, but we don’t subscribe to any programming dogma. We are constantly refining, building and refactoring. Practically everything we do is real-time. We have developed our own custom distributed real-time processing stack. Big O matters for most of the problems we tackle. Not satisfied with available real-time search solutions so we built our own. Our rich query matcher can easily check a content item against hundreds of thousands of queries in under a millisecond.We are always striving for new ways to find relevancy in content. (For example, we want messages about the show “House” but we don’t want messages about working on a house or buying a house, etc.). On top of rich query matching we have built a machine learning classification layer that can be hand-trained or auto-trained. We have classifiers already built that can tell whether a tweet is about the weather, politics, tv, sports, etc. Our stack is built on open source, and we believe in giving back wherever possible. Our API and backend is written in Java. We built a custom APIserver to handle real-time streams and REST requests at scale. Our front end is written in Python, with heavy amounts of JQuery JavaScript. We handle about 6000 writes to MongoDB per second and we store 10’s of terabytes of data.

We’re looking for someone who:

  • Loves to code
  • Is entrepreneurial and can work with limited guidance
  • Can solve challenging problems with elegant solutions
  • Is interested in big data and real-time processing
  • Can code in Java and Python
  • Enjoys learning new technologies and picking up new skills
  • Is familiar/interested in nosql, especially MongoDB and Redis
  • Can take direction both in person and remotely

What you get:

  • Benefits
  • To work with and develop the newest technologies (MongoDB, Tornado, Git)
  • See your work go into production right away
  • The chance to work in NYC’s trendiest neighborhood with a fun and talented team
  • The opportunity to disrupt dinosaur industries that have it coming
  • To ride in a huge freight elevator every morning

How to apply:

Send us a resume, github username, and/or any project that we can look at to: careers [at] trendrr [dot] com

Python UI Engineer Nov 27, 2012

Always wanted to work for a tech start-up? Well Trendrr’s got that covered:

  • loft offices in a trendy neighborhood – check
  • people whose idea of public transportation is a skateboard – check
  • lots of creative freedom and significant product input – check

Responsibilities

  • Work with the product and engineering teams to create fantastic products
  • Write code that pushes the limits of modern browsers while degrading gracefully for the older ones
  • Champion best practices for front-end development
  • Create front-ends that make other people jealous

 

Requirements

  • Front end Python skills
  • An understanding of modern Python frameworks
  • Fluent with the latest layout technologies (HTML5/CSS3)
  • Comfortable working with MVC and ORM patterns
  • Experience with Python templating (we use Mako)
  • Expert knowledge of JavaScript programming with and without frameworks (we use jQuery)
  • Comfortable working with REST APIs
  • Ability to write well-abstracted, reusable code
  • Git
  • Basic Linux familiarity (ubuntu)

 

Bonus skills

  • Experience working with nosql databases (MongoDb, Redis)
  • Streaming tech: Websockets, Comet
  • Experience with deployment technologies (fabric, puppet etc)
  • Experience working within the Amazon Web Services Cloud

 

Our ideal candidate

  • Gets it done
  • Is entrepreneurial and can work with limited guidance
  • Can solve challenging problems with elegant solutions
  • Is passionate about developing the best possible user experiences
  • Enjoys learning new technologies and picking up new skills
  • Can take direction both in person and remotely

 

About Trendrr
Trendrr is a real-time data processing platform that powers Trendrr.TV and lots of other media experiences. We’re an agile start-up that’s growing rapidly. Our stack is built on open source, and we believe in giving back wherever possible.

How to apply
Send us a resume, github username, and/or any project that we can look at to: careers[at]trendrr[dot]com

SALES Nov 26, 2012

Background:

We’re seeking passionate and dynamic sales professionals to join the Trendrr.TV team. If you’re excited about the future of social TV and the evolving entertainment space, get in touch.

Skills Required:

  • Proven track record of sales success with 2-3 years experience
  • Ability to identify ongoing sales opportunities and close business
  • Established relationships in the TV and media business
  • Passion for the future of social TV
  • Problem solver with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • Top notch communication and interpersonal skills
  • Social by nature
  • Results driven

Benefits

  • Competitive base compensation and commission structure

Apply:

Send us a resume and cover letter to careers[at]trendrr[dot]com. Please include any links to your blog, Twitter, or any other social media accounts.

Television Analyst Intern Winter/Spring 2013 Nov 25, 2012

At Trendrr.TV we’re always on the lookout for smart, creative people to join our team. We’re taking on exciting new projects every day and love to hear from people who share our passion for television, technology and social media.

Background:

Trendrr.TV is currently looking for a TV and social media enthusiast to join our team. The analyst will play an integral role in feeding television data to our intelligence platform.  The position will involve scouring twitter, blogs, forums and other sites to understand the composition of a show.  In addition, you will gain access to fast-growing small business at every level of strategy, operations, and client relations.

Skills Required:

  • Relevant data/statistical analysis experience
  • Possess strong communication skills to support analytical assets
  • Interest in consulting in the media/technology space
  • Candidates should be able to work independently

Apply:

Send us a resume and cover letter to careers[at]trendrr[dot]com. Please include any links to your blog, Twitter, or any other social media accounts:

Business Development Internship at Trendrr: Winter/Spring 2013 Nov 28, 2011

Trendrr is a New York-based business intelligence web service for digital and social media.

We are seeking an intern to join our startup to assist with business development, market research and product management. You will have first-hand exposure to how a fast-growing small business manages its day-to-day strategy, operations, and client acquisition.

Role Description:

  • Client relationship management
  • Reporting and social media analysis
  • Project management within application
  • Market / competitive research

Hours:

We are looking for candidates who can work at least 20 hours per week during Winter 2012.  Schedules can be tailored with flexibility around school and other activities. We offer a minimal daily stipend and we will work with your institution to provide college credit for your time (when applicable).

Skills / Experience Required:

  • Strong analytical skills
  • Written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment and complete multiple tasks quickly and effectively
  • Self-starter combining a high-level of business acumen with strong organization skills
  • Currently enrolled in / or have a college degree

Big plus:

  • Prior startup experience
  • Exposure to data / statistical analysis
  • Enjoys building an innovative web application that makes customers happy

Apply:

Please email careers [at] trendrr [dot] com with your:

  • Resume
  • Cover letter
  • Links to your blog, Twitter, and other social media accounts
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