Software Engineer, Foursquare
Places Reporter
$104-175.8k
+ RSU's
Location data platform
Job no longer available
Location data platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$104-175.8k
+ RSU's
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
Role
Who you are
- The role requires Java or other object-oriented programming experience and a proactive approach to work
- At least 3-4 years of software development experience on backend systems or big data processing pipelines
- Proficiency in Java or other object-oriented programming, with a preference for experience or interest in functional languages
- At ease with technology, able to quickly pick up new technology and troubleshoot
- Proactive, able to take initiative and work independently
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Commitment to upholding high ethical standards in engineering and product decisions
What the job involves
- The Places Team is responsible for building Foursquare's Places Engine
- We combine billions of individual pieces of information into a comprehensive dataset of hundreds of millions of places around the world
- The role of a Software Engineer on the Places Reporter team at Foursquare involves working on the data ingestion pipeline infrastructure that the entire Places product is built upon
- They will be responsible for implementing new features and enhancements to Foursquare's core Places systems and data pipelines
- They will work with the Product Management and Design teams to determine requirements and implementation specifications. Collaboration with the Product Management and the broader Places engineering teams is crucial to enable a top-notch customer experience that allows Foursquare to meet its data freshness and data quality goals
- The successful candidate takes responsibility for the development, deployment, and support of Foursquare's production systems
- They also participate in technical reviews to ensure designs efficiently meet product requirements and user needs
- Facilitate getting data into our places dataset and the processes by which we handle inputs and turn them into actionable data made available to the rest of the team
- Maintain and innovate on the ingestion components and pipelines
- Collaborate with other teams, to ensure the smooth operation and integration of systems
- Understand how policies and processes interact with technical objectives and actively participate in shaping process and policy
- Contribute to broad architectural guidance to meet strategic organizational and business needs that are successfully adopted. Ships large systems, complex libraries or major pieces of infrastructure
Our take
Foursquare was originally built as an app that used mobile phone GPS to 'check in' at certain locations. Over time, it has transformed from a user location check-in app into a large location platform that provides analytics for several business and consumer products.
Foursquare operates in a crowded market, but by continually innovating, it has successfully fended off competitors. However, with the likes of Google Maps and Facebook Places in the same industry, it will continuously need to set itself apart. Foursquare shows its appeal, though: major players, including Twitter, Uber, Apple Maps, and Airbnb, to name a few, use the platform.
The company has an ambitious goal of bringing "Foursquare Everywhere", with part of its strategy to grow by acquisitions. For example, it acquired Unfolded, a geospatial analytics firm, to help enhance its analysis of location data. Foursquare has also made a deal with social media giant TikTok to provide insights into users' in-store activity to monitor the effectiveness of ads on the video platform, and with Constellation Network to give insights into restaurant and retail business traffic trends.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
May 2019
$150m
SERIES G
Oct 2018
$33m
LATE VC
Total funding: $394.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- Learning and development programs from individual contributors to managers
- Individual, professional coaching for all full-time employees
- Flexible time off - rest and recharge when you need it!
- Comprehensive and competitive health, vision, dental, life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Family planning programs via Carrot and Maven
- Employee Resource Groups to help you stay connected
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
Leadership
Dennis Crowley
(Co-Founder & Co-Chair)Having studied at New York University, Dennis co-created the big game projects PacManhattan and ConQuest before founding Dodgeball, which he managed after its acquisition by Google in 2005. In 2009, he co-founded Foursquare with Naveen Selvadurai.
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