Staff Engineer, Foursquare
Full Stack & Data Engineering
$148-242.3k
+ RSU's
Location data platform
Job no longer available
Location data platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$148-242.3k
+ RSU's
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create technology that constructs meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related field
- A minimum of 7 years experience in full-stack development and data engineering
- Experience with front-end programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Typescript
- Strong experience with backend frameworks, particularly in a Node.js environment
- Expertise in SQL and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc
- Solid understanding of data engineering concepts: ETL processes, data warehousing, data lakes
- Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
- Knowledge of data integration tools and big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark)
- Your own unique talents! If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above, we encourage and welcome you to still apply!
What the job involves
- Foursquare is looking for a Staff Engineer - Full Stack & Data Engineering to join our team!
- While we would prefer candidates based in or around our office hubs in New York City, Chicago, Seattle, or San Francisco, we're also open to considering remote applicants for this role
- The successful candidate will join the Foursquare Studio team. The Studio team set out to bring the most advanced geospatial technologies to the world that are powerful and easy to use. The team is building an analytics platform for accessing, enriching, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial data
- This role involves designing and implementing scalable web applications and robust data systems, ensuring seamless data flow and high-performance analytics
- Develop and maintain web applications using web technologies
- Design, build, and manage data pipelines for efficient data processing and integration
- Implement and optimize database systems and data warehouses
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals
- Ensure web applications and data systems' scalability, reliability, and performance
- Implement best practices in coding, data management, and data security
- Continuously improve and update skills in emerging technologies and methodologies
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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