Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Signpost - Software Engineer, Sales Associate

Company Description

Signpost is making it easy for small businesses to manage their online presence, convert interested consumers and remarket existing customers. Our cloud-based marketing platform automates the myriad tasks required to effectively market a small business online, freeing owners to focus on what they do best.

We’re backed by some of the smartest investors out there (Spark Capital, Google Ventures, OpenView) and our business is taking off. We need talented, passionate and disciplined leaders who are looking for a challenge worthy of them at a place where they can learn, grow, and have real technical ownership.

You’ll be working on improving and scaling our Rails apps with backend services written in Node, but you don’t need to be an expert in either.
Job Description

You should:

    Have deep expertise in at least one high-level language - Python, Ruby, C++, JS, etc.
    Have a solid understanding of persistence and networking concepts and technologies
    Have a strong command of algorithms and data structures
    Be able to articulate technical concepts clearly and concisely
    Get excited about adding more tools and techniques to your repertoire
    Understand how to structure systems and programs for scalability and availability
    Know how to make the tradeoffs required to ship without compromising quality
    Know that investing in developing solid tests pays for itself several times over
    Appreciate agility and pragmatism in software development
    Thrive in a startup environment

Qualifications

We would love you to:

    Have an unquenchable thirst for new knowledge
    Understand how your code works down to the math and the metal
    Have in-the-trenches experience with NoSQL DBs e.g. Couch, MongoDB
    Know that the root of all evil isn't love of money, it’s premature optimization
    Be active in the open source community (send us your GitHub handle or tech blog)
    Always be striving to take your skills to the next level
    Enjoy coaching and mentoring junior engineers

Additional Information

Please submit your resume in PDF Format.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Opportunity:

As a Sales Associate at Signpost, you’ll have the opportunity to significantly contribute to the growth of our business. We’re a growth stage start-up with a competitive team. You will interact with senior management and provide input on the sales process and product at Signpost. This is a huge opportunity to join an exciting startup company at an early stage with potential for exponential growth and great financial reward.  We have a spectacular and unique culture: we fight for small businesses, we focus on impact, and we cheer when our team wins.

Responsibilities:

    Make 125 daily outbound calls to potential merchants across the country

    Develop and cultivate leads, which we provide you with, through your pipeline from prospecting and qualifying, to negotiating and closing (We provide you with all of the leads)

    Articulate Signpost’s service, benefits, and processes to potential targets

    Meet monthly sales targets according to sales plan

    Participate in weekly sales meetings and articulate market feedback to Signpost’s senior executives

    Be able to contribute significantly to Signpost’s unique team culture

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

    0-2 years of sales experience

    Ability to thrive in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment

    Exceptional communication skills both written and oral

    Ability to work autonomously while maintaining focus and work ethic

    A competitive team player who will do what it takes to win

We Offer:

    An early stage company experiencing tremendous, sustained growth across 40 US metro markets

    A base salary, a competitive uncapped commission structure, incredible benefits and Series-B equity

    A new laptop, coffee, soda, endless snacks, Wednesday breakfast, a kegerator filled with your choice of beer, a ping pong table, an award winning soccer team, a slightly below average bowling team, and a ruthless kickball team

how to apply

send resume to bkloss@signpost.com