International Team Engineer (Bebo)

International Team Engineer (Bebo)

Bebo (www.bebo.com), located in San Francisco, has over 40 million registered members viewing billions of pages monthly; it is the largest social networking site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand, and the third largest behind MySpace and Facebook in the US. Officially launched in July 2005, received the 2006 Webby Award People’s Vote as the best social networking site in the world.

Our people can boast demonstrated records of success in viral online marketing and social media, having come to us from such companies as Ringo, Tickle, BirthdayAlarm, Friendster, Google, Organic, and MTV. Bebo has enjoyed positive cash flow since day one, and received $15M from Benchmark Capital in one round of funding back in early 2006.

At Bebo you will:Expand your skills and grow your career with a creative, game changing team connecting friends, facilitating self-expression, and providing the full experience of media entertainment on the web; Enjoy a supportive work environment, flexible hours, fantastic office space in beautiful SF SOMA, and great perks (see below); Dive right into best practices of product, scaling, community, and the business sides of building a great web app.

We're seeking a talented engineer to expand our small, close-knit Bebo Internationalization Engineering team. Jump in and learn how to build and design viral websites throughout Europe. We're passionate about building fresh and useful web applications for ourselves and the millions of friends on bebo.com.

To qualify for this role you need:Java programming skills UNIX apps development skills Experience setting up web servers Experience editing and configuring LINUX boxes Debugging skills Some shell scripting I18n experience

DesirableExperience working with Resin app server Ruby and Ruby on Rails Experience with viral marketing or foreign language skills

In return we pay you a highly competitive salary and present you with:A wide selection of Medical, Dental and Vision plans to meet your specific needs; A Matching 401K plan; All the food and drinks to stay energized and healthy; On-site massage; Choice of a new MacBook Pro or IBM ThinkPad with huge (20” or 30”) LCD screen; Fun toys, games, parties and company trips to get keep mind and body healthy (disclaimer – some may consider Tequila or Beer as a non-healthy sport ;)) Respect and appreciation to who you are and what you contribute, regardless of your skin color, age, nationality, sexual orientation, political views, quirkiness, bank account, waist or chest size, hair style, etc..

Interested? Send your resume to Lisab@bebo.com with the job title in the subject line, please.