Foursquare is the leading independent location technology company, powered by our deep understanding of how people move throughout the world. Our solutions help businesses make smarter decisions, developers create more engaging experiences, and brands build more effective marketing strategies.
Foursquare’s platform includes Attribution, Audience, Pinpoint, Proximity, Places, Pilgrim SDK and Visits. As the industry’s first and only accredited company for location data from the Media Rating Council (MRC), this foundation powers all our solutions — those that exist today and those we have yet to build. Over 14 billion consumer-verified place visit confirmations help us keep our map and models fresh and up-to-date, building a phone’s-eye-view of the world with 105 million unique places of interest worldwide.
About the team
Foursquare is looking to hire a full-stack software engineer to our Targeting Interfaces Team. This team owns and develops Foursquare's industry-leading targeting products: Audience Designer powered by Factual and Audience Proximity powered by Factual. These products enable the world's largest mobile advertising and technology companies to build highly-customized, scalable audiences based on real-world consumer behavior.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain our industry-leading targeting applications
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Targeting Data Engineering, Infrastructure, and Client Success
- Help break down product requirements with team product managers into incremental units of delivery
- A focus on creating experiences that delight our customers
- Proactively seek out opportunities for improvement in all aspects of your role
Requirements
- CS Degree (or similar) or relevant work experience
- Experience building software in JavaScript, Ruby/Ruby on Rails, or Java
- Proficiency in implementing product features with React, Vue, or similar
- Familiarity working within an agile software development cycle
- Strong creative problem-solving skills
- Ability to recognize when to ask for help - we encourage our teammates to learn by asking the right questions
- Knowledge of data structures and the ability to identify trade-offs of proposed solutions
Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.
Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.