Jobs at ThisNext

We’re Growing!

ThisNext seeks dedicated, clever Web 2.0 pros to join our team.

Why work at ThisNext?

  • By creating a fun and hip community of folks who love to shop and share opinions on the latest and greatest, we are changing the way people shop online. It’s an exciting and ambitious task - and we need your help!
  • Work with a team of smart, passionate people right on the Promenade in Santa Monica only steps from the beach.
  • We’ve got an experienced team that has been involved with building many other successful Internet startups including Rent.com, Stamps.com, Citysearch.com, MP3.com, eMusic.com, UPOC, and Blogsmith.
  • We’ve got benefits! Full dental/medical/vision coverage, and a 401k. The fully stocked fridge and snack bar is pretty great too.
  • We’re not the only ones who love what we are doing. Read what people are saying about us.

Current Openings:

Technology and Operations

Systems/Network Administrator
Technology Requirements

In order to take over the administration of the existing system infrastructure, the successful candidate will be:

  • Experienced in managing a high availability, high scalability environment where uptime and speed are continually monitored and improved.
  • Well-versed in installing, configuring, and maintaining load balancers (LVS) and redundant architecture.
  • Experienced in setting up, managing, and troubleshooting MySQL database replication (master/slave) using statement based replication and binlog based replication.
  • Experienced with systems monitoring software such as munin or nagios.
  • Capable of supporting a large existing Perl / Mason / MySQL codebase on Linux / Apache.
  • Able to evaluate existing technology and continually improve existing infrastructure as we grow.
  • Comfortable monitoring and administering a (non-managed) co-location facility.
  • Well-versed in scaling web properties, with strong HTTP scalability knowledge.
  • Experienced managing an office environment consisting of multiple platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows).
In order to move forward, the successful candidate will be:
  • Innovative, with proven experience in solving hard problems with unclear solutions.
  • Capable of participating in implementation and interested in doing so.
  • Comfortable building and maintaining a data warehouse.  Knowledge of business intelligence techniques (ETL, star schema, etc.) is ideal.
Likely positive signs:
  • Candidate has strong hands-on experience managing large-scale multi-tiered architecture consisting of load balancers, web servers, database servers, etc.
  • Candidate has managed multiple large scale web sites (millions of visitors per month).
Management requirements

The successful candidate:

  • Will be comfortable handling a balance of long term and very short term initiatives simultaneously.
  • Will be comfortable in a very results driven environment with competing priorities.
  • Will have a strong sense of ownership of the existing systems and architecture.
  • Will have extensive start-up experience and a scrappy disposition.
How to apply:

Send your résumé along with a cover letter to Dan Paik (dan@thisnext.com).

Web Developer (Perl)
Technology Requirements

In order to be a member of the web development team, the successful candidate will be:

  • Experienced in software development using the Perl Mason framework.
  • Well-versed in software development in a linux environment using Apache, Perl, MySQL.
  • Basic knowledge in HTML, CSS, Javascript (AJAX), Flash.
  • Experienced in setting up, managing, and troubleshooting linux based development and production environments.
  • Experienced with scaling and troubleshooting code.
  • Able to quickly learn an existing codebase.
  • Comfortable modifying and building on top of another developer’s code (without requiring that all code be rewritten).
  • Well-versed in scaling web properties, with strong HTTP scalability knowledge.
  • Experienced in working together in a closely knit team environment.
In order to move forward, the successful candidate will be:
  • Innovative, with proven experience in solving hard problems with unclear solutions.
  • Able to work with minimal supervision.
Likely positive signs:
  • Candidate has strong hands-on experiencing writing code for a large scale web sites (millions of visitors per month).
  • Candidate has extensive experience using the Perl Mason framework.
  • Candidate understands technical architecture and the use of memcache, CDNs, and load balancers.
Management requirements

The successful candidate:

  • Will be comfortable handling a balance of long term and very short term initiatives simultaneously.
  • Will be comfortable in a very results driven environment with competing priorities.
  • Will have a strong sense of ownership of the existing code.
  • Will have extensive start-up experience and a scrappy disposition.
How to apply:

Send your résumé along with a cover letter to Dan Paik (dan@thisnext.com).

ThisNext Information

Copyright ©2005-2009 ThisNext, Inc.