We are a small, technology-driven, well-funded startup that's looking for the right people to grow our team. Our ambition is to build a market leading travel community while keeping our team as small and scrappy as possible.

The company founders have CS backgrounds from Stanford and Harvard and are deeply involved day to day in product development -- no MBA types throwing things over the wall to an engineering team. We've built web applications used by tens of millions of people every day like Google Calendar and Picasa and know what it takes to bring a product from conception to market success.

We pride ourselves on having fun, taking care of our employees, and above all else delivering value to our users.

Although we're a small company, we offer all employees competitive salary and benefits, as well as a few special extras of our own design.

• Competitive salary & stock options
• Health, dental, vision and 401(k) plan
• 3 weeks of paid vacation, plus holidays
• We'll fund up to $2,000 per year of your vacation travel
• Free lunch and snacks/drinks daily, and dinner if the team is working late

Software Engineers

We're a small, but high powered team looking for people who are excited about coming in and kicking ass right away. There is no set job description. One day you might be building a brand new feature, another teaching yourself how to develop an iPhone app, and another designing an algorithm that automatically matches people with the things they'd love to do in a new place.

Requirements

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent work experience
• Several years of software development experience ideally working on a consumer product (web or packaged)
• Experience working with Unix/Linux, Python, Mysql, Apache, Solr, JavaScript, information retrieval, network programming, and/or colo setup a plus
• Passion for travel is a plus too!

We provide all engineers with the best tools to do their job -- choice of laptop or desktop, PC/Mac/Linux, and a 30 inch monitor.