Position: Senior Software Engineer (Backend Development)

Location: Santa Clara, Ca

Company:

Chegg located in Santa Clara, Ca is the premier nationwide supplier of
textbook rentals at colleges in the U. S. We are very well funded by
top tier VC firms like Foundation and Kleiner. We are growing rapidly
providing college students a much needed service. Chegg already has
a network of distribution at over 4,000 campuses. Chegg is a textbook
rental startup that lets college students rent books for a fraction of
the price they’d normally pay at their campus bookstores. After
identifying the books they need on the website, Chegg sends students
their textbooks within eight business days. Once they’re done with the
books at the end of the term, students simply toss them in a pre-paid
box and ship them back to Chegg. We also plant a tree for every book
you rent. More than 20 million trees a year are destroyed to make
books! Renting helps make sure we get the most out of our resources,
and by planting a tree for every book that’s rented, together we’re
giving a little back to Mother Nature. So far, we’ve funded over 100
acres of trees. That’s 100 football fields or 25 city blocks of worth!
Take advantage of this outstanding opportunity NOW!!!!!!!

Learn More about Chegg at

www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/17/confirmed-kleiner-perkins-gets-into-textbook-rentals-as-chegg-raises-25-million/

Senior Software Engineer (Backend Development) (Career Stability)

You love coding and building new things. You’re smart, you’re fast,
and most importantly, you always get it done. Admit it, you’re a
rockstar.

Chegg is looking for an experienced, energetic Senior Software
Engineer. The ideal candidate for this position has worked with
high-load, high-availability websites previously and must be
comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.

You love coding and building new things. You’re smart, you’re fast,
and most importantly, you always get it done. Admit it, you’re a
rockstar.

Chegg is looking for an experienced, energetic Senior Software
Engineer. The ideal candidate for this position has worked with
complex data driven scalable backend systems and must be comfortable
working in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities:

- Design, develop, and maintain new features for backend
systems supporting Chegg’s e-commerce platform

- Write clean, object-oriented code in both Java and PHP5

- Focus on scalability, performance, and data integrity for
these data driven backend systems

- Port legacy backend systems from Object-Oriented PHP to Java

- Operate in a fast-paced environment, following proper
software development methodologies, including unit testing,
participating in code reviews, and QA

Requirements:

- Strong background in object-oriented application development
using Java

- Ability to read, understand, and develop applications in PHP

- Experience refactoring legacy code

- Solid experience with MySQL, Schema design, and query tuning

- Experience working in a Linux/FreeBSD environment

- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work
effectively with all organizational levels

- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Contact:

We offer an a superb compensation package with lucrative equity in our
firm. We have such benefits as complimentary breakfast and lunch
daily, Laundry service, and subsidized gym membership. Most
importantly we continue to obtain funding from top tier VC in this
very difficult economic climate. This is your opportunity to realize
both technical challenge as well as providing a much needed service to
the market. Please send your information to herbnj AT gmail DOT com