Software Engineer

WeatherBill, as featured in the Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times & Newsweek (see articles below) is a fast-growing A-list funded early-stage startup founded by ex-Google execs. We are looking for a superstar Software Engineer to join the team building our groundbreaking online financial products and services for managing weather risk. Candidates will use their strong engineering/analytical skills and personal drive to further innovate and maintain leadership in our new and fast-growing industry.

Your Qualifications:

Ambitious, driven, and talented individual who wants to work on challenging and potentially world-changing problems

Team player who feels at home in an open and flat-structured environment, and takes pride in a job well done

Strong all-round engineer who writes well-structured, easily maintainable, well-documented code

At least two years of experience developing with Java, Python or Ruby
Good knowledge of Internet Technologies, Java server and backend/database development

Experience with SQL, Hibernate, Java and J2EE technologies, XML APIs and other RPC mechanisms
Proficient in a Unix/Linux environment
Experience developing with Python and/or Ruby preferred.
Familiarity with financial concepts preferred
BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field from good university with high GPA; Masters/PhD preferred

What You'd Do:



Architect, build, and test new WeatherBill products and services
Develop and expand infrastructure to process high volume financial transactions and run fault-tolerant compute-intensive mathematics applications

Tackle a wide variety of engineering problems as needed - we are a small team and we all share roles

Brainstorm with the team and prototype new concepts and ideas rapidly

What We Offer:



A driven, motivated, and talented team that believes in working hard and playing hard

Energetic, idea-driven and transparent work environment
Exciting world-changing opportunity - we are striving to do something very big about something that affects everyone
Award-winning South of Market office across the street from South Park
Competitive salary and great benefits

WeatherBill is the first service to provide affordable and easy-to-use weather coverage to protect revenue and control costs for the millions of businesses impacted by the weather.

WeatherBill coverage is safe and reliable. There is no unnecessary paperwork, no claims process, no proof-of-loss and no waiting for payment. WeatherBill is the only service that enables customers to customize, price and buy weather coverage online in just minutes, and pays automatically when bad weather occurs.

In addition to weather coverage, WeatherBill provides free services for businesses affected by the weather. Our free weather correlation tools help individual businesses understand how weather impacts their financial performance. Our research reports provide insight into the ways weather affects all industries. We believe every business should understand how the weather affects demand, yields, costs, schedules and the bottom line. WeatherBill can provide the earnings protection critical to every weather sensitive business.

We are a fun team offering a great place to work. We strive to make a significant impact on the world and have fun doing it. Our team is an experienced group - we have worked at companies as diverse as Google, Intuit, Wells Fargo, Risk Management Solutions, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and more. We want to work with the brightest and the best, and are always looking for smart people interested in joining our team.

420 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA