Hi,<br><br>I haven't been able to make any recent meetings, so not sure if anyone remembers me, but I gave the "PyJS: Python in Javascript" talk a while back. Anyway, I'm now at a small web startup and we're hiring a developer. Send us your resume if you're interested, otherwise I'd appreciate it if you can forward this to anyone who might be. Thanks!<br>
<br>As for technologies we work with, we have a Javascript client that connects to a Python/Django/MySQL backend, plus an in-house natural language search engine.<br><br>- Steve<br><br>===== The Position =====<br><br>Lingospot is seeking a full-time software engineer/web developer to join our small startup team, developing a new generation of web content discovery technologies.<br>
<br>We're looking for the right person for the team, not just a list of skills. Someone who will be innovative and energetic in a fast-paced startup environment. As an early employee, your work and ideas will have a big impact on the company. Compensation includes salary and equity. This position offers fascinating challenges, long hours, and big opportunity.<br>
<br>===== About Lingospot =====<br><br>Lingospot, Inc. is an early stage web startup with funding, based in Los Angeles. <br><br>We've created an in-text search service enabling online authors to dynamically crosslink their content and increase reader engagement. Our algorithms automatically identify and learn the most interesting topics on any given web page, and dynamically connect readers to related content from across the Web. We use linguistic analysis and machine learning to rank the topics, and present the best ones to the readers as links via Ajax. When readers visit one of the links, our search technology finds the most relevant content for that topic, such as related articles, news, images and videos. Our goal is to simplify the discovery process by reducing the distance between readers and interesting content. So our challenge is: Given the webpage a person is reading, what related content will he or she find most compelling?<br>
<br>Check out our demo:<br><a href="http://lingospot.com/demo">lingospot.com/demo</a><br><br>Here are some recent press mentions:<br><a href="http://socalbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/conversation-with-nikos-iatropoulis-ceo-lingospot/">http://socalbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/conversation-with-nikos-iatropoulis-ceo-lingospot/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_web_what_is_the_killer_app.php">http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/semantic_web_what_is_the_killer_app.php</a><br><a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/09/clipsyndicate-videos-now-on-truveo-bebo-magnify-and-lingospot/">http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/09/clipsyndicate-videos-now-on-truveo-bebo-magnify-and-lingospot/</a><br>
<br>The technical challenges we work on include:<br>- web search algorithms<br>- natural language processing<br>- machine learning<br>- high-performance web applications<br>- web-scale modeling and data management<br>- large-scale data mining<br>
- interactive Javascript/Ajax<br><br>===== Required Knowledge =====<br><br>- Python (or Ruby/Perl for a strong candidate)<br>- Experience with web technologies<br><br>===== Desirable Knowledge =====<br><br>- Relational databases<br>
- Web app frameworks (Django, Rails, Turbogears, ...)<br>- Scaling web applications<br>- Html, CSS<br>- Javascript, DHTML<br>- C/C++<br>- Linux administration<br><br>===== Apply =====<br><br>To apply, send your resume to me at <a href="mailto:stevewedig@lingospot.com">stevewedig@lingospot.com</a>. Also please briefly tell us:<br>
1) Why you want to join a startup.<br>2) Why you want to join Lingospot.<br>3) When you are available to start.<br><br>