Jobs at SideTour

Senior Rails Developer

Experience & Host Development

Content and Community Management

Senior Rails Developer

SideTour is looking for a Senior Rails Developer. This an amazing opportunity to be part of the early engineering team at one of New York’s most promising startups. You’ll have the chance to contribute to the next version of our product from the ground-up and shape the growth of the emerging peer-to-peer experiences and activities market.

Here’s what the right person looks like:

  • You have strong Rails expertise. Like, really strong.
  • You thrive on creating elegant, efficient code yet still have a strong passion for product design.
  • You have experience working in ecommerce and have a great understanding of payment processing, transaction security, and data management/reporting.
  • You’re serious about testing. You usually write tests before you write code. You’re as passionate about writing good tests as you are about writing good code.
  • You thrive in an agile environment. You’re accustomed to working off a card wall or with software like Pivotal Tracker or Trello and you wouldn’t have it any other way. You know how to suggest time-saving changes to the product team and present alternatives to help guide more efficient development.
  • You’re eager not just to implement code, but also to work tightly with the company co-founders and help decide long-term product strategy, feature prioritization, etc. We’re looking for input just as much as we want output.
  • You have a history of building things just for the fun of it. You’ve worked on consumer-facing apps and projects, have probably participated in hackathons, and maybe have a few articles or a blog about tech under your belt.
  • Experience or willingness to try and learn pair programming is a huge plus. We probably won’t pair 100% of the time, but we’ll do it as often as we need to.
  • Maybe you have a degree in Computer Science, maybe you don’t. But there is no question you’re an expert.

We’re strong devotees to the Lean Startup methodology. Our current product has been all about validating our market and collecting user feedback. Now we’re ready to build a world-class technology platform. And you could be one of the first people hired to build it. If that sounds like something you’re ready for, apply below.

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Experience & Host Development

We’re looking for someone to help grow the community of hosts and experiences on SideTour. This is a rare opportunity to be one of the first hires at one of New York’s most exciting startups. You’ll help shape SideTour’s experience and host development strategy and contribute to the growth of the emerging peer-to-peer experiences and activities market.

Here’s what our ideal fit looks like:

  • You love to hustle. You’re extroverted and highly energetic. And you will take a ton of initiative to develop relationships with and recruit some of the most talented and interesting people New York has to offer, from artists and musicians to top chefs and high-profile bloggers.
  • You have a knack for finding new ways to experience a city and its unique activities, culture, people and way of life.
  • You may have some Business Development / Sales experience, but even if you don’t, you have a bunch of ideas to identify and test various host recruiting channels/strategies and to bring on local experts and brands to host one-of-a-kind experiences on SideTour.
  • You’re always thinking of new ideas, testing them, and discarding the ones that aren’t working. You thrive in uncertain environments. And you’re thrilled about building something big. Real big.
  • You have strong oral and written communication skills and an ability to represent SideTour and our value proposition across the community.
  • You have strong personal and professional networks in New York City. If you don’t, you have the swagger needed to create them.

If this sounds like an exciting opportunity to you, apply below.

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Content and Community Manager

SideTour is looking for someone to handle our content strategy. This is an amazing opportunity to be the online voice for one of New York’s most promising startups. You’ll have the chance to help build our brand across the web and shape the conversation around the emerging peer-to-peer experiences and activities market.

Here are some of the things you’ll be doing:

  • Managing our Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts.
  • Posting content continuously. And constantly being on the hunt for good stuff to share.
  • Writing copy for blog posts, experiences, etc. in our brand voice.
  • Creating and managing a monthly calendar of upcoming content, themes, etc.
  • Serving as the spokesperson for SideTour and our hosts across social networks.
  • Here is what the right person looks like:
  • You need to have a ton of experience writing. If you don’t have a lot of writing samples to share with us, you’re probably not the right fit.
  • You have a deep understanding of internet pop culture and references. Being a social media addict would be helpful.
  • You’ve worked in the world of editorial, journalism or social media professionally in the past. Probably with at least 2 years of experience under your belt.
  • You view social media platforms as more than just work. You check-in on foursquare, you tweet, and you visit Facebook more than a few times a day.
  • You’re available as either a full-time hire or part-time freelancer (depends on your background/availability).

We need someone who lives and breathes the web, and is excited about helping spread the word about SideTour in order to build an amazing online community around our brand and our content. If this sounds like something you’d be awesome at, let us know.

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