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Rap Genius Seeks iOS Genius to Build Genius iOS App

1 pointsby tomlemonalmost 12 years ago
Rap Genius has come a long way: we&#x27;ve launched separate sites for news, poetry, and rock (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsgenius.com, http:&#x2F;&#x2F;poetrygenius.com, http:&#x2F;&#x2F;rockgenius.com). We&#x27;ve verified everyone from Sheryl Sandberg (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;HbN6U) to Teju Cole (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;MH3dW) to the ACLU (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;PofXg). But we still have no mobile apps!<p>Which is crazy because our mobile presence is arguably the most important part of the product. Someday, for the majority of our users, Rap Genius will literally BE &quot;that app&quot;.. and many of those users will be famous musicians and authors!<p>You see, right now is a very special time to be a Rap Genius iOS developer. You get to build the first version of a highly-anticipated app that will be advertised to millions of people every month on our mobile website (12M+ monthly mobile uniques), we&#x27;re lavishly funded (http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;tm73s) so you&#x27;ll eat a ton of sushi, ANDDD since our engineering team is only 6 people you&#x27;ll still have the chance to experience the &quot;small team&quot; vibe and help pick everyone else who works here &#x2F; &quot;define the culture&quot;<p>So if you&#x27;re a really talented iOS developer and you&#x27;re interested, hit up jobs@rapgenius.com with:<p>1. Your name and online identity – i.e., your Twitter, Github, Blog, Stackoverflow account, personal website, etc. The more info the better.<p>2. Location – only apply if you live in NYC or are willing to relocate (our office is in Williamsburg: http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;nnkez)<p>3. Educational background and most recent job (or just send your resume or whatever)<p>4. A little bit about your technical background, including something brief about what you like and dislike about the technologies you’ve used.<p>5. If you come in for an interview, you’ll start by making a short technical presentation to the team and taking their questions. Generally this takes the form of “throw up a screenful of code and explain what it does &#x2F; why it’s cool”, tho I’m down for whatever as long as it’s technical. What will you present?<p>6. THE MOST IMPORTANT: What have you built online that you’re proud of? Any cool designs to show off? Maybe send some code?<p>More deets on the job – it has some pretty serious bennies!:<p>- SICK salary &amp; equity. You won’t be taking a pay cut to work here (unless you&#x27;re an MD at a hedge fund..)<p>- Free bomb health insurance<p>- Unlimited free Seamless<p>- Gym in the building<p>- Whatever computer setup you want<p>- Free bike parking in the building<p>- We pay your phone bill and when you join we’ll upgrade you to the newest iPhone (or, IF YOU INSIST, Droid)<p>MUCH LOVE

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