Mixpanel's mission is to help the world learn from its data. With this goal in mind, we've built the world's most advanced analytics for mobile and web. We help companies learn how people use their products and applications so they can grow their business. Every company has something unique to them that determines their success, and Mixpanel gives them the ability to measure it.<p>More than 1000 businesses use Mixpanel, and we're growing rapidly. These businesses use Mixpanel to analyze over 10 billion actions every month to help understand how their combined 150 million customers use their products.<p>The thousands of mobile apps and countless websites competing for people’s attention every day only have a few seconds to grab and keep it. Analytics are their not so
secret weapon. A recent CMO survey shows that companies plan to increase spending on metrics by 60% over the next three years.<p>Our engineers<p><pre><code> * Demonstrate world-class programming ability.
* Collaborate and discuss engineering architecture.
* Care about system reliability and code quality.
* Will dig through source code other people wrote to fix problems no matter what.
* Are 80% vim, 20% emacs.
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As an engineer at Mixpanel, you'll be doing interesting work from day one. We have tons of problems to solve, from scaling the backend to writing intricate interfaces.<p>Expectations<p><pre><code> * You are a generalist looking to tackle any engineering problem from front to back.
* You have mastered one programming language. We mostly write Python, C, and JS, but it doesn't have to be one of those.
* You have a core understanding of fundamental computer science concepts.
* You understand performance tradeoffs.
* You have built (and are excited to show us) something you're proud of, outside of work/school.
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Financial considerations<p>We are profitable, and also backed by top-tier investors including: Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Max Levchin (co-founder of PayPal), and Marc Benioff (CEO of Salesforce).<p>Challenge<p>What's the hardest thing you have ever built? We'd be curious to find out!<p>We're based at 4th & Market in SF. If you're interested, drop us a line: jobs@mixpanel.com.