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Who We Are SNAP Interactive in 150 words or less SNAP Interactive builds AYI, a leading social dating app that leverages data from Facebook and other API s to help users find people who share their interests. We are redefining the way people meet and socialize online by enabling discovery of mutual friends and interests. As a publicly traded company (Ticker: STVI), SNAP balances financial stability with an innovative startup environment, providing the best of both worlds. AYI - Are You Interested, is one of the largest social dating apps on the web with over 65 million installs. AYI integrates directly with Facebook and is available on multiple platforms including web, mobile web, ios, and Android. With millions of monthly active users on our Facebook app and one of the top highest grossing iphone apps in the entire itunes App Store, we are in a unique position to positively affect the way people meet and interact on the new social web. Come work with a team that is innovating at the crossroads of big data, social, geolocation, and mobile! SNAP Fun Fact #1 SNAP stands for Social Networking Application Provider
Where We re Going The future is bright. Bring sunglasses. SNAP has plans that will change the social dating landscape. We are at the intersection of mobile and social, speeding through vast amounts of user data to define the next generation of personalized discovery for meeting fun people locally. Why is SNAP the perfect company to take the next step in social web? On one hand, SNAP is a lean, adaptable, and innovative company. We have made a place for ourselves by quickly recognizing and taking advantage of opportunities. On the other hand, we have a massive user base and over one billion pieces of structured interest data. These give us the ability to rapidly test our ideas, iterate, and perfect. AYI is currently growing by thousands of new profiles per day. This is a great opportunity to be an early employee at a rapidly growing company that is also publicly traded. SNAP Fun Fact #2 SNAP is 36th in Deloitte s Fastest 500 growing companies in North America
What s in it for You Build super cool stuff At SNAP, not only will you be pushing the frontiers of the social web, but with over 65 million installs, the work you do will be seen by millions of users. We re proud of how far we ve come with AYI, but we re just getting started. We have a ton of innovative ideas around mobile, social discovery, and big data that we believe will move the needle for us in a big way. Want to be a part of that? Here are some of the cool features that we have built recently: Cross Platform Integration A single account with seamless access to your mobile device, Facebook, and the Web. Real-time notifi cations when a compatible match is nearby. Real-time, cross platform chat. And some of the hot technologies that we use: Neo4j Gearman Solr Hadoop Node.js Mysql SNAP Fun Fact #3 SNAP provided over 720 free massages to its employees in 2012
Why Working Here Rocks Work hard. Play hard. Repeat. Our conference rooms are named after our favorite video games. Our walls are white boards. Our ping-pong tournaments are epic. We have set time for our own innovation projects, free massages every week, and free snacks and drinks every day. We give away free Knicks & Rangers tickets, have company-sponsored happy hours, $2,000 training stipends, and cheese plates at our book club meetings. Engineers can work from home 1 day a week and we have short Fridays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. We offer competitive compensation including salary + stock options + guaranteed annual bonuses + full medical benefits (100% covered for employee) + 401k matching + training stipend + gym discount. Our environment is fun and relaxed, our products are ambitious, and our team is the brightest in NYC. SNAP Fun Fact #4 The Mega Man post-it art on our window can be seen from Penn Station
Work it - Like a Boss A word from our serious(ish) founder First and foremost SNAP is about the people. And the products. And the culture. And of course the ping pong! It s a challenge to balance so many top priorities but we ve always been an ambitious company! We believe the phrase work hard. play hard. repeat. epitomizes the environment we ve created here. At SNAP we bring together the best and the brightest people we can find, all unified behind a common goal: to solve problems and build great products. And we do it in a relaxed and fun atmosphere that people really enjoy spending time in. As we watch the company grow, it s as rewarding meeting new team members as it is working with ones who have grown into old friends. Now, we look forward to meeting you! - Cliff Lerner SNAP Fun Fact #5 Each employee gets a personalized red Swingline stapler after one year
Words to work by SNAPpers tell it how it is I love collaborating with the smartest and coolest people in New York to scientifi cally solve challenging problems. - Nick, Director of Engineering I love SNAP s focus on creating an open environment for learning and innovation. Plus, we get free massages. Can t go wrong with that! - Nicole, Social Media Manager SNAP gives me the freedom to research and implement the things I want to be working on. The ping pong tournaments are a nice little bonus too. - Daniel, QA SNAP puts employees fi rst. Everybody loves coming to work. I really do feel I landed on something special when I came to SNAP. - Lisa, Web Designer With me, it s all about the people. I m surrounded by genius individuals from whom I can learn a great deal. - Cyriel, Software Engineer SNAP Fun Fact #6 Monthly hackathons let SNAPpers squeeze their own creative juices
Words to work by: Part II SNAPpers share more good vibes I love working at SNAP because its a place where you can truly enjoy coming to work everyday. Everyone takes pride in their work and working for such a great company. Every day here is different and the interactions between employees make it even more memorable. - Mallory, Community Manager SNAP offers a unique learning environment full of experimentation and technical challenge where you ll learn new things every day and can contribute from day one. - Mike, Software Engineer Everyone here is here for the right reasons: to create whatever makes our members happy and our company successful. - Josh, Product Manager SNAP Interactive gives me the ability to collaborate with a team comprised of the most intelligent and creative individuals I have ever met. - Paul, Software Engineer SNAP Fun Fact #7 SNAP s top free snack is the Quaker Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar
What They re Saying Press mentions - don t take our word for it We are proud to honor SNAP as [36th among] the 2012 Technology Fast 500 companies, and commend them for their outstanding growth, said Eric Openshaw, Deloitte vice chairman. These ground-breaking companies have outpaced their competition and are reinventing the way we do business today. - SNAP Press Release Brainstorming is very much encouraged here. Have an idea? No need for paper. Just go to the nearest wall. - Business Insider, Why Gamers Love working For Facebook Dating-App Developer SNAP Interactive AYI (Are You Interested?), is one of the largest websites and apps designed to help users find their mates, but it works in an unconventional way. Users allow the app to access their Facebook profile, and people are then are paired based on interests [and] mutual friends - Time Since they implemented their friends of friends feature in March, AYI boasts that over 2 million connections have been made through the new feature. Over 72,000 users have been directly messaging their friends to ask about a potential date - TechCrunch More people talking about us SNAP Fun Fact #8 SNAP sponsored happy hours keep spirits high (along with bad puns)
So, Are You Interested? http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&docid=ofo0mnqxkkptsm&tbnid=l8ias_ndyzmei M:&ved=0CAgQjRwwAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoderwall.com%2Fteam%2Fcoderwall&ei=ctkvUYjtDqaV0QG3t Our people are our best ingredient (Yum!) IGoBA&psig=AFQjCNE0vAvQKOi5Xh8VuZQES4I21hM5Zw&ust=1362176754309913 We are currently looking to add top-notch Follow us on: people in the following positions: Life@SNAP Blog ios Engineer Coderwall Growth Hacker Product Manager Github Junior to Mid-Level Developer Data Analyst To apply, send your resume to: jobs@snap-interactive.com * All stats are current as of October 1, 2013 snap-interactive.com