Jobs
We are a fast-growing startup based in San Francisco building the best social commerce experience in the beauty industry. We are looking for smart and passionate team members to help us build an an uncompromised, reimagined shopping experience. We have built a large, enthusiastic community of users already, and we have the opportunity to inspire and empower millions more.
We offer competitive salary, meaningful equity in the company and an endless supply of beauty products.
We believe in taking a long-term approach to building a product and company, not chasing or reacting to the latest trends. If you are interested in joining our team, please send a resume and cover letter about why you would be a good fit to jobs@beautylish.com.
Areas:
Engineering
We believe technology and design are the keys to building a great company and product. Our culture is centered around building extraordinary user experiences and doing so requires a technology stack that enables, not constrains. We are using a light web framework (Python/Pylons/jQuery) running on Amazon Web Services (EC2/RDS/S3/CloudFront). We believe that high quality engineering and design comes from simplicity, not complexity. We understand that simple solutions are not always the easiest solutions, but are worth the investment.
We’re a small engineering team with strong technical talent and lots of real experience in building scalable consumer internet sites (experience from YouTube, Google, HOT or NOT, Howcast, Linden Lab and Crunchyroll). We are looking for talented engineers that share our philosophy and are looking to make an impact. Above all, we look for passionate individuals who enjoy building product at any level of the stack and take pride in their work.
Software Engineer
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborating on the design of new and existing features
- Implementing whole projects independently
- Participating in peer code reviews
Things we look for include:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
- Commanding knowledge of Python, Ruby, PHP or Javascript
- Working experience with web applications, databases, and scaling
- Working experience building consumer products
- Obsession with code quality and analytics
- Passion for learning and continual improvement
- Personal software or web projects
- Active GitHub profile
Data Engineer
Your responsibilities will include:
- Identify and answer product questions using the appropriate analysis techniques
- Collaborate in designing, building and testing the effectiveness of product changes
- Analyze social behavior, sales and inventory to identify ways to improve merchandising recommendations and streamline operations
- Run user acquisition and retention experiments
- Measure infrastructure to identify bottlenecks and improve performance at scale
Things we look for include:
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent
- Commanding knowledge of Python, Ruby, PHP or Javascript
- Working experience with web applications, databases, and scaling
- Working experience building consumer products
- Obsession with code quality and analytics
- Passion for learning and continual improvement
- Personal software or web projects
- Active GitHub profile
Product
We're a heavily cross-discipline company with many moving pieces. Our product is more than just a website – it’s an experience and a brand that spans web, mobile, social and the offline world. As the first product manager, you'll be driving initiatives involving engineering, merchandising, design, editorial and fulfillment. If you enjoy many different aspects of startups, you will fit perfectly in this role as the liaison that glues everything together.
Product Manager
Your responsibilities will include:
- Coordinating the launch of new brands and products
- Defining new features for our web and mobile applications
- Managing the design/build/release process end to end
- Interacting with business/editorial/design/engineering teams
- Analyzing user behavior to optimize engagement and flows
- Understanding key metrics to drive strategic decisions
Things we look for include:
- Product or project management experience
- Effective communication skills
- Obsessive organization
- Data-driven problem solving
- Passion for building consumer tech
- Ability to move quickly and follow through
- CS or similar engineering background