Congrats on the launch!
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Hi - founder of Lob (YC S13) here. We're looking for software engineers who would like to join our New Product Development team that is responsible for building the next gen of our offline data API products.
Info here: https://lob.com/careers/1895237
If you think you're a good fit, feel free to shoot me a note directly too (harry [at] lob [dot] com)
These guys are doing this, as I believe are many others.
HZ
Thanks for the note. We obviously have bulk rates that get competitive when you get to higher volumes. Feel free to contact sales@lob.com if you are interested.
One thing to consider is you are ordering 100s of the exact same postcard. If you had to print out 500 different postcards, each going to 500 different addresses that you had to write, then apply postage to all 500, all of a sudden your time saving becomes hugely valuable. Not to mention you need to shop around for a printer, handle the image and prepress process, etc.
I think you'll find that if you shop around to competitors we are very competitive and in fact beat pricing with other comparable APIs.
http://mikerooney.rowk.com/2014/04/22/easily-sending-postcar...
Another concern is in bars - your CC# gets a tiny bit wet (drunk ppl, spilled drinks on table, etc.). Does this card stop working if its splashed a little?
My two cents.
This is awesome though.
Post has been updated to reflect this. Most our candidates actually appreciate the personal experience and we don't just bring anybody into a trial run unless we're already mostly sure we're ready to make an offer. I think that everyone who has gone through the process thus far can speak positively on it. It isn't just a one sided street, candidates can get a sense for whether THEY will like the job, team, and culture at the company as well.
Other people have done similar things (longer timeframes even) with good success. See David w/Weebly: http://www.sequoiacap.com/grove/posts/akzj/trial-week-our-hi...
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Email us at jobs@lob.com with your Github link, resume, and any additional details you'd like to share with us.
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Company
Lob is creating a suite of API’s to revolutionize how companies operate. Our first API is a Cloud Printing API. Our product enables developers to programmatically facilitate printing and fulfillment. If you are passionate about API’s come help create the next wave of great API’s at Lob. Lob is a graduate of the YC S13 class and backed by leading internet venture capital and angels.
Team
We are currently a 3-person team (from AWS and Microsoft) based in San Francisco. We are looking for other passionate people who share our vision that API’s will eat up the world.
Job
We are seeking a software engineer to build the best cloud printing platform on the planet. You will be the first engineer to join and as such will have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of Lob’s APIs.
Responsibilities:
• Own the framework of the API that is the core of Lob’s business.
• Work directly to define, architect and build new Lob APIs.
• Drive towards successful deliveries of scalable, maintainable
and secure code.
• Create and define engineering best practices.
• Tackle challenging problems in distributed computing, HTTP, API
design and more.
• Build and maintain client libraries for our API in a number of
languages including PHP, Ruby, and Python.
Requirements:
• Experience leading engineers in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working with API’s and HTTP, preferably in PHP and Ruby.
• Full-stack development skills.
• Hands on. Passionate. Persistent. Creative.
• Experience with AWS.
Perks:
• Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependent(s).
• Open vacation policy.
• Commuter benefits.
• Free lunch, dinner snacks and stocked fridge.
Software Engineer #1
Email us at jobs@lob.com with your Github link, resume, and any additional details you'd like to share with us.
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Company
Lob is creating a suite of API’s to revolutionize how companies operate. Our first API is a Cloud Printing API. Our product enables developers to programmatically facilitate printing and fulfillment. If you are passionate about API’s come help create the next wave of great API’s at Lob. Lob is a graduate of the YC S13 class and backed by leading internet venture capital and angels.
Team
We are currently a 3-person team (from AWS and Microsoft) based in San Francisco. We are looking for other passionate people who share our vision that API’s will eat up the world.
Job
We are seeking a software engineer to build the best cloud printing platform on the planet. You will be the first engineer to join and as such will have an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of Lob’s APIs.
Responsibilities:
• Own the framework of the API that is the core of Lob’s business.
• Work directly to define, architect and build new Lob APIs.
• Drive towards successful deliveries of scalable, maintainable
and secure code.
• Create and define engineering best practices.
• Tackle challenging problems in distributed computing, HTTP, API
design and more.
• Build and maintain client libraries for our API in a number of
languages including PHP, Ruby, and Python.
Requirements:
• Experience leading engineers in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working with API’s and HTTP, preferably in PHP and Ruby.
• Full-stack development skills.
• Hands on. Passionate. Persistent. Creative.
• Experience with AWS.
Perks:
• Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependent(s).
• Open vacation policy.
• Commuter benefits.
• Free lunch, dinner snacks and stocked fridge.
We ship worldwide and takes us 2 days to process/print the order...then the only variable is shipping time based on the speed you want (so overnight to ground depending how fast you need it).
Over the past few years, private investors have begun trying to make big changes in Detroit. These are big name guys like Dan Gilbert (Detroit Venture Partners) and Bill Ford (Fontinalis). Each have started VCs that have made heavy investments to help Detroit's tech community grow. The Madison building as discussed in the article only popped up in the recent years, supported by DVP.
To be clear, I'm not talking about the entire Detroit metro/city area. The area that is on the up and coming is the area from Grand Circus Park up through Woodward right up to the Quicken Loans building. In the recent few years, Dan Gilbert along with other private investors has been buying up properties and renovating buildings. Practically every building in this 1 mile stretch is now owned by Dan Gilbert and is in the processed of being renovated and used by companies. For example, right next to the Madison Building, Detroit Labs has moved in.
You can see some of the vision for the future of Detroit right here:
http://blog.thedetroithub.com/2013/03/28/look-dan-gilbert-la...
Not only that but there is a stronger young professional population in this area. In the past 2 years, huge buildings like the Broderick Tower (http://brodericktower.com/) have been completely redone and turned into apartment buildings. These buildings are FULLY booked and are filled with young professionals.
From a security and safety perspective, Detroit isn't the safest city but isn't as bad as some people may suggest. The stretch down Woodward is actually VERY safe. In the past two years, there has been outdoor security cameras installed EVERY single block all the way up to Quicken Loans building. Dan Gilbert has hired private security contractors who monitor these cameras 24/7. In fact, I'd argue that strip of downtown is safer then MANY cities. As a whole, the outskirts and further away from Downtown is a different story (near Wayne State, etc.). This article is focused on the change happening downtown, not the entire city. It's going to be a many years coming to but for someone having grown up close to Detroit, it's crazy to see the level of change happening in the past 2-3 years compared to the previous 10 years...and it's all starting in this 4-6 block section in Downtown.
While Detroit isn't going to be the next SV or even NYC tech scene, to deny that there's change happening would just be ignorant. Even though Detroit as a city is going bankrupt, I cheer on the people who are there and working hard to make it a city they would be proud to call home. I encourage you guys just to check it out if you have the time. If you go to that section between Woodward and Grand Circus Park, you'll see that that lunch hours are PACKED with people and over the weekends when events are happening the city is bustling with life and energy.
Don't like the FUD get to you and get out to see the real picture!