yes .. we’re searching for employee #6.

systems engineer / operations engineer / network architect … all rolled into one.

You will set up and run all of Rapleaf’s infrastructure. And you’ll start from scratch. You get to build the system and don’t have to undo someone else’s mistakes.

About Rapleaf:
Rapleaf (www.rapleaf.com) is a portable ratings system for commerce. We allow buyers and sellers on sites like craigslist to rate each other. We’re in San Francisco, CA near all the best lunch and dinner spots. Very accessible via BART, bus, and bike.

Rapleaf recently raised a $1 MM angel round from the top angels in Silicon Valley led by Peter Thiel (Fmr founder and CEO of PayPal) and Eric Di Benedetto, Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, and Ron Conway. We are hiring 3 more people right now. So this is an opportunity for you to join the founding team. You will be considered a co-founder of the company.

Our goal: to make it more profitable to be ethical

The role:
- managing all Rapleaf servers (Linux), backups, web servers
- managing relationship with hosting provider
- systems administration
- scalability and expansion
- database (MySQL)
- learning how to scale Ruby on Rails
- managing millions of images being served
- changing the world and making it more profitable to be ethical

Criteria:
- you’re a kick-butt systems engineer / operations engineer. You take no prisoners. You’re a master of all things Internet and Linux.
- you can learn new platforms fast (we use Ruby on Rails but if you don’t know this, you can learn it fast)
- you should have a strong desire to build a more ethical society
- intensely driven and proactive person
- extremely hard working. This is a start-up. We work 70-80 hour weeks – you should too.
- quick learner and real doer (and you err on execution over strategy)
- you thrive on working with A-players and you’re too good to spend 70+ hrs/wk with B-players
- people like you and like working with you
- you thrive on chaos, risk, and uncertainty
- should be easy to get along with, nice, fun, smart, ethical, and low-maintenance
- all levels of experiences should apply

Location:
- downtown San Francisco (New Montgomery and Mission)
- you should want to live in or near San Francisco (we’ll move you if you’re not already here)

Compensation:
- high cash comp | high equity — we are willing to pay for the best talent.
- we’re happy to pay you significantly more than your current job
Our philosophy: A players rock. So have fewer people and pay them more.

We’re only looking for people that really want to work with A-players, push themselves, and change the world.

interested? Please email jobs@rapleaf.com
(and be sure to sign up for Rapleaf if you are not already a member)

p.s. if you are not interested, we pay $5,000 referral bonus if you refer us to the person we hire (happy to pay you directly or to send the money to your favorite approved charity)

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