Note: Applicants to this role should plan to start full-time in the summer of 2017.

Sprout Social is a social media management software that is used by more than 17,000 brands around the world. Companies like Dropbox, Zendesk, Google, Trello and Evernote rely on Sprout to create stronger relationships with their customers through social media. Our software is expertly crafted by some of the best software engineers in the industry. Our Engineering group is composed of teams for mobile, front-end, back-end and infrastructure. We are excited to bring recent college graduates onto these teams.

Front-End: On the front-end team, which we call Web, we use the latest Javascript frameworks and libraries, from React to Backbone.js, to build Web software with an unrelenting focus on the end user. A typical day has a healthy mix of building new product features, improving existing ones and fixing problems identified by our global user-base, utilizing heavy doses of JavaScript, HTML and CSS. We have an incredible team of designers so don’t worry if making it pretty isn’t your thing.

Back-End: On the back-end team, which we call Platform and Infrastructure, we design and build for performance, scale, reliability and product agility. That means picking the right tool for the job while being pragmatic and scrappy. We build services in Python and Java using technologies like Cassandra and Hadoop, HBase and Redis, Storm and Finagle. And, of course, our old friend MySQL. At the moment we’re staring down a rapidly growing 20TB Hadoop cluster and about the same amount stored in MySQL and Cassandra. We have a lot of data and we want people hungry to work at scale.

Mobile: Our mobile team is responsible for building our award-winning iOS and Android applications that are consumed by thousands of daily active users. We build features that match and complement our web application, so that customers have a seamless experience wherever they consume Sprout. We build native mobile apps using a mix of Swift, Objective-C, Java, and React Native. If you are excited about building new features that are innovative to the mobile experience, are performant, and follow the best practices prescribed by Apple and Google, we’d love to talk to you.

Above all, we believe bad software penalizes the user and great software gets out of the way. We want to help our customers not just do more, but to work better. It’s an incredible feeling to improve someone’s work with a product you built. You will build, craft, think, solve, test and perfect software that is used by brands worldwide. If you are up to the challenge, join us.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software features based on visual mockups and user stories.


• Maintain the features you are responsible for. Strive to fix problems before customers notice by using monitoring, test automation, performance analysis tools, etc.


• Be fearless in taking ownership of every step in the software development process, from design through delivery and maintenance.


• Deliver high quality code while working and communicating in a team environment.


• Contribute to the infrastructure that the team leverages for local development. We like to work in a comfortable local development environment.


• Extend testing capabilities by writing unit tests and assisting in basic QA testing during new feature development.


• Come to the team excited to learn and open to mentoring.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, comparable knowledge of CS theory, or a related degree


• Experience with some of the technologies and languages within our stack: Lower-level languages like Python, Java, C, C++, etc.; relational and NoSQL databases; concurrency, I/O and distributed systems; JavaScript [Backbone, jQuery, React]; HTML5, CSS3 and/or LESS/Sass


• Desire to work in a small, agile team with fast projects and tight deadlines


• Smart, a very quick learner, and above all, get things done


• Very clear written and verbal communicator


• Get past the schoolwork: we are mostly interested in talking about projects that weren't part of your curriculum or syllabus


• Be ready when we ask you for some code samples (again, not from coursework)

About Sprout Social

Sprout Social powers open communication between individuals, brands and communities through elegant, sophisticated software. We are relentless about solving hard problems for our customers and committed to both customer and team success.

Team Sprout is a group of very talented, smart and passionate people with broad interests and backgrounds. We’re proud to regularly be recognized for software, product and company culture achievements. Our team’s shared belief in Sprout’s mission promotes a culture of openness, empowerment and fun. We have built a benefits program to match the strength of our team. This program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families, including generous company contributions


• Progressive benefit programs, like our parental leave program and free Divvy bike memberships


• High-quality and well-maintained equipment - your computer will never prevent you from doing your best


• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop


• Solid programs in some of the staples: transportation, disability and life insurance


• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and financial well-being of our team


• Breakfast and lunch options onsite, and more healthy snack options and beverages than you can imagine


• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members