Architect/Principal Architect

We're looking for hard-working, driven developers who want to work on software that gets used in the real world to solve tough problems. You'll be joining an outstanding team in an exciting company. Since Mint helps people do more with their money, we're making it easier for people to acheive their financial goals and get to the life they want... sooner. You gotta love that idea. 

Designed to be effortless, Mint automatically and securely collects your data from different sources around the web and consolidates your financial life in one place. In addition, Mint goes beyond visibility and analysis; using patent-pending algorithms to automatically categorize your spending and provide personalized money-saving and money-making suggestions.

Responsibilities:

You will lead the effort to architect a new set of distributed back-end services, and participate with a small team to design and implement these ideas in high-performance code capable of supporting millions of transactions daily. You should be comfortable independently tackling a complex project with challenging requirements for scalability, reliability in the face of unpredictable data, and operations-friendly focus.

Experience Required:
-5+ years experience in Java or another Object-Oriented language
-Experience with DOM, XPath/XQuery, XSLT and parsing techniques
-Experienced in multithreaded development
-Previous architecture experience working on a large scale online transactional processing enterprise application
-BS or MS degree in Computer Science
-Experience in design and development of distributed computing infrastructures and web-scale services
-J2EE technologies. Experience with internals of a main stream application server such as JBoss, WebLogic, WebSphere, Glass
-Prior start-up experience a must

About Mint:

The company launched it’s free, effortless, online money management service, Mint.com, in September, 2007 with a big win at TechCrunch 40. It’s quickly become the leading personal finance application on the Web – with more than 1,000,000 users. Because Mint.com solves the long–standing problem of easy and free budget and finance management, Mint.com has caught the attention of major national media. The product has also won recognition and multiple awards, including two Webby Awards and an American Business Award. Mint.com is PC Magazine Editors’ Choice, and PCWorld’s top rated service, in the online personal finance category.

We are a small (<35 people) yet diverse group, easygoing and passionate about building something really great and useful.

We're located in downtown Mountain View, CA -- one block from a Caltrain bullet stop and one block from over 50 restaurants -- we never suffer for something good to eat! We have company lunch together on Fridays, often with guests from other valley companies and startups, sometimes followed by impromptu frisbee in the park. We're flexible when needs dictate you work from home (although you'll miss out on free dinner!)

Engineers get their own top-of-the-line laptop with 4GB RAM and a docking station, and flat LCD monitor for their desk. Built-in unlimited mobile broadband is a company-sponsored option. Having the right tools is important.

The company is led by an experienced executive and engineering team , and has attracted funding from top tier venture capital firms and angel investors. Mint has raised over $17 million in venture capital from investors Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and notable angels.