Lead Engineer/Architect (Java Server)

We hire bright, easygoing generalists who can become experts in the relevant subjects as needed.  For our Architect role the bar is higher:  we need specific expertise in problems of scale and designing maintainable production-quality consumer sites in Java. 

Mint is the leading personal finance application on the web.  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:

Define and develop infrastructure and features to support the security, scalability, performance, reliability and feature requirements of the Mint.com web application. You will own the architecture roadmap.

Experience Required:

• 4+ years building a consumer product application in Java or another OO language and distributed systems experience
• Experience with internals of a mainstream application server such as WebLogic, WebSphere, SunOne or JBoss, Glassfish
• Previous experience working on a large scale online transactional processing enterprise application
• Solid understanding of multi-threaded development
• Understanding of O/R mapping concepts and tools (Hibernate, JDO)
• Strong object-oriented analysis and design skills
• Fluent in SQL (we use MySQL)

Strongly Recommended:

• Previous startup experience
• Experience with Spring, JMS, web load balancers (F5, etc.)
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science from a highly-competitive school

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 registered 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 team from Charles Schwab, eBay, Expedia, Intuit, PGP and other leaders in the finance, security and software industries.  Mint has raised over $17 million in venture capital from investors Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, and angels including Ron Conway and Ram Shriram.