We'd love to hear from you if you're a rockstar at _______. We're building a game-changing service and are always on the lookout for best-in-class talent.

Current Openings:

Senior Ruby on Rails Backend Engineer
Ruby on Rails Frontend UX Optimization Engineer
Email Marketing Manager
Director of Inbound Marketing

The best way to get in the door here is to get referred to us by someone we know and trust. We have a large and growing footprint on the web, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. If that doesn't work for you, you can always drop us a thoughtful e-mail about how you can help at jobs@thredup.com.

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

A Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer at thredUP is a leading member of the engineering team focused primarily on building new features into the product and optimizing the current system. This person will be involved not only in working individually but also helping others on the team build their back end competency. They will be heavily involved in technology strategy and system architecture and will be responsible for the implementation.

The engineering environment at thredUP is fast paced and very agile. We use a modified scrum framework for our project management on a 2-week sprint cycle. We are looking for a hard-working, energetic developer that can handle some of the chaos that comes with the speed we move. We need a quick decision maker that can see more than just the roots of the trees.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the CTO on implementation strategy for new features and refinements for the service.
• Work with front-end team members to help plan out required hooks, work around design constraints and consider system/technology limitations.
• Contribute to core product strategy discussions and bring new and well thought out ideas to the table.
• Develop the system back-end, with a test-driven development approach, keeping scalability and efficiency top of mind.
• Help with front-end integration when needed.
• Help with technical side of customer service when needed.
• Contribute heavily to the feedback loop on the development process in order improve team productivity.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with a great work ethic and strong self-management skills. They must be a strong communicator and be comfortable with uncertainty and a little chaos. Experience in a fast paced team development environment is a must.

The job is hard and you must be comfortable with the uncertainty of a small agile team. Bugs and problems rarely come one at a time. They usually come all at once right at the most busy times. You should not be worried or panicked under pressure and in fact thrive.

You also must:

• Have very strong ruby skills. No exception.
• Think quantitatively and approach your work systematically.
• Insist on better than 100% test coverage.
• Strive for perfection but be comfortable with compromise in the name of speed.
• Be passionate about working at a startup. We're building something great, and you will be a key piece of the equation.
• Deeply believe that thredUP is capable of changing an industry. We do.

Required Technical Skill Set:

• Ruby on Rails 3.X
• MySQL
• RSpec & Cucumber

To Apply

In order to apply for this position, please send an email to jobs@thredup.com including the following:

1. A few paragraphs about yourself, including some or all of the following details:
   • Why someone with your skills and experience would possibly want to work at a scrappy start-up?
   • What is your personal philosophy on development? Describe your ideal "work flow"?
   • What do you love about working with a team?
   • What do you hate about working with a team?
2. Signup and explore our website. Make sure you do your best to understand the service and how it works. Answer the following:
   • How would you improve the service?
   • How would you improve the website?
   • What do you think is the biggest barrier to adoption?

Include your resume and contact information for people who have worked for you in the past so we can learn a little bit more about you and your work style.

Frontend UX Optimization Engineer

Are you obsessed about the customer experience? Do you want to make sure your sites are so clear and easy to use that no one is ever confused? If so, then this role may be perfect for you.

The Frontend UX Optimization Engineer will drive the process behind testing and iterating on our user interface design and communication. They will be crucial to the success of the company. If customers are confused, they ask, "what can we do better?" and then they improve it, test it and improve it some more. They are obsessed with not just finding an intuitive solution but one that can be proven to be more optimal.

The engineering environment at thredUP is fast paced and very agile. We use a modified scrum framework for our project management on a 2-week sprint cycle. We are looking for a hard-working, energetic developer that can handle some of the chaos that comes with the speed we move.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the CTO on the site optimization strategy.
• Improve the customer experience and conversion by designing appropriate A/B (and multivariate) tests and implementing them.
• Build and integrate frontend designs for new or improved "features".
• Improve page load times through asset optimization.
• Uncover the user "onboarding" problems then implement and test solutions.
• Benchmark all aspects of page performance from load times to conversion.
• Contribute heavily to the feedback loop on the development process in order to improve team productivity.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with a great work ethic and strong self-management skills. They must be a strong communicator and be comfortable with uncertainty and a little chaos. Experience in a fast paced team development environment is a must.

The job is hard and you must be comfortable with the uncertainty of a small agile team. Bugs and problems rarely come one at a time. They usually come all at once right at the most busy times. You should not be worried or panicked under pressure and in fact thrive.

You also must:

• Have very strong frontend skills. No exception.
• Be interested in and willing to learn ruby.
• Have experience running quantitative A/B tests on websites.
• Strive for perfection but be comfortable with compromise in the name of speed.
• Be passionate about working at a startup. We're building something great, and you will be a key piece of the equation.
• Deeply believe that thredUP is capable of changing an industry. We do.

Required Technical Skill Set:

• Ruby on Rails 3.X
• HTML & CSS (HAML & SASS a plus)
• Javascript & jQuery
• Browser compatibility (but don't worry about ie6, we don't)

To Apply

In order to apply for this position, please send an email to jobs@thredup.com including the following:

1. A few paragraphs about yourself, including some or all of the following details:
   • Why someone with your skills and experience would possibly want to work at a scrappy start-up?
   • What is your personal philosophy on development? Describe your ideal "work flow"?
   • What do you love about working with a team?
   • What do you hate about working with a team?
2. Signup and explore our website. Make sure you do your best to understand the service and how it works. Answer the following:
   • What would be your first A/B test?
   • How else would you improve the website?
   • How would you improve the service?
   • What do you think is the biggest barrier to adoption?

Email Marketing Manager

thredUP is looking for an innovative, experienced and results-driven email marketer to join a fast-paced start-up environment. You will be responsible for developing and optimizing the email communication that drives thredUP acquisition, user engagement and sales.

As thredUP’s email expert, you’ll own and manage email planning and production, from conception through launch. Your job will entail strategic, long-term planning, along with daily iterative execution. If applying segmentation logic to email campaigns and A/B testing are second nature to you, read on!

Responsibilities

From day one, you’ll dive into our customer data to pinpoint goals and user segments. With a deep understanding of thredUP’s user base and target demographic, your objective is to develop an email-marketing program that fosters customer engagement and retention, along with brand building.

The Ideal Candidate

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about email marketing and segmentation, data driven and wants to make a major impact on a rapidly growing company.

Here’s more about what we’re looking for:

• You have 1-2 years experience in e-commerce or retail email marketing.
• You’re familiar with 3rd party email vendors and email triggers.
• You’re a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• You have a strong understanding of email marketing best practices and trends.
• You are an excellent copywriter and communicator.
• You have basic knowledge of HTML.
• You have basic understanding of customer segmentation tools.
• You have been responsible for monitoring and reporting on email metrics and KPIs in previous positions.

To Apply

email jobs@thredup.com

Director of Inbound Marketing

Are you a search marketer with a passion for getting companies found online? If so, let’s chat. We’re looking for an Inbound Marketing specialist who will develop and drive thredUP’s customer acquisition through organic and paid search programs.

We need you as an integral part of our marketing team to research, develop, implement and evolve SEO and SEM campaigns that deliver results. You’ll use your analytical mind to build and grow our paid search and SEO programs, to get ahead of the competition and position thredUP as a unique leader in the children’s apparel industry.

Responsibilities

Your job will entail strategic, long-term planning, along with fast-paced and iterative execution. More specifically, you’ll be responsible for website content strategies, optimization around shopping engines, internal and external link building, competitor analysis, keyword research, blogging, leveraging social sites and consistently hounding the team about all the search-related initiatives we should be taking on…

The Ideal Candidate

You’ll work closely with the development team to implement technical website enhancements to improve our SEO rankings, along with the design team to create and test creative. Monitoring and analyzing search revenue data to continually improve campaigns will be key.

If you’d like to get your hands-dirty with an innovative start-up and a small dynamic team, then here’s exactly what we’re looking for:

• Metadata optimization actually means something to you…
• You have 2+ years hands-on search and analytics experience.
• You performed a similar role at an agency or e-commerce website.
• You’re a go-getter with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• You have a data-driven mindset.
• You have an understanding of HTML, photoshop, AdWords and Google Analytics (certification preferred).
• You are an excellent copywriter and communicator.
• You have experience managing paid search goals and across search engines.

To Apply

email jobs@thredup.com