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Section Editor: Business in Portland

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:08:23 GMT

Trapit (http://trap.it) is seeking a full time Section Editor responsible for the execution of media and content strategy in the business domain. The Section Editor will curate Trapit's business pages, write and share original content, and engage with users on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated and curious with broad expertise in business ranging from finance and economics to business ethics and marketing. Because business intersects with science, technology, and culture the candidate must have a broad liberal education in and out of classroom. Top applicants are avid learners who love to read, can write an essay on a dime and craft a 140-character retort with ease. The Section Editor joins an exuberant team of mavens in a highly collaborative, collegial environment.

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Section Editor: Lifestyle in Portland

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:44:18 GMT

Trapit (http://trap.it) is seeking a full time Section Editor responsible for the execution of media and content strategy in the lifestyle domain. The Section Editor will curate Trapit's lifestyle pages, write and share original content, and engage with users on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated and curious with expertise in lifestyle topics ranging from foodie to fashion. Because lifestyle intersects with subjects in health, religion, art and economics, the candidate must have a broad liberal education in and out of classroom. Top applicants are avid learners who love to read, can write an essay on a dime but can also craft a 140-character retort with ease. The Section Editor joins an exuberant team of mavens in a highly collaborative, collegial environment.

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Sr. Search Engineer in Palo Alto

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:34:26 GMT

Trapit is looking for a search engineer to drive the development of our search infrastructure. You will play a key role in every aspect of search, including real-time index updating, service scalability, performance and reliability.

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Backend Software Engineer in Portland

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:42:25 GMT

Trapit's (http://trap.it) core machine learning and personalization engine continues to expand; bring your elite programming and systems architecture skills to bear on the challenges and excitement of growing big distributed consumer Internet infrastructure along with big data NoSQL environments and a cutting-edge data- and compute-intensive learning engine.

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Trapit is a discovery engine.

Google, Facebook and Twitter give you what everyone else thinks is important. Trapit delivers what's important to you.

See the Web from your point of view. Discover great content about your specific interests. Save a lot of time. Waste a lot of time. Regardless, have a lot of fun. Look smart in meetings. Impress your friends. Learn something new.

Trapit is born out of a $200 million artificial intelligence project completed by DARPA and SRI -- you know, the guys who invented the...Internet. Known as CALO (it stands for "Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes"), the project was initiated to address that problem of "too much data, not enough time.

Working at Trapit
Highly collaborative small team vibe. Fast paced, creative startup environment; never a dull moment. Everyone is a contributor. We enjoy working together and have a lot of fun at the office. Newly renovated riverfront office space. No cubicles! Lots of coffee.

Read about our recent beta launch:
TechCrunch: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/06/siri-sibling-trapit-raises-6-2-million-series-a-from-horizons/
Netted: http://netted.net/2012/01/10/snatch-and-grab/#toggled
Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5874860/trapit-delivers-personalized-news-and-articles-based-on-your-interests
Robert Scoble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cvIeSesD44
PaidContent: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-my-own-private-internet/
Mashable: http://mashable.com/2011/11/15/trap-it-beta/

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Section Editor: Health & Science in Portland

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:18 GMT

Trapit is seeking a full time Section Editor responsible for the execution of media and content strategy in the domain of health and science. The section editor will curate Trapit’s science and health pages (see: http://trap.it/NDU5zF), write and share original content, and engage with Trapit users on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The Section Editor should be a dynamic individual with a broad range of interests, expertise in the field, who enjoys writing, reading, and learning, and is passionate about the subject matter. The section editor joins an exuberant team of mavens in a highly collaborative, collegial environment.

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Artificial Intelligence Platform Engineer in Palo Alto

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:02 GMT

Trapit is built on top of years of AI and textual classification research from SRI and DARPA. As we continue to expand our platform, we're looking for an up-and-coming star in the field of natural language processing, document classification, content detection and data mining, and search technology.

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Front-end Developer in Palo Alto

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:02 GMT

Trapit's application UI is built using cutting-edge web technology, including HTML5, CSS3, WebSockets, and server-side JavaScript. We're seeking a talented UI developer to become an integral part of our team and help us build compelling user experiences.

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Ops/Sys Admin in Palo Alto

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:02 GMT

We're looking for an operations/automation/administration star who can roll up his or her sleeves and plunge in as an individual contributor, yet be ready to become the core of an operations group as we grow. The ideal candidate is up to speed on modern distributed data architectures and has strong operational scripting abilities and a love of startup environments.

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Senior Systems Engineer in Palo Alto

Tue, 14 May 2013 03:53:27 GMT

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Sr. User Interface/Product Designer in Palo Alto

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:46:08 GMT

The Sr. User Interface Designer will play a key role in the definition and design of cutting-edge media consumption experiences for Trapit's web and mobile applications. This is a hands-on, creative position in a fast-paced, ambitious environment. We are looking for someone highly creative who is passionate about design, usability and the web.

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