Accelerate science.
Our job is to help scientists get the PDFs they need instantly so they can save time and find cures. We're the second largest search engine for science behind Google Scholar and want to be number one.
Driven engineers seeking teammate.
We're generalists, so only thing we look for are smart people who get things done. Our ideal developer loves software, has side projects that they can't wait to show off and is looking for a place where their contributions will make the world better.
Engaging workplace.
Pubget is located in the Boston seaport in a contemporary open space. We're a small team (less than 20 people) with startup culture but big company salary and benefits. We offer a flexible work environment, catered meals and the latest tech. Most importantly you'll get the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the pace of life science discoveries.
Suite products.
Pubget offers a suite of tools for public, academic, and corporate research institutions to help them serve their scientists more efficiently: TextMining, PaperStats, PaperStream, etc.
Senior Software Engineer (Platform)
Pubget's mission is to accelerate science. Our job is to help scientists get the PDFs they need instantly so they can save time and find cures. We're the second largest search engine for science behind Google Scholar and want to be number one.
The platform team is responsible for pubget.com which is the foundation for everything we make.
Our responsibilities
- Scale infrastructure to import & handle 28 million articles
- Optimize performance for 600,000 monthly visitors
- Design & implement features like determining related articles
Our tech stack
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) puts our whole infrastructure in the cloud
- Solr (based on Lucene) houses our big data and full text search
- Ruby on Rails, MySQL & Apache drive the pubget.com web app
- Git & GitHub for source control, code reviews & issue tracking
We're generalists so the only thing we look for are smart people who get things done. Our ideal developer loves software, has side projects that they can't wait to show off and is looking for a place where their contributions will make the world better.
Your tech stack
- Algorithm & data structure understanding (aware of performance trade-offs)
- Software design and development (aware of OO principles and design patterns)
- C++, Java or other static object oriented language experience
- Ruby, Python or other dynamic language experience
- Degree in CS or related tech field
Pubget is located in the Boston seaport in a contemporary open space. We're a small team (less than 20 people) with startup culture but big company salary and benefits. We offer a flexible work environment, catered meals and the latest tech. Most importantly you'll get the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the pace of life science discoveries.
Send us an email to apply!Software Engineer (Product)
Pubget's mission is to accelerate science. Our job is to help scientists get the PDFs they need instantly so they can save time and find cures. We're the second largest search engine for science behind Google Scholar and want to be number one.
The product team is responsible for building amazing tools like TextMining, PaperStream and PaperStats that make R&D teams at public and private institutions more efficient.
Our responsibilities
- Design & implement software that scale to thousands of users at hundreds of institutions
- Define new products and features with product management
- Data integrity & visualization
Our tech stack
- Ruby, Ruby on Rails & MySQL for backend infrastructure
- Javascript, HTML & CSS for UI development
- Git & GitHub for source control, code reviews & issue tracking
- AWS (Amazon Web Services) puts our whole infrastructure in the cloud
We're generalists so the only thing we look for are smart people who get things done. Our ideal developer loves software, has side projects that they can't wait to show off and is looking for a place where their contributions will make the world better.
Your tech stack
- Ruby, Python or other dynamic language experience
- Software design and development (aware of OO principles and design patterns)
- Algorithm & data structure understanding (aware of performance trade-offs)
- Degree in CS or related tech field
Pubget is located in the Boston seaport in a contemporary open space. We're a small team (less than 20 people) with startup culture but big company salary and benefits. We offer a flexible work environment, catered meals and the latest tech. Most importantly you'll get the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the pace of life science discoveries.
Send us an email to apply!Positions available
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Senior Software Engineer (Platform)
The platform team is responsible for pubget.com which is the foundation for everything we make. Read more.
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Software Engineer (Product)
The product team is responsible for building amazing tools like TextMining, PaperStream and PaperStats that make R&D teams at public and private institutions more efficient. Read more.
Location
300 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
Teammates
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Ian Connor
Senior Director of EngineeringIan left IBM to start Pubget in 2008. He holds degrees in physics and law (LLB) and has built and fixed products on four continents (so far).
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Ahmed Abdalla
Director of EngineeringAhmed is building Pubget's development organization while coding products like PaperStream. He studied biomedical engineering and ECE and has also been known to dabble in iOS development.
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Efe Yardimci
Lead ArchitectEfe was a compiler developer in a previous life and is now using his technical expertise to build Pubget's scalable search platform. He has a BS in EE from METU in Ankara, Turkey, a MS in CE from NU and a PhD in CS from UC Irvine.
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Ethan Heilman
Senior Software EngineerEthan is helping to build out pubget's core functionality and is developing a "Big Data" content importer. For entertainment he writes computer security tools. He has a background in Cryptanalysis, Bioinformatics and Intelligent Transportation Systems.
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Matt Moskwa
Software EngineerMatt's been with Pubget since the beginning, joining them in early 2009 and building the framework for many of the features still in use today, like subscription management and textmining. He's an MIT grad who loves making music on the side.
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Anit Das
Software EngineerAnit is the lead developer on PaperStats. A recent graduate, Anit has a BS in Computer Science from Tufts University.
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Peter Cepeda
Fancy Pants AssassinPeter creates prototypes and sets Pubget's stylistic stage as its Lead UX Developer. An adept martial artist, when not kicking derriere, he is designing and developing iOS games as a hobby.
