job openings

Meebo is seeking a bright, energetic, and dedicated team player who has strong, versatile computer science fundamentals and who will be a core contributor to architecting, building, and scaling Meebo's backend. You will need strong skills in application and server-side development; experience and interest in designing and building high-volume systems is a big plus. You'll be a full-time, integral member of the server developer team, reporting directly to the VP of Engineering.

The environment is fun and friendly, but it's really fast paced: schedules are measured in days not weeks and our team is obsessed with delivering the best user experience possible.

What does a server developer do at Meebo?

• Develops cool features for millions of users (mostly in C and C++)
• Supports dynamic JavaScript front-end (AJAX, LightTPD modules, Jabber, etc)
• Scales and optimizes current infrastructure (meebo.com, Meebo Me, Meebo Rooms, Meebo Platform)
• Peer code reviews
• Debugs interesting problems
• Explores new technologies (Amazon S3)
• Designs innovative systems to meet an ever growing user base
• Has fun (guitar hero, wall ball, 4-square, enjoys an open office atmosphere)
• Eats (Meebo provides lunch!)
• Sleeps (couches for power naps)
• Other random stuff that we come up with

The candidate must have:

• 3-5+ years of C/C++ software development experience on Linux/Unix
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• Ability to communicate design decisions, code walk-throughs, bugs, (and what to have for lunch) thoroughly, clearly, and concisely
• Ability to adapt, take critical feedback, and execute quickly on tasks
• Experience developing in a Unix environment
• Phenomenal debugging principles and perseverance (plus familiarity with debugging tools like gdb, strace, pstack, etc.)
• A sense of humo(u)r =p

Big pluses:

• Previous experience with networking technologies
• Database fundamentals (mysql)
• Experience with XMPP
• Experience and interest in high performance, scalable systems
• Familiarity with scripting (python, php, bash, etc.)
• Experience with version control (SVN)

Try out these puzzles and send your answers (and resume) to jobs@meebo.com.

1. With these variable declarations: int i, j[10], *k;
Which of the following are legal?

a. i = *(&(j[2]) + 1);
b. k = &(j[1]);
c. i = &(j[2]) + 1;

2. Assuming the function lookupName is defined, what's wrong with this code (hint: 2 bugs)?

const char *getName(const char *c) {
    std::string name = lookupName(c);
    if (name == NULL)
        return "Anonymous";
    return name.c_str();
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    const char *name = NULL, *c = NULL;
    if (argc >= 2)
        c = argv[1];
    name = getName(c);

    printf("My name is %s\n", name);
    return 0;
}


3. What's wrong with this program? If you were to fix it, what would the intended output be?

void swap(char *str, int index1, int index2) {
    char tmp = str[index1];
    str[index1] = str[index2];
    str[index2] = tmp;

}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    char *planet1;
    char *planet2;

    planet1 = (char *) malloc(7 * sizeof(char));
    if (!planet1)
        return 0;

    snprintf(planet1, 7, "Jupiter");
    planet2 = "Saturn";

    swap(planet1, 0, 3);
    swap(planet2, 3, 4);

    printf("results: %s and %s\n", planet1, planet2);
    return 0;
}


Contact us! Send an email to jobs@meebo.com with your resume and answers attached.