BrightScope Careers

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• Contact: jobs@brightscope.com
• Location: UTC/La Jolla, San Diego CA
• Compensation: DOE - You will receive a mix of equity and cash compensation and we are highly competitive
• We firmly believe we get the best results with face to face interactions so telecommuting needs to be the exception, not the rule.

Openings:

• Institutional Sales
• Sr. Software Engineer
• Frontend Engineer

Company Overview:

BrightScope (http://www.BrightScope.com) is a rapidly growing financial analytics start-up focused on the massive financial advisory services and retirement plan markets. BrightScope is located in the Sorrento Mesa area of San Diego but has quickly captured national attention and gained substantial market traction because of its prominent role in the national policy debate on retirement issues. The company's mission is to increase the retirement security of America's workforce by bringing transparency and efficiency to the 401k plan market. BrightScope has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, BusinessWeek, CNN-Money, and CNBC. In addition, BrightScope's research has been cited by the Senate Aging Committee in its most recent report on target date funds.

Job Description: Institutional Sales

BrightScope (www.BrightScope.com) is a rapidly growing financial information and software analytics firm, delivering best-in-class enterprise software that serves as the engine for sales and distribution intelligence for many of the most respected brands in the financial services industry. BrightScope has quickly captured national praise and gained substantial market traction. BrightScope has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, BusinessWeek, CNNMoney and many other financial media outlets. .

We are looking for an ambitious, high-energy salesperson that is self-motivated and driven to be the best. A results-focused mindset is paramount to achieving success in this role. The ideal candidate will successfully leverage his or her existing networks to strengthen BrightScope’s client relationships, accelerate ongoing sales processes, and fill the sales pipeline with new prospects.

Responsibilities Include:

• Driving institutional sales process from introduction to close
• Establishing and achieving new business revenue targets
• Building and maintaining relationships with key decision-makers
• Developing and executing strategic marketing plans to expand the sales pipeline
• Effectively and accurately managing sales pipeline in Salesforce to facilitate teamwork and management reporting

Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of sales experience, including 1 year of enterprise sales (strong references will be required)
• Motivated by more than 50% of compensation tied to performance, with tremendous upside
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enthusiasm and professionalism that is well-presented over the phone and in-person
• Deep knowledge of the financial services industry and mutual fund distribution
• Ability to make strategic decisions with autonomy and confidence
• Must understand the “start-up mentality” and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Must be willing to travel as needed – no travel limitations

Nice-to-haves:

• Strong rolodex of senior leaders in the sales and distribution units of global asset managers
• A good understanding of financial advisors and their various business models (BD, RIA, etc.)
• Familiarity with the SaaS business model
• Compensation history with more than 50% of compensation tied to performance
• East Coast client base a plus

BrightScope will:

• Make sure you have what you need to be fulfilled, productive and happy
• We offer a competitive compensation package including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid sick and vacation time, and company equity.
• Make great teammates united around the company mission
• Welcome you into one of the best company cultures in San Diego

Qualified applicants should send their resume and cover letter to jobs@brightscope.com with "IS" in the subject line

See contact and other information for all positions at the top of this page.

Job Description: Sr. Software Engineer

BrightScope is looking for exceptional engineers to expand our development team. Are you someone who is tired of working for big corporations where you are buried in layers of bureaucracy, wait months or years between product releases or don’t have a say in what you build or how it is built? Do you think of products in terms of scalability, performance and usability?

If you enjoy solving the toughest problems, love learning new things, and want to play a major role in the success of a growing startup, join us in building something great.

BrightScope is full of passionate, smart people that want to change the world for the better. As our products and services gain in popularity, we need more developers to help build our platform.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing and developing new features in our exciting products
• Improving the end-user experience
• Helping the development of critical components in our client-facing applications, delivered via a SaaS
• Working with a team of passionate developers and shaping our company's future



Requirements:

• Solid command of your favorite programming language
• Understanding of MVC frameworks
• A self-starter attitude and an ability to break large problems down quickly
• Extreme attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills



Experience working with the following is desired:

• Knowledge of *nix is a huge plus (we use Ubuntu on our servers)
• Building large-scale consumer- and enterprise-facing web applications
• Web services (SOAP, REST)
• Agile development processes
• Experience working with automated testing tools in Python or another language (Python unittest, nosetest, etc)



We will:

• Make sure you have what you need to be happy and productive
• Provide you with a competitive salary and compensation package including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid sick time and vacation time and company equity
• Make great teammates united around our company mission

See contact and other information for all positions at the top of this page.

Job Description: Frontend Engineer

BrightScope is looking for a Javascript/CSS expert with a knack for design and is hiring immediately.

Do you want your work to make an important impact on the product? Are you someone who preaches the work of Edward Tufte? Are you excited by standards-based web design and pushing the envelope with innovative interfaces? Do you want to be a part of one of San Diego's premier startups?

BrightScope is full of passionate, smart people that want to change the world for the better. Join us in our mission for world domination.

Responsibilities to include:
• Designing, developing and improving the front end of our business software assets and applications
• Helping develop the face of our analytics platform and client-facing applications
• Optimizing code for the various browsers that visit our site
• Working alongside the development and product teams

Requirements:
• Portfolio of working samples
• Passion for design and user experience
• 2+ years development experience and an ability to write excellent code using Agile development processes
• Strong foundation in HTML, CSS, and Javascipt (major bonus point for JQuery)
• A self-starter attitude and an ability to break large problems down quickly
• Excellent visual eye for aesthetics
• Extreme attention to detail

Nice-to-haves:
• Knowledge of browser idiosyncrasies (even IE7/8/9) and page optimization
• Experience with the Django framework for Python, or MVC development generally (we use Django)
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign
• Experience with unit and functional testing, and preferably test-driven-development
• Agile development processes
• JIRA or other bug tracking systems
• Knowledge of git, svn, etc (we use git)
• SQL experience (MySQL preferred), with a strong grasp of data modeling in large applications

You will:
• Play a foundational role in designing our products and services
• Be an integral member of our team and help shape our future

We will:
• Make sure you have what you need to be happy and productive
• Provide you with a competitive salary and compensation package including medical, dental and vision insurance, paid sick and vacation time and company equity
• Make great teammates united around our company mission

See contact and other information for all positions at the top of this page.