Jobs@UpTake

Join Uptake!

We are a fast-growing company thriving through the economic downturn by providing a unique and much needed service. We are looking for extraordinary individuals who enjoy working in collaborative, results-driven teams. Do you have what it takes to join a world-class team that is creating a search experience covering all things travel?

If you are creative problem-solver, collaborative and eager to push the edge on where web search and travel planning will evolve, please email us your CV concerning one of our open positions:

• Ruby on Rails Application Engineer
• Senior Engineer, Distributed Systems Architect
• Senior Web Mining Engineer (Priority hire)
• Text & Linguistic Processing Specialist
• User Experience Design Consultant

Reasons to join UpTake

• Travel is the largest e-commerce sector and we address a significant unmet consumer need. Our success in growing to over one million visitors a month in a crowded travel space, proves we are addressing that need.
• We have a leadership team with multiple prior entrepreneurial successes as well as deep travel and search experience. You would be joining a world-class and well-seasoned engineering team eager to both challenge you and learn from you.
• After raising over $10 million dollars from the backers of Baby Center, Photobucket, Blue Nile, Mint and Wedding Channel, we are fully funded to profitability.
• We have proven our unique technology and our complementary approach has been embraced by the online travel industry
• Our business model – consumer acquisition and revenue generation – is proven
• Everything is working and we are on a great trajectory, but you will be joining early enough to shape our direction and make a significant impact
• We are centrally located, 1/2 block from the Caltrain station in Palo Alto
• We are a results-driven, fun and collaborative team

Live the Suite Life at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay

A quick 30-minute drive from Silicon Valley, Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay is a secluded and exclusive 'five star' resort and spa on the Pacific Ocean.  Included in our "ritzy" weekend package:

• Two nights in an "Oceanfront One-bedroom Larger Suite"
• Two 90 minute Half Moon Bay Signature Massages
• Daily Breakfast for Two
• Complimentary Parking
• $500 Hotel Credit (for meals, drinks-whatever you like; this credit is incremental to the room nights, massages and breakfasts)

But in this economy, cash is king, so feel free to take your referral bonus in cash instead - $2,009.00!

Any full-time applicant hired as a result of your referral earns you the "Ritzy Finder's Fee"--an all expenses paid weekend at the Ritz Carton Half Moon Bay.  Please send your referral candidates to clive at uptake.com.  If the same candidate is received from two sources the first email received will win.  Offer expires 12/31/2009.