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Senior Architect, Social Networking to Become Founder & Major Stockholder

SharedGain® creates innovative SaaS Social Commerce marketing solutions for our clients. We are enhancing our current technology base to leverage social networks to provide better value for our clients. The new C2C, multi-channel capability will be convenient, useful, easy-to-use and elegant--an application for both casual and intense users.

Responsibilities
• Debug the existing proof-of-concept demo implemented with Java and Facebook Connect.
• Up-level current SharedGain.com website
• Expand and improve SharedGain's architecture for interfacing with, and expanding the user's capabilities of, social networking systems.
• Design the social networking implementation and participate in its development, working with consumer marketing and software engineering professionals.
• Assist in creating presentation materials for use with clients, partners and investors, and participate in presenting to investors to generate second-round angel/VC financing.

Experience and Requirements
• Designed and implemented multiple dynamic web sites.
• Participated in the development of one or more social networks, or software that interfaces to social networks.
• User knowledge of several social networks.
• Worked in a start-up environment.
• Should have knowledge of Java, and open technologies.
• Should have experience making presentations to management and clients.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Mobile device experience desirable.
• Selected candidate will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area, will telecommute while participating in regular meetings.
• The position is part-time or full-time.

Compensation
• Founders stock option grants will produce equity share in the company.
• Subsequent payment for development work when new angel/venture funding is achieved.
• Based on planned contributions and performance the successful Principal Architect will become a major corporate stakeholder.

• Requirements/options
o Selected candidate will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area
o Telecommute
o Part-time or full-time

ABOUT SHAREDGAIN

Technology
SharedGain® designs consumer software that is elegant and practical, wanted and massively popular. US Patent No. 7,774,229.

The digital TriBaton™ flows across our suite of consumer-centered capabilities, providing an unparalleled meme for multi-channel and cross-media brand advocacy. The trustworthiness and user self-moderated communications attributes are designed to appeal to the large majority of users, not just the few who are incentivized by money, re-tweets, Facebook likes or a high Klout score. We intend to "create the product for everyone," not a tool for paid advocates.

SharedGain has designed the first system that combines traditional refer-a-friend capabilities, a private friends' recommendations database, a facility for product questions and answers among selected friends, and shopping that benefits charities. Like the multi-function Swiss Army Knife or ten-things-in one iPhone, our offering has the critical suite of functions and significant usability to initiate customer use, sustain recurrent consumer value, and become viral through friendships and trusted contacts.

Market
SharedGain's proven development capabilities and SaaS implementation produced 5X the sales rates compared to legacy email marketing systems. We drive new customer sales and revenue--not just awareness, attention or interest. Initial target multibillion dollar markets to be served include technology devices and products/services for young parents.

Profitable Business Model
The team will build a profitable, fast-growth social commerce technology company. Demonstrable marketing campaign ROIs will induce major brands with large installed bases of satisfied customers to use our SaaS to extend market reach to multi-billion dollar segments unmoved by traditional or social media advertising.

Team
As a founder you will join a team that generates our second round of funding. You will participate in presentations to venture and angel investors to garner the funding for the development and launch of the new product.

Background on SharedGain
SharedGain® monetizes social networks by combining user-generated product recommendations (like Yelp and Bazaarvoice) with the trusted personal relationships of social networks (like Facebook and Twitter).

SharedGain rewards existing customers when they provide product or service recommendations to their social network friends. These recommendations are highly effective because social network contacts are more trusted and relevant than other forms of marketing communication.

The SharedGain TriBaton™ platform is fully cross-channel and channel-neutral. It includes key functional equivalents of affiliate marketing networks, email marketing systems and personal word of mouth recommendations--and adds a unique three-part portable component that transverses email, social network systems, IM/text, microblogs, mobile devices and other delivery mechanisms.

SharedGain provides an effective method for online merchants harvest the goodwill of current consumers. We automate natural word of mouth by turning product conversations into measurable branding actions.

The TriBaton™ Automated Word of Mouth™ platform adapts to social media marketing and social commerce, location-based check-in apps, sponsored word of mouth conversations and social/shared mobile coupons for effective national brand and merchant campaigns.

SharedGain marketing software extends brand/merchant market reach and sales lift. SharedGain completed successful engagements with paid clients and demonstrated the TriBaton SaaS product offerings using Facebook Connect. SharedGain is an open, creative and collaborative culture.

Reply to howard@SharedGain.com with your resume.

• Compensation: Founders stock option grants will produce equity share in the company
• Telecommuting is ok.
• This is a part-time job.
• This is a contract job.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

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