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BuildZoom is looking for a talented product designer
BuildZoom is hiring a lead product designer
BuildZoom (YC W13), marketplace for remodeling, needs you
BuildZoom is hiring for the following positions:Rails EngineerUX / UI DesignerSales ExecBusiness DevelopmentOperations ManagerWriter / Content Marketing DirectorBuildZoom is a marketplace for the construction industry. We help property owners hire great contractors for any type of construction project. We specialize in major improvements (our average job is $30,000), but we handle both new...
Google has spent more on remodeling than every Mountain View resident combined
BuildZoom Is Hiring Engineer Number Six
BuildZoom is looking for a talented engineer to help us tackle the $600 billion home improvement and construction industry.For too long, this market has been plagued by information asymmetry but we're working hard to fix that.We have built a huge dataset that nobody has ever had access to before: 70 million building permits (and growing) and licensing information for almost every licensed...
BuildZoom (YC W13) Is Looking for a Data Engineer
BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling services that takes a data-centric approach to solve a big market problem.Imagine you're looking for a contractor to remodel your home: the old approach sends you to a list of contractors, paying for inclusion. BuildZoom's starting point is 3.5 million - every single contractor licensed to work on your project. We then drill down, using 15-years of...
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BuildZoom is looking for a data engineer to play moneyball with home improvement
BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling and construction that reduces risk and simplifies the hiring process.We analyze millions of building records from sources that include over 100 contractor licensing agencies and 500 local building permit departments to provide users with incredibly reliable and accurate improvement recommendations they can’t get anywhere else.We're looking for a...
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BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a lead data engineer
BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling services that takes a data-centric approach to help solve a $600 billion market problem.Imagine you're hiring a contractor to remodel your home: the legacy directory will send you to a list of contractors, paying for inclusion on their site. We start by considering everyone - 3.5 million licensed contractors in the US. We then drill down, using 15-years...
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Using government-issued building permits to index remodeling trends
BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a data scientist to de-risk remodeling
BuildZoom is the intelligent marketplace for remodeling and construction services. By gathering and analyzing information on millions of licensed contractors and building projects, we're bringing unprecedented predictability and transparency to an enormous yet problematic sector of the economy.Examples of problems we're currently working on:1. Enhancing the accuracy and scope of an automated...
BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a head of content marketing, media relations
BuildZoom is a remodeling marketplace that is improving the transparency and predictability of the remodeling and construction industry. Through Big Data, we're able to provide unprecedented insights to a enormous, broken sector of the economy.We’re looking for a talented communications professional to lead our communications efforts, develop our network of journalists and media outlets and...
BuildZoom (YC W13) is hiring full-stack Ruby engineers
We're a marketplace for remodeling and construction services that is changing the way people approach home improvement. With over 650k monthly users, we're one of the fastest growing start-ups in an enormous market.We're looking for engineers who can work throughout the stack. Responsibilities will range from server configuration to front-end implementation and everything in between.About the...
BuildZoom (YC W13) Is Looking for a Director of Marketing
BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling and construction services that is changing the way people approach home improvement. With over half-a-million monthly users, we're the fastest growing company in this enormous sector of the market.We’re looking for a talented marketing generalist to play a key role in our customer acquisition efforts. The ideal candidate will have the creativity to come...
BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a data analyst and QA engineer
BuildZoom is a marketplace for remodeling and construction services that is changing the way people approach home improvement. With over half-a-million monthly users, we're the fastest growing company in this enormous sector of the market.We are looking for a detail-oriented engineer who loves data. We ingest tens of millions of records that require analysis and normalization before being used...
BuildZoom (YC W13) is looking for a data journalist
BuildZoom takes the pain and uncertainty out of remodeling and construction. We do this by analyzing millions of public and private records to provide people with the insight and recommendations needed to optimize for a positive outcome. We already have over 600k monthly users in the $300 billion home improvement market and are growing rapidly.We're looking for a uniquely talented writer with...