Careers
If you're looking to make an impact at a rapidly growing startup and help tomorrow's leaders, educators and innovators, come join us at beRecruited
Offering college connections to 31 collegiate sports ranging from football to lacrosse to softball, beRecruited is the nation’s largest online college athletics recruiting platform serving more than 1 million registered users. By registering for a free basic profile, student athletes can create a digital résumé featuring their athletic and academic stats, videos and photos and connect with over 23,000 college coaches. beRecruited’s registered student athletes represent more than 80 percent of U.S. high schools. Student athletes may also purchase premium products to market themselves to coaches.
beRecruited was founded in 2000 by Ryan Spoon, a collegiate swimmer for Duke University, who after going through the recruiting process himself, sought to create a resource for future collegiate athletes. By enabling high school athletes to research and connect with college coaches, beRecruited has made over 25 million connections between athletes and coaches and helped hundreds of thousands of student athletes get into college and afford a higher education. In the past two years, beRecruited athletes committed to more than 2,000 NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA institutions and earned millions of dollars in scholarships and financial aid.
For more information, visit us on the web, like us at Facebook.com/beRecruited and follow us on Twitter @beRecruited.
Currently Open Positions
Don't see a position for you? Email us at jobs AT beRecruited DOT com and tell us why you'd be a fit.
beRecruited is the nation's largest online college athletics recruiting platform serving more than 1.25 million registered users. Our registered student athletes represent more than 80% of U.S. high schools, who have made over 25 million connections to college coaches.
beRecruited is looking for a well-rounded and talented developer to make an immediate impact on technology-driven products that help hundreds of thousands of student athletes get in to and afford a higher education.
We are seeking a talented developer with web development experience and interest. This is a full-time, on-site position in San Francisco, CA. We offer a fun, fast-paced environment and the opportunity to grow with a successful early-stage company. The rewards of helping over 1.25 million users is something to expect on a daily basis.
Definitely get in touch if you:
Combine a strong overall computer science background with a passion for web development, particularly Ruby on Rails (and familiarity with Perl). You're equally at home writing complex SQL queries, architecting scalable rails services, and building beautiful html/css/javascript interfaces. You've demonstrated your abilities writing top-quality web or open source software. You have a strong product sense and excellent technical judgement.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of work experience in software development
- 2+ years of Ruby on Rails development
- Strong understanding of web standards, front-end web programming, and full stack engineering
- Experience with scaling and security
- Experience with Test Driven Development
- Experience with Git and version control
- Experience with Capistrano (or general familiarity with deployment tools)
- Understanding of AWS and associated products
- Enjoys working in a fast paced startup environment
Stronger Candidates Will Have:
- Computer Science degree
- Advanced javascript knowledge
- Experience with RSpec and other testing tools
- Strong knowledge of MySQL and databases
- General familiarity with unix and basic system administration
Ruby on Rails Developer Intern
beRecruited is looking for a well-rounded and talented intern to make an immediate impact on technology-driven products that help hundreds of thousands of student athletes get in to and afford a higher education. We're looking for interns that want to be the founders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
This is a full-time, on-site position in San Francisco, CA. We offer a fun, fast-paced environment and the opportunity to learn and grow with a successful early-stage company. The rewards of helping over 1.25 million users is something to expect on a daily basis.
Definitely get in touch if you:
Combine a strong overall computer science background with a passion to learn and excel in all ends of web development, including complex SQL queries, architecting scalable rails services, and building beautiful html/css/javascript interfaces.
Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in, or recently graduated with a Computer Science Degree
- Enjoys working in a fast paced startup environment
- Experience with object oriented programming
- Experience and/or ability to code, to some degree, with multiple programming languages
Stronger Candidates Will Have:
- Computer Science degree
- Experience with MySQL and databases
- Understanding of web standards, front-end web programming, and full stack engineering
- Experience with scaling and security
- Experience with Test Driven Development• Experience with Git and version control
- Experience with Capistrano (or general familiarity with deployment tools)
- Understanding of AWS and associated products
- Understanding of User Interface and Experience design and development
- General familiarity with unix and basic system administrationComputer Science degree
- Advanced javascript knowledge
- Experience with RSpec and other testing tools
- Strong knowledge of MySQL and databases
- General familiarity with unix and basic system administration
- Desire to learn and be a future entrepreneur
beRecruited, the nation’s largest online college athletics recruiting platform, is looking for a hard-working, creative and energetic Marketing & Customer Service Intern in Atlanta.
As a Marketing & Customer Service Intern, you will get first-hand experience of what it takes to grow and serve users for an online, sports-focused business, with a focus on retaining customers and keeping them happy and engaged. You’ll be the face of the network as you answer questions, implement and maintain customer service tools and build out original content that assists athletes. During your internship, you'll be working with an experienced 6-person team that has worked at ESPN, The US Olympic Training Center, Digg.com and Yardbarker.com. We’re big on developing talent, and we look forward to helping you grow your career in any way we can.
In addition, we’ll give the right candidate the opportunity to contribute to our customer acquisition programs, including increasing our social media presence, blogging, and more. To start, this is a 15-20 hour a week part-time job.
Responsibilities:
- Answer customer service emails from athletes and parents
- Document and highlight recently committed athletes
- Assist public relations team with creating relevant information to be featured on Facebook & Twitter
- Develop content to be available to athletes, including: recruiting advice, training tips and financial aid info
- Contributing to developing new promotional ideas and providing feedback on current product offerings & website improvements
Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate from an undergraduate Communications, Marketing, or Business program. Engineering coursework a plus!
- Passion for helping high school students and their families find the ideal college
- Passion for and experience with social media, especially Facebook, Twitter, blogging and forums.
- Excellent writing skills (you will be answering customer service emails, writing long-form blogs and short-form tweets!)
- Experience with Zendesk, Get Satisfaction or similar customer service tools is a plus
- Strong sense of self-motivation and drive - unless you are a self-starter, you will not do well in this role.
- The desire to be a part of the success of an early-stage company.
