Prosper offers $130K for senior software engineer

Prosper is searching for a senior software engineer who is a "good .Net generalist" with experience in C#, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and ASP.NET. This is a full time position with a salary in the range of $100K to $130K and stock options. In their help wanted ad they say, "The web team is 6-7 people right now, so everyone has an impact from day one. We release code every six weeks, and do a lot of experimentation, so your work isn't getting delayed for months and then shelved at the last minute."

Although I have before, normally I don't post help wanted ads for Prosper. This job is interesting, however, because it is not listed on the Prosper jobs page and is written much more informally. For example, the dress is described as casual but "you still need footwear, we're not THAT casual." You won't see that on their official job board. Read more on 43folder's job board.

Other open jobs at Prosper include

• Product Manager
• QA Engineer
• Senior Accountant
• Senior Systems Administrator
• VP, Institutional Lender Development

Lending Club is also hiring. They have four openings right now:

• Credit Risk Manager
• Java Developer (two openings)
• Customer Service Representative

Zopa US is looking for help. They are looking for a web developer, financial systems developer, and senior credit officer. They are also looking for rapid growth in the coming months. On their jobs page they say, "We're going to need folks in many different roles here, particularly in marketing and product management, within the coming months (but not right now)."

Prosper seeks accountant

Prosper has posted a help wanted ad on Craigslist for a senior accountant. Less than two months ago they used Craigslist to find an account manager. This is a time of growth and hiring for peer to peer lending sites. Here's a short excerpt from the job description:

Reporting to the Controller, this position will be responsible for assisting with the month-end close, including journal entries, account reconciliations and variance analysis within the corporation. In addition, position will work closely with department heads to provide financial information as needed. Special projects will be assigned as identified.

I'm glad to see Prosper grow. What surprises me is the odd places that I find company announcements and news. Prosper does not have a blog. Instead they rely on an official company forum for announcements. I very rarely find announcements there. Instead I find them at Rateladder or TechCrunch. I'd nominate Rateladder to be Prosper's official company blog but I've seen Loanio ads up lately. That might not go over too well.

As it is, I count on Rateladder and deep web searches to keep me up to date with Prosper news.