If you&'re an engineer on the West Coast looking to join a hot startups, here&'s a good reason to prepare your resume. According to a company blog post, popular mobile check-in application Foursquare has decided to put together a full team of engineers in its new West Coast office.

Foursquare is going from basically squatting at the Square office in San Francisco to claiming additional space for a larger team of engineers, who are needed in part to handle the company&'s monthly user growth of 30 percent.

Co-founder and chief executive Dennis Crowley told VentureBeat, &''We&'re looking to fill 10-15 spots, but we&'re not racing to fill them. We just want the flexibility to hire great engineers that aren&'t ready to move to NYC.&''

The announcement comes soon after the launch of a strategic partnership with Pepsi and Safeway that integrates check ins with loyalty rewards for a pilot program at Vons grocery stores.

The New York City-based company, founded in 2009, has raised more than $21 million in funding and currently has more than 4.5 million users.

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Tags: check-in, engineer, location, location based services, location-based, Office, west coast

Companies: Foursquare

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Companies: Foursquare

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