Job opening - Web Applications Engineer (Java) @Flixster at Flixster (San Francisco, CA)

About Us:

Founded in 2006 and based in San Francisco, Flixster independently operates the world's most popular movie communities, used by more than 25 million people every month. Flixster services include destination websites at Flixster.com and RottenTomatoes.com, as well as leading apps on Facebook, iPhone and iPad, BlackBerry and Android-powered devices. Flixster's communities provide the most comprehensive movie information online - including a database of over 250,000 movies; 2.3 billion user reviews; 500,000 critic reviews; and over 35,000 trailers and videos.

Backed by the Warner Bros. Entertainment family, Flixster is building the next generation of digital home entertainment applications. We will continue to expand our services beyond movie discovery to enable digital movie sales and streaming from all of our apps on existing platforms plus many more. We are deep believers that groups of motivated, team-oriented people bui! ld the best products (and have the most fun doing it). At Flixster, you will make a big impact as part of our small but growing team. We're passionate, fast-moving and completely committed to building the best products for our users.

We offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits options including a 401(k) plan with a generous Company match.

About the Job:

Your role will be to build end-user features as fast as we can dream them up. You will work closely with everyone on our product development team to turn mockups into reality. Your will work across the full technology stack from front to back, and be completely responsible for each new feature you build - from design to implementation to deployment and maintenance. You will write elegant, maintainable, robust, scalable code every day. The features you build will be used by thousands of people the day after we launch them.

You will work not just ! on our web applications, but on embedded platforms (browser ex! tensions, set-top boxes, netbooks, etc), and you may be called on to help with our mobile applications as well.

About You:

• You have strong computer science fundamentals, with a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.


• 2+ years experience in Java 1.5+, JSP and JSTL.


• You have a deep understanding of Web protocols and formats and Web architectures.


• You are comfortable working in HTML, CSS, and Javascript.


• You are comfortable working in SQL.


• Experience with Hibernate is a strong plus.


• Scripting skills (Perl, Shell, or any other language) a strong plus.


• You are one of those developers who somehow always manages to get 10 times more done than your peers.


• You function well in a fast-paced, informal, egoless environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for performance is set high.


• Sense! of humor and a positive attitude are non-negotiable.

Please send resumes to jobs@flixster-inc.com

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