Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Job opening - Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning: Data Systems Programmer
Location: Chicago illinois
URL: http://www.cmap.illinois.gov
Job Category: Assistant Analyst
Experience Required: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
Salary Range: Commensurate with assistant level experience
Position Description
This position will be responsible for creating and maintaining online data products, including interactive web pages, data visualizations, application programming interfaces (APIs), data-drive applications, GIS maps and similar items. Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
- Create and maintain web applications
- Create and maintain data visualizations
- Create and maintain online GIS maps
- Process raw data and ensure data quality
- Document code and data in a professional manner
- Help to build CMAP’s capacity for maintaining a robust data management program
- Manage code using Git or a similar code repository
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
The successful candidate must have basic skills in web programming. Familiarity with applying data resources in urban planning environments is desired. The following skills are not required of applicants, but will become important for the Data Systems Programmer position. CMAP will provide training opportunities as needed to build the successful candidate’s expertise in these skill areas.
- Web development using HTML, Javascript and CSS
- Scripting languages such as Python, C# and VB.NET
- Relational databases and structured query language (SQL)
- Microsoft IIS and ASP.NET
- ESRI ArcGis Server
- Data visualization tools
- Management of large datasets in various formats
- Familiarity with urban planning and public policy issues, and the of role of data in urban planning
- Ability to communicate with non-technicians about data and data systems
Education and Experience
Applicants should have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or a related field. A minimum of two years’ relevant experience in web development or a similar field is required. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in applying data to urban planning.
View and print the complete position posting: www.cmap.illinois.gov/careers
To apply: Contact Information Send your resume, cover letter with contact information and Job Code DSP045 to: Email: hresources@cmap.illinois.gov Mail: Human Resources CMAP: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning 233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 800 Chicago, IL 60606 w
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Job opening - BioWare: Systems Administrator
Location: Austin, TX
URL: http://www.bioware.com
The BioWare Label is a division of EA which crafts high quality multiplatform role-playing, MMO, social, play-for-free and strategy games, focused on emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed titles and franchises, including Baldur's Gate™, Neverwinter Nights™, Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™, Jade Empire™, Mass Effect™ and Dragon Age™.
BioWare Austin is seeking a Systems Administrator. Duties will include direct oversight of BioWare Austin’s production and development infrastructure for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The Systems Administrator will be a key component in the delivery of Web and Platform releases to development and production environments. The Systems Administrator will identify architecture enhancement and automation opportunities for BioWare Austin’s online infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversees the delivery of Web, Platform and Customer Support services to development and production environments
- Oversees the management of BioWare Austin’s CDN (Akamai).
- Performs performance monitoring and analysis of online infrastructure.
- Using MySQL and Oracle provides provisioning, backups, replication, and performance management.
- Provides strategic architectural guidance and expertise in building and maintaining a production systems environment.
- Develops and maintains key automation tools for streamlining workflow and systems management.
- Configures Netscaler or applications, security and high availability.
- Develops high availability, disaster recovery planning and database replication.
- Maintains build platforms and scripts for Web, Platform and Customer Support tool development.
- Installs, configures, and tests operating systems as well as open-source, commercial and/or proprietary software to meet development and support requirements.
- Maintains storage solutions and documentation of systems configurations and procedures.
- Works with hardware and software vendors to resolve hardware outages and software issues.
- Provides Tier 3 level troubleshooting to the production and development environments.
Requirements:
- BS in Computer Science preferred or 3+ years systems administration experience
- 3-5 years minimum of relevant experience in Linux/Unix Systems administration, including design, implementation, ongoing administration, and support of critical systems
- Understanding of AD and DNS architecture management; GSLB concepts a plus
- Experience managing a Red Hat variant Linux environment, including provisioning and package management
- Hands-on experience working with various network technologies â€" VPN, Firewall, Ethernet Switches & Routers, Sniffers, TCP/IP, Network Subnetting, VLANs, Cat5e/Cat6
- Experience with content management services (Puppet or similar), and deployment automation
- Proficient Linux scripting skills in Perl, Python or similar
- Understanding of the implementation requirements of client-server and peer-to-peer networking models
- MySQL, and Oracle database experience; Golden Gate experience a plus
- Experience and knowledge of best practices for security and incident management
- 5+ years of experience with storage management; NetApp experience a plus
- 5+ years of experience with virtualization technologies; VMware, Citrix Xen experience a plus
- Strong troubleshooting experience and skills; experience with Splunk and/or AppDynamics a plus
- 3+ years of experience with CDN technologies
- 5+ years of experience with Windows servers
Due to the volume of applications we receive for our job postings, we are unable to respond personally to phone or email inquiries regarding the status of an application. Only candidates being considered for an interview will be contacted at this time.
To apply: Apply at http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/jobs/austin_jobs/
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Job opening - Collaborative Drug Discovery: Senior Software Engineer
Location: Burlingame, CA (next to San Francisco Airport)
URL: https://www.collaborativedrug.com
CDD is the first real SaaS informatics platform. Every day, scientists around the world use CDD to manage, analyze and collaborate around their data. This type of collaboration is crucial to research on under-funded diseases like Tuberculosis and Malaria and strategic for many players in the market.
Our long list of customers (https://www.collaborativedrug.com/pages/who) includes academic labs, biotechs, pharmas, government agencies and worldwide foundations like the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
Senior Software Engineer
As an engineer, you will have a huge impact on how we design, build and deliver our application. You should be a generalist and enjoy working across the software stack. Our current technologies include Ruby (Rails), MySQL, Javascript, Java, and Solr.
We look for engineers who love finding efficient, thoughtful, and highly useable solutions to a variety of technical and product challenges. You should strive to write efficient, maintainable code and you should enjoy pushing code every few weeks.
Sample projects include:
- Designing a flexible model and flow that allow scientists to invite collaborators and selectively share data with them.
- Building and maintaining an API for third party developers and integrations.
- Developing interactive graphical representations for the analysis of chemical and biologic data.
- Optimizing import, export and computation of large data sets.
Work & Benefits
We think the world has seen too many ugly scientific applications. We care about usability and details. Our team! ships code quickly and iteratively. We think design and commu! nity management are as important as great technology.
We believe a few great people can make a big difference. We strive to embody our name and empower every CDD employee to do their best work. This means working collaboratively, and giving every person ownership and responsibilities.
We also offer the following standard benefits:
- Competitive salaries and meaningful equity
- Comprehensive insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- Family friendly flexible schedules and paid time-off
- The equipment you need to be productive (Top of the line laptop, extra display, height adjustable desk. . .)
Conditions: We consider applicants seeking full-time employment as a permanent employee. You must be local to the bay area or interested in relocation.
To apply: Please contact work@collaborativedrug.com with your resume, cover letter, and links to things you've built.
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Job opening - Cappex: Software Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL
URL: http://www.cappex.com
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Growing Company Important Work that Helps Students Great Benefits Package
About Cappex.com: At Cappex, we help students find the right college â€" much simpler and easier than anywhere else. Our revolutionary approach allows students to be sought by colleges across the country, and our comprehensive college profile data, unique admission chances tool and student reviews help students find their perfect college fit. More than 4 million students are connecting with 1800 colleges every day on Cappex, with thousands more are signing up every day.
The Role: You’ll be joining our superb development team to work on projects that feed into our weekly release cycle. You’ll be respon! sible for researching, designing and developing features for Cappex.com and our related systems. You’ll participate with the rest of the team in planning sessions, design reviews, releases and code reviews. You’ll also be working closely with our product development team to ensure the best tools get built in the time available by participating in discovery sessions, user story definition and estimate assignment all in an agile (SCRUM) environment.
The right candidate will be joining an excellent team focused on providing students with personally relevant information and ample opportunities to learn and build their college experience and success.
Requirements:
• Strength in the core Java language, including JSP
• Experience with SQL and database design
• Coursework and/or experien! ce with data structures, algorithms, system design and analysi! s
• Working in a team-based environment
• Ability to take initiative and work in a fast paced environment with little oversight
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong desire to provide a software that serves and assists users
• Comfort with agile development
Other Beneficial Experience:
• Unit testing experience
• Experience with JavaScript (including jQuery) and AJAX
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Linux and MySQL experience
• Mobile device development
• A/B or multivariate testing experience
• Web frameworks such as Spring, Struts or Stripes
• Database ORM tools such as hibernate! or JPA
• JVM optimization
• SOA experience utilizing either web services or jms
• Experience with subversion or git
More about Cappex: We got our start in 2006 and are off to a raging success. Were located in the River North area in downtown Chicago and have a fantastic benefits program, including: medical, dental, vision, three weeks paid time off, and a matching 401K plan.
Cappex is a great place to build a career â€" full of bright, energetic people who are genuinely friendly and fun to work with. Please see our full list of available jobs at: http://cappexcollegesearchmadesimple.jobscore.com to refer your friends.
To Apply: Please submit a resume and als! o include a cover letter that tells us how you stack-up to the position! weve described and shows us a bit of your personality. A cover letter is very important to us. All applications will be kept confidential. We appreciate all interest, but will only contact those applicants with whom we wish to proceed further.
Note: Cappex is not currently working with any placement firms for this position. Please apply directly even if the firm tells you, "they know someone at Cappex" (or something similar).
Cappex is an Equal Opportunity Employer
To apply: Apply Here: http://www.applytracking.com/track.aspx/38GqL
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Job opening - Tumblr: PHP Web Developer
Location: New York, NY
URL: http://www.tumblr.com/about
A versed engineer and perfectionist with good taste, ready to take ownership of entire features.
What you'll do:
- Create new and improve existing features that keep our growing millions of users doing amazing things with their blogs
- Write snappy code, from flexible JavaScript libraries to concise, reusable PHP models
- Work with the latest open-source projects for extreme scale and a few of our own
- Collaborate with an extraordinarily small and talented team of designers and backend engineers
What we’re looking for:
- A passion for beautiful, pragmatic code paired with a strong sense of product design
- Experience with sites that rely on architecture beyond the basic LAMP stack
- Demonstrated work beyond the frontend and ability to integrate with a wide array of backend technologies and services
- A deep understanding of Tumblr’s features
- Smarts, humility, and equal willingness to learn and teach
Tools we like:
- PHP5
- MySQL taken to its furthest extent
- Prototype and jQuery (along with hand-crafted JS)
- Varnish and memcached
- Asynchronous requests and queues (frontend and backend)
- Ruby
- git and GitHub
Founded by David Karp in New York City in 2007, Tumblr is a microblogging platform that allows users to effortlessly share anything. Tumblr now hosts over 70 million blogs with over 30 billion posts to date. Our pageview to engineer ratio is 0.5 billion PV per month to 1 engineer. This means every line of code every developer writes has a huge impact. We are focused on building tools and technologies that will advance the state of the art in dealing with massively scaled websites as we quickly grow past 50,000 requests and 3,000 posts per second. We are also excited to deliver a range of new products that will enable users to share their own creative content, discover content, and connect to one another in new ways.
To apply: Please e-mail resume and github username to brad@tumblr.com
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Job opening - Mobile Roadie: Senior Objective-C (iOS) Developer
Location: Beverly Hills, CA
URL: www.mobileroadie.com
Job Description:
Seeking Qualified Senior Objective-C (iOS) Developer to join our Award Winning Team
If you're a motivated Senior Objective-C Engineer who's available for full time/on-site employment, then this is a most opportunistic time to join our fast growing team of passionate individuals at our offices in Beverly Hills! Not only is this a great time to jump on board by having an opportunity to work with global powerful brands, network, grow alongside a very talented team of developers and innovators, but we offer unlimited vacation days, equity, benefits, onsite yoga, free snacks and beverages, and work sponsored events (bowling, lunches, happy hours) and more!
Job Description:
You will be responsible for creating new iPhone and iPad views and pushing the p! roduct forward, working closely with our CTO and engineering team.
Required Skills:
-Senior level experience with Objective-C
-Experience in creating and maintaining iPhone/iPad apps
-Familiarity with XML/ REST Services
- Comfort as a team player working in a complex codebase
-Respect for pixel perfect design
Please only apply if:
1. You are based in Los Angeles, CA or are willing to relocate
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2. You have an eye for detail and great commu! nication skills
3. You're available immediately and for full-time work
Serious applicants only. No recruiters or international candidates, please!
About the Company:
Mobile Roadie (www.mobileroadie.com) is an award winning platform that lets anyone create an iPhone or Android App in minutes and manage it via a CMS. We are growing quickly and are building Apps for major brands all over the world, including Adele, Madonna, Cirque du Soleil, Wynn Las Vegas, San Diego Zoo, Dallas Mavericks, Harvard University, and the World Economic Forum.
To apply: mary@mobileroadie.com
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Job opening - AdRoll : Dream in Backbone and jQuery? - Front-end Engineer
Location: San Francisco (SOMA)
URL: www.adroll.com
About Us:
AdRoll is an already profitable startup based in SOMA. We’re backed by some of the savviest investors in the space, including Peter Thiel, Accel Partners, and Foundation Capital.
We were just named the #1 fastest growing company in the Bay Area and the #7 fastest growing in the whole US by Inc. Magazine.
Team up with a colorful, but tight-knit engineering squad of a dozen. Code alongside our group which includes the youngest engineer ever at Microsoft (our CEO), a former World Champion of Street Fighter, the president of Python Italy, and more!
We run the retargeting platform with the largest customer base and swim in the complex, yet exciting new world of real-time advertising. We work with many great brands you've h! eard of (American Apparel, Tom's Shoes, Microsoft, Tivo, Hipmunk) and many more you haven't.
About you:
As a front-end engineer, you love building responsive, well-composed client side applications. You have a knack for putting yourself in the shoes of the user. You will spend your time between the client and the server, with the majority spent on the client. You know how to make things fast or feel snappy. You might be building out our application interfaces, updating the marketing website, and working on our API.
You like to dig into the newest in development tech. Our stack consists of a very healthy dose of Python (Pylons/Pyramid) as app server, modern Javascript libraries on the front-end (jQuery, Backbone.js, Underscore, D3, SASS, CSS3, HTML5), git for source control and Erlang, Redi! s and PostgreSQL on the backend.
- Object Oriented Javascript
- jQuery
- CSS3, SCSS (Sass)
- HTML5
- Clean & Organized Code
- Knowledge or interest in learning Python
- BS in computer science or related field or relevant work experience.
- Has personal projects related to the web
- Great attitude and good team player
- Loves learning and appreciates feedback or instruction
Bonus Points:
- Backbone.js
- Underscore.js
- CSS Spriting
- Appreciate of Clean UI
- Focus on good user experience (examples would be great)
- Adobe Photoshop
- Demonstrated skills in building easy to use products by yourself or where you were in charge
- Good set of evaluation materials like an up-to-date portfolio or a github account
- Humor
Benefits:
- Design your ideal setup (machine, monitor, ergo)
- Mentorship and backing of your growth as an engineer
- Competitive salary and equity
- Medical/Dental benefits
- Work/Life balance and a flexible vacation schedule
- Snacks and beverages, Monday dinners, Wednesday breakfast, Off The Grid across the street
- Close to CalTrain and Bart
- Opportunity to win the coveted Golden Bagel
To apply: Apply at: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oSISWfw8&s=37Signlas
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Job opening - Synacor: Principal Engineer, Client Engineering
Location: Buffalo, NY
URL: http://www.synacor.com
Want to create products that more than 30 million people use daily? Want to solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems? You can help build the next-generation of Synacor’s products and create web applications that reach millions of people!
Synacor is seeking a Principal Engineer to work on our Client Engineering team. Principle Engineers at Synacor are hands-on technical leads, facilitating the daily work of the core development team and providing the ongoing direction and design of the application suite. They also work with the key internal teams to scope and plan future work and releases. The successful applicant will work closely with Business Analysts, other Technical Leads, Software Engineers, Operations and Quality Assurance Engineers in a highly collaborative environment to provide quality software and solutions, while providing the necessary leadership to deliver releases on time and on budget.
The ideal candidate for this position will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, and a passion for pushing software to its limits, then pushing it even further! So, if you are interested in having a material impact on applications used by millions of people, then Synacor is the place for you!
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Help guide the core development team and deliverables.
· Help guide development team's tools, processes, and quality/performance of the work produced by the team.
· Drive the SDLC and methodology, tracking the current tasks of the team members, and escalating issues as needed.
· Collaborate with Business Analysts and PMs to estimate and plan work.
· Work with senior developers, software architects and quality assurance engineers to resolve development roadblocks.
· Own the relationships with key supporting teams.
· Report critical issues to management effectively, timely, and with clarity.
· Hands-on mentoring of the team.
Education, Experience and Skills:
· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent work experience.
· 3 Years as a Technical Lead or equivalent work experience.
· Five years of software or website development experience (Unix, PHP, HTML and JavaScript, jQuery).
· Strong estimating and planning skills.
· Strong SQL and database skills (MySQL preferred).
· Bug tracking/ticketing software tools experience a must.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, energy and customer service attitude are essential.
· Ability to deliver solutions quickly under strictly controlled environments.
· Ability and desire to thrive in a proactive, high-pressure, client-services, environment.
· Experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, etc.
· Experience with version control systems such as Git, Subversion, CVS.
· Experience with Content Management Systems.
· System analysis and software architectural skills.
· Ability to track multiple large and small projects.
What we’ll bring to the table:
· 100% Company paid benefits (health, dental, vision) for all employees and eligible dependents
· Competitive compensation package, including stock option grants (for eligible positions)
· Award winning company culture
· Casual dress and flexible environment
· Generous paid time off
· 25 cent vending machines
· Free Spot coffee, popcorn and cappuccino
· Monthly company connections (get to know your co-workers)
· The opportunity to make a difference!
Synacor is not your typical 9 to 5 workplace. Our award winning culture doesn’t stop at flexible work hours and 25 cent vending machines. Jeans and t-shirts are typical office attire, even for the executives. Teamwork is an everyday occurrence, and is made easy with our new open workspaces. Our leadership team understands that the best results come from collaboration, so we hire the best and brightest and then let them do what they do best: create cutting-edge products and provide exemplary customer service. Synacor's headquarters is located along Buffalo's waterfront in the Erie Basin Marina. Taking a few minutes to enjoy the serenity of nature is as easy as walking 1,000 feet or so to the water. We even have a lakefront gazebo with wi-fi connection! And if that’s not enough, Synacor pays 100% of health care premiums for employees AND dependents, offers stock option participation, a healthy bonus potential and a very generous paid time off policy. Working with some of the largest cable, telecom and satellite providers, Synacor’s products and online services reach over 25 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. We are looking for great people to join our team and be given the freedom to do the work they were hired to do.
To apply: To apply please visit our website: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SYNACOR&cws=1&rid=1043
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Job opening - Synacor: Lead Developer, Client Engineering
Location: Buffalo, NY
URL: http://www.synacor.com
Want to create products that more than 30 million people use daily? Want to solve unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems? You can help build the next-generation of Synacor’s products and create web applications that reach millions of people!
We are seeking a Lead Developer to work on our Client Engineering team who has extensive experience in building web applications for users, partners, and teams. This role will provide technical consultation and leadership to a small team of developers and co-workers as well as be the expert with LINUX, Apache, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and other related technologies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Development, documentation, and maintenance of cutting edge web-based applications in our portal and integration platforms, primarily PHP
· Guide and mentor other junior, mid, and senior developers
· Responsible for the initial integration, configuration, launch and maintenance of client products
· Deployment of client sites, including custom development, branding, and integration with diverse content feeds, billing and provisioning systems
· Work closely with our architecture teams to build and scale back-end services.
· Implement web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
· Providing technical consultation and expertise to Product Managers and other Synacor staff members
· Participate in technical planning and architectural exercises
· Conduct peer reviews, planning, daily standups, and other duties in an agile environment
What you’ll need to bring to the table:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or the equivalent work experience
· Minimum four years experience in software or website development; proven experience developing large-scale database-driven applications a plus
· Extensive professional experience programming PHP or Perl (LAMP)
· Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript client-side scripting using jQuery
· Professional experience with MySQL
· Proficient in Unix / Linux, scripting and tools
· In depth knowledge of XML, SOAP, REST and AJAX highly desirable
· Experience with reversion / revision control software; GIT preferred
· Experience in an Agile environment preferred.
· Excellent communication skills, and ability to collaborate with internal teams
· Strong attention to detail and ability to solve complex problems
· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet set deadlines
What we’ll bring to the table:
· 100% Company paid benefits (health, dental, vision) for all employees and eligible dependents
· Competitive compensation package, including stock option grants (for eligible positions)
· Award winning company culture with growth potential
· Casual dress and flexible environment
· Generous paid time off
· 25 cent vending machines
· Free Spot coffee, popcorn and cappuccino
· Monthly company connections (get to know your co-workers)
· The opportunity to make a difference!
Synacor is not your typical 9 to 5 workplace. Our award winning culture doesn’t stop at flexible work hours and 25 cent vending machines. Jeans and t-shirts are typical office attire, even for the executives. Teamwork is an everyday occurrence, and is made easy with our new open workspaces. Our leadership team understands that the best results come from collaboration, so we hire the best and brightest and then let them do what they do best: create cutting-edge products and provide exemplary customer service. Synacor's headquarters is located along Buffalo's waterfront in the Erie Basin Marina. Taking a few minutes to enjoy the serenity of nature is as easy as walking 1,000 feet or so to the water. We even have a lakefront gazebo with wi-fi connection! And if that’s not enough, Synacor pays 100% of health care premiums for employees AND dependents, offers stock option participation, a healthy bonus potential and a very generous paid time off policy. Working with some of the largest cable, telecom and satellite providers, Synacor’s products and online services reach over 25 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. We are looking for great people to join our team and be given the freedom to do the work they were hired to do.
To apply: To apply please visit our website at: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SYNACOR&cws=1&rid=877
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Job opening - Synacor: Lead Software Developer
Location: Buffalo, NY
URL: http://www.synacor.com
Synacor is the country's leading provider of premium service delivery platforms and private-label portals that enable Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to easily bundle a wide variety of free and subscription-only value-added services into their Internet offering. We are looking for somebody who's passionate about all aspects of development! Someone who likes to learn new technologies and keep up to date with what’s new and what’s current.
We are seeking a Lead Software Developer, who will have will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, and extensive experience in PHP as well as expertise in HTML, JavaScript and Web application development. You will participate in a wide-range of challenging software development projects, in a fast-paced and collaborative environment as part of agile development teams, working alongside other talented engineers who share your passion in this space.
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Development, documentation, and maintenance of cutting edge web-based applications in our portal and premium service platforms.
· Deployment of client sites, including custom development, branding, and integration with diverse content feeds, billing and provisioning systems.
· Providing technical consultation and expertise to Product Managers and other Synacor staff members.
· Participating in technical planning and architectural exercises
· Conducting peer reviews in an agile environment
· Acting as a resource for colleagues; may direct the work of other staff members
· Other duties as assigned.
So, if you are looking for an opportunity to team up with other PHP experts in an exciting and growing company, this is the position for you!!
What you’ll need to bring to the table:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or the equivalent work experience.
· Minimum five years experience in software or website development; proven experience developing large-scale database-driven applications a plus
· Extensive professional experience programming PHP
· Expertise with HTML, and JavaScript client-side scripting using jQuery
· Experience with Perl programming is highly desirable
· Professional experience with MySQL or equivalent
· Proficient in Unix/Linux use, scripting and tools
· Knowledge of XML, SOAP and AJAX highly desirable
· Familiarity with revision control software
· Excellent communication skills, and ability to collaborate
What we’ll bring to the table:
· 100% Company paid benefits (health, dental, vision) for all employees and eligible dependents
· Competitive compensation package, including stock option grants (for eligible positions)
· Award winning company culture
· Casual dress and flexible environment
· Generous paid time off
· 25 cent vending machines
· Free Spot coffee, popcorn and cappuccino
· Monthly company connections (get to know your co-workers)
· The opportunity to make a difference!
Synacor is not your typical 9 to 5 workplace. Our award winning culture doesn’t stop at flexible work hours and 25 cent vending machines. Jeans and t-shirts are typical office attire, even for the executives. Teamwork is an everyday occurrence, and is made easy with our new open workspaces. Our leadership team understands that the best results come from collaboration, so we hire the best and brightest and then let them do what they do best: create cutting-edge products and provide exemplary customer service. Synacor's headquarters is located along Buffalo's waterfront in the Erie Basin Marina. Taking a few minutes to enjoy the serenity of nature is as easy as walking 1,000 feet or so to the water. We even have a lakefront gazebo with wi-fi connection! And if that’s not enough, Synacor pays 100% of health care premiums for employees AND dependents, offers stock option participation, a healthy bonus potential and a very generous paid time off policy. Working with some of the largest cable, telecom and satellite providers, Synacor’s products and online services reach over 25 million high-speed Internet subscribers worldwide. We are looking for great people to join our team and be given the freedom to do the work they were hired to do.
To apply: To apply, please visit our website: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA11/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SYNACOR&cws=1&rid=994
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Job opening - Adler Planetarium: Web developer (JavaScript, Ruby, Mobile)
Location: Chicago, IL
URL: http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
The Adler Planetarium is America's first planetarium and opened in 1930. In the over 80 years since, it has expanded twice and currently hosts nearly half a million on-site visitors a year. In the last five years, nearly every gallery and theater at the Adler has undergone a complete transformation. The next era of the Adler's development will include closer integration of technology in our engagement of visitors including context aware spaces, mobile integration, new display technologies and an entirely re-imagined web presence.
The Adler is also host to the technical team behind the Zooniverse (http://www.zooniverse.org) which began in 2007 with a project called Galaxy Zoo (http://www.galaxyzoo.org) in which members of the public were invited to help astronomers classify galaxy images by their shape. Four years later the Zooniverse ha! s 12 projects and more than 700,000 'citizen scientists' helping do real research on the web. Our Zooniverse projects are varied; ranging from transcribing ancient greek papyri (http://www.ancientlives.org) to detecting new planets going around stars (http://www.planethunters.org). Your work will be seen by millions of people and you'll be collaborating with organizations including TED, Microsoft Research and SETI.
The role: We're looking for a developer with significant web development experience to work in collaboration with the Zooniverse development team to help reimagine the Adler's digital strategy. Ideally you'll have worked with some of the modern Javascript frameworks such as Spine or Backbone, have experience with either Ruby or Python and have built experiences for mobile devices. A good working knowledge of how ! to integrate web applications with remote web services is also! highly desirable as is a good understanding of object oriented programming. Ideally you'll have experience of the full life-cycle of software development and will have an opinion on your favorite testing framework. You should also know how to write clean, well-structured code and be able to write standards-compliant HTML and CSS.
The office & team: We're based out of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago (http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/) and have some of the best views of the city around. You'll be working in a team of 10 in a relaxed environment. You get to choose your tools (e.g. Mac or PC) and the software that you use, there's also an opportunity for travel if you want it.
If your dreams are filled by IPO or VC funding then this probably isn't the job for you but if you like science and fancy working with ! some smart people on some genuinely interesting problems then get in touch.
Equal Employment Opportunity
M/F/D/V
(10/29/12)
REQ: ZOO100
To apply: Apply with your resume, cover letter and salary history referencing 'ZOO100' to: hr-citizenscience@adlerplanetarium.org and copy in arfon@zooniverse.org
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Now Hiring database administrator (DBA)
mobhero
Bangalore
A database administrator (DBA) is responsible for the performance, integrity and security of a database. Additional role requirements are likely to include planning, development and troubleshooting.
The database approach incorporates the following principles:
·        data remains consistent across the database;
·        data is clearly defined;
·        users access data concurrently, in a form that suits their needs;
·        There is provision for data security and recovery control (all data is retrievable in an emergency).
DBA roles are increasingly identified by the databases, the processes they administer and the capabilities of the database management system (DBMS) in use.
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Typical work activities
·        establishing the needs of users and monitoring user access and security;
·        monitoring performance and managing parameters to provide fast query responses to front-end users;
·        mapping out the conceptual design for a planned database in outline;
·        considering both back-end organization of data and front-end accessibility for end-users;
·        refining the logical design so that it can be translated into a specific data model;
·        further refining the physical design to meet system storage requirements;
·        installing and testing new versions of the DBMS;
·        maintaining data standards, including adherence to the Data Protection Act;
·        writing database documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for the data dictionary (metadata);
·        developing, managing and testing back-up and recovery plans;
·        ensuring that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures are functioning correctly;
·        capacity planning;
·        working closely with IT project managers, database programmers and multimedia programmers;
·        communicating regularly with technical, applications and operational staff to ensure database integrity and security;.
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Required Experience
·        BE or BS Degree in one of the following subject areas: Computer Science, Business Administration, Information Technology or related field preferred
·        2 -3 years IT operation with strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices
·        Understanding of, and experience with, server-client computing and relational database environments
·        Experience with data management and data processing flowcharting techniques
·        Knowledge of reporting and query tools and practices
·        Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
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Required Skills
·        MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle etc.
·        Database Administration
·        Database Tuning
·        Database Management
·        Database Security
·        RDBMS
·        Bachelor’s Degree
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Now Hiring HR Manager
mobhero
Bangalore
The incumbent will be responsible to implement of services, policies and programs through HR staff; reports to Regional Head, HR & Admin, and assists company managers with HR issues.
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Main Responsibilities
·        Manage and oversee full spectrum of HR function together with HR admin, including recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, employee training and development, performance management, employee relations and administration
·        Review and align current HR strategies and policies, current system, structures and work processes
·        Oversee of office administration
·        Conducting the company’s staff induction programme. Acting as the primary contact for new employees and supervising their integration into the company.
·        Providing accurate information on compensation and benefits issues.
·        Managing employee relations and staff welfare.
·        Advising new employees on all human resources related issues such as conflict resolutions, disciplinary actions, performance evaluations, promotions, etc.
·        Updating all human resources administrative files (such as HR work flow, personnel action data, employee profiles, etc.) to ensure consistency and effectiveness of HR services.
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Required Skills:
·        Degree in Human Resources Management or related discipline
·        At least 2 years’ experience in HRM in a multinational company and supporting company size of 20 and above
·        Excellent interpersonal skills with good command of written and spoken English
·        Proactive, positive and independent
·        Good analytical and problem solving skills.
·        Pleasant, mature, enthusiastic and service-minded.
·        Good planning and organizational skills.
·        Able to work flexibly.
·        Computer proficient, especially using PowerPoint and Excel.
·        Applicants must be willing to work in Bangalore, India
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Now Hiring Networking Engineer
mobhero
Bangalore
Establishes and maintains network performance by building net configurations and connections; troubleshooting network problems.
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Typical work activities
·        installing, supporting and maintaining new server hardware and software infrastructure;
·        managing email, anti-spam and virus protection;
·        setting up user accounts, permissions and passwords;
·        monitoring network usage;
·        ensuring the most cost-effective and efficient use of servers;
·        suggesting and providing IT solutions to business and management problems;
·        ensuring that all IT equipment complies with industry standards;
·        analyzing and resolving faults, ranging from a major system crash to a forgotten password;
·        undertaking routine preventative measures and implementing, maintaining and monitoring network security, particularly if the network connects to the internet;
·        providing training and technical support for users with varying levels of IT knowledge and competence;
·        supervising other staff, such as help-desk technicians;
·        working closely with other departments/organizations and collaborating with other IT staff;
·        planning and implementing future IT developments and undertaking project work;
·        managing the website and keeping internal networks running;
·        Monitoring the use of the web by employees.Â
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Required Experience
·        BE or BS Degree in one of the following subject areas: Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred
·        2 -3 years IT operation with strong understanding of networking
·        Knowledge of networking tools and practices
·        Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environmentÂ
Required Skills
·        Bachelor’s Degree
·        LAN Knowledge
·        Proxy Servers
·        Networking Knowledge
·        Network Design and Implementation
·        Network Troubleshooting
·        Network Hardware Configuration
·        Network Performance Tuning
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Now Hiring Publisher Manager
mobhero
Bangalore
The Manager Publisher Alliance will be responsible for Scoping for new partners, tying up with premium publishers to get exclusive and interesting revenue opportunities for monetization. Take care of end to end relationship management with publisher’s right from on boarding, servicing, and revenue management. This role combines elements of Sales, Business Development and Client Management.
Main Responsibilities
·        Prospect, close and grow relationships with key publishers.
·        Monetize inventory and get incremental revenue through our relationships.
·        Manage all facets of the business development cycle including developing a target list, prospecting new publishers, communicating Mobhero’s value proposition, negotiating and renewing contracts and maximizing relationships.
·        Increase long-term revenue as well as performance of the company.
·        Work closely with the client services team to ensure a successful implementation of the publisher’s solution
·        Market scanning, identifying and collaborating with premium publishers and developers to create verticals of inventory.
·        Continuously engage with alliance partners to maintain healthy working relationship based on mutual business value.
Required Experience
·        Extensive Business Development, Alliances and Sales Experience.
·        Understanding of the publishing, advertising and Network Management.
·        Must have a passion for sales and technology.
·        Strong relationships with key Publisher.
·        Strong understanding of industry trends, technologies, mobile platforms and online advertising.
·        Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
·        Service and client relations oriented with ability to successfully network with leading decision-makers and all levels of management and personnel.Â
Required Skills
·        “Hands On†solution-oriented team player.
·        Self-Driven Individual who proactively identifies opportunities and makes things happen.
·        Passionate about mobile eco system.
·        Excellent communication skills, especially strong presentation skills with a knack for consultative selling.
·        Excellent Relationship Management Skills and a good team player.
·        Hunger to outperform in a fast growing environment.
·        Strong analytical & numerical skills with Commercial awareness.
·        Creative flair and enthusiasm for new ideas and concepts
·        Confident, passionate and enthusiastic attitude.
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Now Hiring Tech Lead
mobhero
Bangalore
You should be an energetic and proven engineering contributor with a successful history of participating on small dedicated teams as a dependable member. You will have a proven track record for delivering high quality products on time that meet or exceed the product requirements. You have to work with, collaborate with, and integrate into the larger engineering team working from the same development plan and coordinating tasks and objectives effectively.Â
Required Experience
- Bachelors in CS or equivalent from premier institutes
- 5+ years of professional software development experience developing mission-critical applications in a production UNIX environment
- Strong technical skills in C/C++/Core Java, XML, MySQL, Oracle, UNIX, Apache and Tomcat
- Expertise in two or more of these fields is mandatory: Databases (or Large Data stores) / Networking / OS / Distributed Computing / Grid Computing / Web Services
·        Strong skills and proven record of designing and implementing multi-tier web solutions that are scalable, extensible and maintainable
·        Background in writing high performance and readily scalable, 24x7 operating environments will be very valuable
·        Strong debugging/diagnostic and analytical skills
·        Ability to work independently and with a team
·        Can learn and implement new technologies quickly and effectively
·        Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
·        History of delivering successful software products on time
·        Experience with entire software development lifecycle including requirements, specification, documentation, testing, release, and maintenance
·        Knowledge and prior work experience on data modeling, security, performance, and scalabilityÂ
Desirable Skills
·        Experience in resource scheduling, task decomposition, and risk management in an Agile environment
·        Experience with Unicode/encoding and internationalization/localization
·        Strong technical skills in JSP, Servlets, Struts, Hibernate, Spring
·        Good understanding of various Machine Learning and Data Mining algorithms
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Job opening - O.C. Tanner: iOS Engineer
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
URL: http://www.octanner.com/
O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.
As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.
We need highly skilled iOS engineers who have a passion for creating delightful, useful and usable mobile experiences and a gift for writing clean, standard code.
Requirements
• Advanced knowledge of iOS and development tools
• Experience building and releasing mobile apps in the app store
• Experience building localized and globalized mobile apps
• Strong communication skills
You should be passionate about:
• Building great products
• Working on multi-million user apps
You excel if you:
• Can lead, motivate, and inspire people
• Have worked with REST and JSON
• Have published multiple apps in the app store
• Can write well
• Are proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks
• Are familiar with Git or Svn
• Are familiar with Node.js, Ruby or Python
To apply: Apply online at www.octanner.com
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Job opening - O.C. Tanner: Technical Program Manager
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
URL: http://www.octanner.com/
O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.
As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If web and mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.
We’re creating a new Technical Program Management practice. A Technical Program Manager at O.C. Tanner is part solution designer, part project manager, part business analyst, part metrics manager, and part technical business manager. Technical Program Managers incessantly push for clarity on the who, what, why, how and when of our work. The Technical Program Manager is the leader who relentlessly organizes and guides our product development teams to exceed our business objectives, nail our customer’s needs and delight and empower the people who use our products and services.
Responsibilities
Our Technical Program Managers partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Front-End Engineers, Back-End Engineers, Mobile Engineers, QA Engineers and others to do the following:
• Clearly understand and prioritize business objectives and customer needs
• Design, build and deliver solutions that will meet or exceed the objectives and needs
• Measure and report actual performance against baseline measures
• Work continuously to improve performance against the objectives and needs
• Help define and execute standards and practices that enable our development teams to do this as quickly and effectively as possible
• Create an environment that attracts, empowers and retains technical people of the highest caliber
Applying candidates must have each of the following:
• Strong technical breadth in web application development
• A passion for delivering user experiences that delight and empower
• A passion for building web apps
• The ability to represent customers in a development team
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills
• The ability to lead through influence
• Strong project leadership skills
• A relentless drive for results
• A passion for measuring those results
Exceptional candidates will have done one or more of the following:
• Practiced the Lean Startup approach
• Worked on a team that does Test-Driven Development and Continuous Delivery
• Designed a user experience for a web app and/or mobile device
• Coded a web app that runs on Heroku or a similar PAAS
• Started a business
• Contributed to an open source project
• Worked on a large-scale, international, multi-million user web app
• Hand-coded the HTML/CSS for a Responsive website
• Developed and published a mobile app for iOS and/or Android devices
To apply: Apply online at www.octanner.com
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Job opening - American Physical Society: Software Developer - Ruby Opportunity on Long Island
Location: Ridge, NY
URL: http://www.aps.org
The American Physical Society, a leading publisher of scientific journals, based in Suffolk County, LI, (LIE exit 68 - near Brookhaven National Laboratory) seeks a software developer. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a small team that is responsible for building a wide variety of dynamic web applications to ensure our scholarly publications remain on the cutting edge. The developer is expected to have a strong web development background with the ability to work across all tiers of an application (backend, front-end, API layer, etc.).
You will be working with a team of talented and forward-thinking developers and designers to implement the latest web technologies. We’re a group who happily share knowledge, value other ideas, while working in a bright, modern office with a friendly atmosphere and flat hierarchies.
We will challenge you with really interesting work while providing you with a collaborative culture in a fast paced environment. Our staff is encouraged to attend industry conferences and we are constantly playing with new tools and use all the latest and greatest technologies, affording you the capability to impact all aspects of your projects.
You must have excellent English communication skills, be a team player and be results oriented. You can think through and provide solutions to problems, not just follow orders.
Other incentives for working at APS are great pay, great benefits, generous 403(b), and 3 weeks paid vacation.
Requirements:
* Experience with full lifecycle development in a modern dynamic language (Ruby, Python).
* Ability to create modular, object oriented code that is clear, maintainable and utilizes design patterns and other best practices.
* Strong unix skills (Linux/FreeBSD/Mac OS X preferred).
* Strong front-end development with HTML5, CSS, and OO Javascript with toolkits such as jQuery, Prototype, Backbone.js, etc.
* Strong data modeling and database skills including experience with an RDBMS (MySQL preferred) as well as NoSQL data stores (MongoDB, Redis, Riak, HBase, etc.).
* Experience with agile development methodologies including rapid prototyping, test driven development (TDD, BDD), continuous integration, etc.
* Experience building dynamic websites with frameworks such as Rails, sinatra, Django, etc.
* Experience designing and implementing API's and service components using REST, RPC, messaging, etc.
* Experience configuring web servers and application deployment environments (Apache httpd, nginx, Tomcat, Capistrano, etc.).
Bonus points:
* Knowledge of HTML/CSS templating with HAML, Compass/SASS, Less, or similar frameworks.
* Experience with XML, XSLT, XPath.
* Experience with Hadoop and related technologies (HBase, Pig, Hive, Flume, etc.).
* Some experience with semantic web standards and related tools.
* Experience with a variety of programming languages and methods, e.g. java, lisp.
American Physical Society
1 Research Road
Ridge, NY 11961
EOE M/F/D/V
To apply: To apply please send your resume to: recruit@aps.org If possible, please also provide code samples and URL's of previous applications you've developed. Candidates who provide links to their GitHub profiles or personal websites with technical articles and/
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Job opening - Church Initiative: Senior Web Developer
Location: Wake Fores, NC
URL: http://churchinitiative.org
Senior Web Developer
The Church Initiative, Inc.
(email resume to seniorwebdeveloper@churchinitiative.org)
Innovative Christian ministry is seeking versatile and creative developer to support its web, email and ERP activities. If you are looking for a warm, friendly environment where you can make a difference, this may be the place!
Job Responsibilities
- Identify, evaluate/develop and implement technological solutions to the ministry’s operational needs
- Consult frequently with ministry management regarding strategic use of current and future technology
- Develop, maintain and extend ministry web sites and applications
- Help maintain content for our growing number of ministry web sites in multiple languages
- Configure, customize and support our ERP business system (NetSuite)
- Create/direct the creation of HTML emails from Photoshop comps
- Help manage email campaigns
- Assist ministry staff with web and email needs
- Additional opportunities to contribute as identified
Qualifications
- Because this position is central to on-going operational roles in a ministry with national and international visibility it is important that the successful candidate not only possess technological acumen and excellence, but also demonstrate a strong spiritual background. This includes a professed relationship with Jesus Christ, a consistent and deep personal walk with the Lord, and a demonstrated heart for ministry through the local church evidenced by active membership in a local church.
- This position is well suited for experienced individuals who demonstrate leadership, excellent responsibility, team spirit, flexibility and proficient knowledge in web development tools used by the Ministry. These include but are not limited to: Ruby on Rails, HTML & CSS, Javascript and SQL.
- Additionally, experience with or proficiency in the following is advantageous: IIS & SQL Server administration, Photoshop (slicing layouts and saving web graphics), SMTP, general email administration & mailing list management, some kind of ERP & CRM business system.
- Of particular importance is the ability to work independently with attention to detail. Strong organizational, administrative and planning skills are needed, along with effective communication and people skills.
- Residence in the Triangle, NC area is required.
- All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States and have ability to see color and type.
- Five years or more of relevant experience is preferred.
Reporting
This position reports directly to the Director of Administration and Finance.
Additional
Church Initiative is a growing and dynamic ministry where every employee is encouraged to pursue the opportunity to progress. Accordingly, this position will interact closely with the ministry’s systems administrator to ensure and affect technological convergence as well as uninterrupted operational viability. These objectives will provide for opportunities for a qualifying candidate to grow in knowledge and abilities through cross-training and creative issue resolution. Our goal is to maintain a team approach and a flexible servant spirit supporting each ministry member as we increase in knowledge, ability and service.
To apply: Email resume to seniorwebdeveloper@churchinitiative.org)
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