Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Domani Studios: Front End Developer

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Location: Brooklyn, NY
URL: http://domanistudios.com

Front End Developers at Domani Studios are passionate about technology and highly motivated to see projects to completion in a timely, accurate and efficient manner. We are looking for great team players that can also work on their own, with minimal supervision. We are particularly interested in individuals possessing a quality oriented attitude, with attention to detail and capable to debug their own code. If you like being challenged and learning new stuff every day, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:
  • Providing feedback on creative concepts, as it relates to technical feasibility
  • Provide solutions in line with approved design specifications
  • Develop prototypes to help with selection of solution options
  • Provide estimates for development work to include analysis, programming and testing
  • Participate in internal and client production reviews
  • Provide appropriate feedback on the status of project work or problem resolution
  • Analyze software problems and provide solutions to those problems
  • Keep open and continuous communications with project managers and other members of team with regard to workload and project challenges

Requirements:
  • Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, and XML
  • Experience with coding for cross-browser and platform consistency
  • Experience building data-driven web applications leveraging PHP/MySQL
  • Knowledge of popular APIs such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
  • Comfortable with layout and design applications such as Adobe CS

Bonus points:
  • HTML5/CSS3
  • Mobile web development experience
  • Experience implementing tracking services such as Google Analytics, Omniture, and Coremetrics
  • Knowledge of databases and content management tools
  • Unix/Linux administration
  • Experience with version control systems (SVN)
  • Active participation in the developer community
  • Previous interactive agency experience

To apply: workwithus@domanistudios.com



Synacor: Senior Developer

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Location: Buffalo, NY
URL: http://www.synacor.com

Are you passionate about writing outstanding code? Do you love working on products that users rave about? Do you thrive in an environment where creativity is at its finest? Do you enjoy tackling hard problems and have a track record delivering results? If you answered No to any of these questions there is no need to read on. Now that we have the attention of the candidates we are really after we are looking for a talented, driven and experienced Senior Developer rockstar who is looking for an opportunity to team up with other PHP rockstars in an exciting and growing company. The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, and extensive PHP development experience. So if you are interested in building applications used by millions of people then Synacor is the place for you! 

What you'll be doing:
  • 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

What you’ll need to bring to the table:
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or the equivalent work experience
  • Minimum five years experience in software or website development using PHP on a LAMP stack
  • Experience building large scale web applications with high traffic and user base
  • Extensive experience and knowledge of LAMP technologies- Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP 
  • Expertise with HTML, and JavaScript client-side scripting
  • Knowledge of XML, SOAP and AJAX or the mental acuity to get real familiar real quick! 
  • Familiarity with revision control software
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team oriented environment
  • 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 with growth opportunities 
  • 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=661



CrowdTwist: JavaScript / Front End Developer

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Location: New York
URL: www.crowdtwist.com

We are looking for an experienced JavaScript / Front End Developer to join our smart team in New York City in a well-funded startup. We have a fun, generous company culture that's built on our fundamental principle that when you give more, you get more.

We:

• Bring toys to the office but still think the most fun thing to do is build product
• Provide lunches, drinks and snacks so our team can be hungry for other things
• Learn from and teach each other at CrowdTwist U
• Try to say what we mean and mean what we say
• Offer competitive salary and benefits to appeal to the best of the best

You:

• Are a programmer at heart but have some design chops too
• Choose CoffeeScript over vanilla JavaScript but are proficient in both
• Understand the benefits of client-side templates and CSS preprocessing
• Believe that there is a place for unit and acceptance testing on the front end
• Prefer Git for version control and have a Github profile
• Value modularity and dependency management
• Know how to bring HTML5 and CSS3 features to older browsers
• Use Photoshop regularly to prepare assets for the web
• Can follow style guides and bring wireframes to life
• Are familiar with HTML5 boilerplate and Twitter Bootstrap
• Build with mobile responsiveness in mind
• Are excited by the possibilities of Node.js
• Look for ways to automate repetitive tasks where appropriate
• Are comfortable with server-side languages and making basic changes if necessary
• Aren't afraid of working from the command line
• Use OS X or Linux as your operating system of choice
• Read Hacker News or something similar to keep up with the times
• Have a personal webpage and other online presence e.g. Dribbble, Stack Overflow
• Work on personal projects for fun and to increase your skill set
• Are aware of accelerator programs such as TechStars and Y Combinator

To apply: Send your resume to us at: careers@crowdtwist.com



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Schoology: Front End Developer

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Location: New York, NY
URL: http://www.schoology.com

Schoology is one of the fastest growing education technology startups, with nearly 1 million users across the world. To support our rapid growth we are expanding our team. We are looking for a front end web developer to work with our product and marketing team on enhancing the user experience. Being a front end developer means having a creative spark, but a pixel level attention to detail. Your work will be front and center for new users that come to Schoology. For existing users, your work will be defining their user experience.

About Schoology:

Schoology is a learning platform and network that connects student, parents, and educators to each other, and to their academic life. From the basics of online homework and grading to completely virtual and self-paced courses. From private groups to public, cross-school professional learning networks. Schoology is about learning. Together.

Responsibilities:
  • Work directly with the Product team to style, skin, and enhance the user experience for logged-in users
  • Work directly with the Product team to design and implement rapid prototypes for new features, functionality, and ideas
  • Work directly with the Marketing team to build and maintain our front-end website, responsible for getting users to sign-up and come back to Schoology
  • Own and maintain the visual appearance of Schoology, working with the UI/UX and Design teams to implement features and functionality
  • Maintain a pixel level attention to detail

Experience:
  • 3+ years in web development, and mastery of HTML, CSS, and Javascript (jQuery)
  • Ability to work with HTML5 Canvas
  • Proficient in Photoshop/Illustrator/Gimp

Skills:
  • Passion for cross-browser compatability both in CSS and HTML/JS
  • Eye for good product and design
  • Desire to learn new technologies
Perks:
  • Competitive salaries
  • Full benefits
  • Generous stock options
  • Weekly FreshDirect grocery delivery & weekly catered lunch
  • Monthly office happy hour/party
  • Lounge with pool table
  • Classic Pac-Man/Galaga arcade machine
  • Coke machine stocked with free drinks
  • Full kitchen

To apply: https://www.schoology.com/job-openings.php



The Backplane: Backend Engineer

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Location: Palo Alto, California
URL: www.thebackplane.com

Backplane is building a platform to organically allow large and small communities to grow and thrive. We are starting with a few big partners like Lady Gaga to seed our network and give us an unprecedented advantage and to test features, but will be launching a platform to allow users to start and grow their own communities.

We want Backplane to be the destination on the web where people go to explore interests, affinities and movements.

Lady Gaga is our first community. We are in beta with her community with 115k users. We are working to learn and optimize features that will help the community succeed and grow, but in a year we’ll have thousands of communities. We are laser-focused on building an amazing platform using all the lessons we learn from our beta.

Backplane has raised 4mm from Eric Schmidt, Google Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Ron Conway and Founders Fund. We are raising another large round the summer.   

We are located at 119 University Ave., the first office from the Caltrain in downtown Palo Alto.

We have 8 engineers, 2 designers, a head of product and 4 summer interns from Stanford, Berkeley, Google, Facebook, Zynga, Palantir and Yahoo.

We love to build stuff quickly and iterate. We like to make beautiful products that everyone will someday use.

It’s early. Join us!

The Backend Software Engineer will help design and build the backend for Backplane’s products. The main programming language now is PHP, but we let engineers choose the best tool for the job. We are building a platform for millions of users, which requires highly scalable software that can handle large amounts of data,  and we are looking for the best and brightest engineers

Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with designers and front end engineers to implement new features such as feeds and oauth
  • Collaborate with system administrators to gain a deep understanding of the architecture in order to write highly scalable software
  • Help evolve the backend architecture of the product
  • Write software to manipulate and store data for all of the Backplane communities using the latest NoSQL technologies
  • Be ready to jump in and fix bugs on production systems
  • Work well in a modern software engineering environment (with source code control, dev/stage/prod release cycle, continuous deployment), as well as extensive testing
  • Have excellent debugging and critical thinking skills, and the ability to find the root cause of problems
  • Take pride in writing well maintained, tested, reusable code
Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math or related discipline, or equivalent industry experience
  • Extensive programming experience in one or more of the following: C++, Java, Python, PHP or similar language
  • Solid understanding of CS fundamentals, most importantly data structures and algorithms
  • Knowledge of Object Oriented coding and design

To apply: http://backplane.theresumator.com/apply



Apartment Therapy Media: Web Engineer

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Location: Anywhere, USA
URL: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com

Apartment Therapy (including The Kitchn) is looking for a web engineer to join our team. If you love working on a small team, are comfortable at any layer of the web app stack, and eager to serve a large and growing audience, we'd love to hear from you.

At Apartment Therapy we help people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and community online. With an audience quickly approaching 10 million unique monthly visitors and over 50 million page views per month, our bootstrapped business is growing rapidly. We need another pair of hands to continue improving our sites and tools for our readers, our writers and our advertisers.

We work (mostly) in ruby on the back-end. Tools in our box include: git, Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Solr, Backbone.js, redis, mysql and Ubuntu. You should be familiar with these (or similar) technologies, and be quick and eager to learn (and to teach). Our team has a great deal of influence over what we build and how we build it, and we are tackling increasingly interesting problems.

We have also listed an opening for a Junior Web Engineer and Operations Engineer. For all open technical positions, please see our "Jobs" page: 


Our development team is small and we each play multiple roles. Most of our team works remotely (US-based). You may work from home or from our office in New York City (Soho), but should be comfortable working closely with a mostly-remote team.

This is a full-time position.  US-based, US persons only, no recruiters or agencies.

To apply: Interested? Send a short email to scott@apartmenttherapy.com describing what you will bring to our team along with any relevant links (resume, github profile, linkedin profile, etc).



Veson Nautical Corporation: Software Engineer

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Location: Boston, MA, USA
URL: http://veson.com

As a Veson Nautical Software Engineer, you will help improve, develop and ensure timely delivery of current and new products. You will prepare specifications, design, code, test, document, and support software that makes Veson Nautical stand out from the competition. You will collaborate with QA to develop effective test plans to assure high-quality software. You may improve current products, maintain internal systems or help design and implement future planned products.

Technology
Currently, Veson Nautical products are built primarily with C++, C#, XHTML, AJAX and CSS. 

Requirements
  • Experience developing complex Windows-based applications using C++ and C# required
  • Experience developing web-based applications using HTML, CSS, XSL, JavaScript, and AJAX desired
  • Working knowledge of SQL (with SQL server preferred)
  • Degree in Computer Science or related preferred
  • Able to work independently and in small teams
  • Demonstrated problem solving skills
  • Excellent written and spoken English
  • Track record of applying new technologies and learning new languages to solve problems
  • Excels at working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
  • Able to efficiently move between multiple tasks and adapt to changing requirements
  • Proactive, positive approach to work
 
About Veson Nautical    www.veson.com 
Veson Nautical delivers software solutions and services that enable the commercial maritime community to make more informed decisions, simplify everyday operations, and maximize profits. With offices in Boston, Athens, Rotterdam and Singapore, Veson Nautical is a dynamic organization with a committed team of executives, product managers, software developers, and customer service experts. Dedicated to ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction, Veson Nautical brings decades of experience, technical knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to clients around the world. The combination of exceptional market growth and leading market position make this a superb opportunity for the right candidate.

Veson Nautical offers:
  • Competitive compensation
  • Three weeks of vacation to start plus 11 holidays
  • Generous Health, Dental, Life & Disability Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Plan + $500 employer contribution
  • 401K + 4% employer match
  • Health Club membership subsidy
  • Free Monthly T pass
  • Free Tuesday and Friday lunches
  • Friendly, informal work environment
  • Offices in Boston’s Back Bay

To apply: Send a resume and cover letter to hr@veson.com