Internet Engineers
Seeking programming expert / guru / possible co-founder (NYC)
Required Skills
- Ambitious to develop something cool
- Has earned or is pursuing BS or MS in Computer Science or related.
- 1+ years programming experience with PHP
- Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming, MVC Frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of SQL & relational database concepts.
- Fluency with standards-compliant HTML, CSS, Javascript,
- Familiar with MySQL, jQuery, subversion, memcache, shell scripting, XML, JSON.
- Experience with Agile methodologies.
- Strong problem solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Exceptional communication and time management skills.
- Positive, Team-Oriented attitude.
Honesty Up Front:
-Paid in sweat equity (equity offer). We can arrange a small compensation or an iPad however as I said this is a boostrapped venture so everything would be coming out of my own pockets.
- I have a day job and I work on this project in my off hours. I anticipate the same for any candidate although if you are unemployed and want to pursue this fulltime, being a co-founder is possible.
Seeking RoR Engineer interested in moving to the Bay Area (San Francisco)
Thinking about moving to the Bay Area? For a Ruby on Rails Engineer interested in joining an exciting early stage startup, it is *the* place to be! We know, because we just moved from the East Coast, and are loving our new company home in San Francisco!
About TaskRabbit
TaskRabbit is a social networking inspired web and mobile platform, creating a marketplace where a community can connect to get everyday tasks done. Our driving vision is to create a community of solutions, leveraging a people cloud, and providing a standard for a new industry we are calling Service Networking.
We won placement in the Facebook Fund incubator program, called fbFund REV, which brought us to the Bay Area for 12 weeks over the summer of 2009. We are backed by savvy and experienced investors including, FLOODGATE FUND (Maples Investments) and Baseline Ventures. We are supported by amazing advisers such as Tim Ferriss (4 Hour Work Week), Shervin Pishevar (SGN), and Scott Griffith (Zipcar).
You will work with a dynamic, fast-moving team who are creative, entrepreneurial, hard-working and focused on excelling in everything we do.
Ruby on Rails Engineer
Are you looking for an experience beyond the normal 9 to 5? Do you want to collaborate with a fun team working on the latest technology? Or maybe you just have too much dry cleaning. Come and join TaskRabbit, where the driving vision is to change the way people get every day tasks done.
We are built with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, and HTML with a sprinkle of jQuery (for added hotness). Were deploying to EC2 using Capistrano and Bundler and run delayed_job to get stuff done. Our controllers lean on inherited_resources, authlogic, and declarative_authorization. Most of the code is in the models. We have great test coverage in Cucumber and RSpec.
You would be part of a passionate team of smart and savvy entrepreneurs who like to work hard, play hard, get home for dinner, and then maybe code a little bit more.
At TaskRabbit, we are creating innovative and impactful web and mobile features through the melding of social graph analysis, high-quality user experience, and analytics-driven optimization. We err on the side of execution over strategy, following the numbers and our guts to get stuff in front of our customers to see what they think. If you can do that in a solid way, you will be a real owner in TaskRabbits future and contribute at a highly impactful level.
We are currently working out of Dogpatch Labs at Pier 38, an awesome environment with a lot of other cool startups and entrepreneurs. We are also kicking off an exciting summer project with Pivotal Labs. This is an amazing opportunity to work with the experts in the Ruby on Rails development space.
Did we mention the PERKS?
Cash comp will be balanced with high equity were willing to reward and invest in the best talent
MacBook Pro and any/all resources you need to produce great work
FREE Tasks done by TaskRabbit Runners seriously, we have a built-in personal concierge force 24x7 you can make use of.
Work directly alongside the smartest team of entrepreneurs, advisers, and investors you have ever met.
http://www.taskrabbit.com/main/careers
Rails Developer for Eleven Learning (PT / FT, early stage) (Cambridge)
Eleven Learning is reinventing college textbook publishing. Our mission is to build tools that help authors bypass the big publishers and make better, cheaper books. Now we're searching for a web developer who can take us to the next level.
That's where you come in. Your job is to:
- Build features to improve our current product (a web-based textbook reader) as well as the one we're about to launch (community and crowdsourcing tools)
- Either know the technologies we're using (Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and JQuery) or be a fast learner
- Interact / solve problems with our designer and QA people
- Be self-motivated
Is that you? Great. But what's critical is that you also need to:
- Be smart
- Get things done
- Want to change the world
We're self-funded and are all working for equity; ideally, you would too. However, if you're the right person for us, we'll find a way to get you on our team, whether you're looking for part-time, full-time, or part-time transitioning to full-time when we raise funds.
Interested? Then here's some more information about us: our current team has experience with startups, online communities, and academic publishing. We have identified a giant opportunity and believe that Eleven Learning will be a disruptive force in this industry. However, we are very much an early stage start-up, and you'll have a huge impact on our organization.
Still interested? Please respond with your resume, availability and links to some portfolio examples.
Software Engineer ? Infrastructure (Waltham, MA)
Lycos is a fast-paced environment that provides ample space for engineers to express themselves creatively. You can have a great idea on Monday, have it approved by product management by Tuesday, and be live on Friday.
Requirements:
?A passion for the web and web application development is a must.
?Experience in Perl and/or PHP, or the ability to pick up these languages quickly. Java also a plus.
?Front-end development experience with JQuery or similar libraries. Design and typography skills a strong plus.
?Must have familiarity with the common protocols and languages of the Web (HTTP, HTML, XML, CSS, etc.)
?Database experience (MySQL or similar) preferred.
If possible, please provide examples of your website development work. (URLs are fine.)
Responsibilities will include:
?Working with team members to update and maintain Lycos Infrastructure properties, including the credit card billing system.
?Help to maintain other properties including Lycos Mail (a Zimbra-based email platform), Lycos Domains (a DNS and domain name service), and others.
?Communicating engineering requirements and deliverables to Product Management and Operations.
Collaborating with other team members and across product groups to improve technology standards throughout the entire Engineering group
Lycos offers a fun, casual, and creative team-based work environment. We offer competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including generous time off and a company 401k match. Lycos is a Top 40 U.S. Web property. Lycos? foundation for success is based on differentiated content offerings, proprietary technology and worldwide brand recognition.
To apply for this position, please go here: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=516347
or visit our jobs website at www.lycos.com/jobs. Please include a cover letter with salary requirements ? submissions without salary requirements may not be considered.
Lycos is an equal opportunity employer
***PLEASE NOTE***
Lycos conducts criminal background checks on all new hires. During the online application process you will be asked to furnish information and an authorization for Lycos to conduct a background check. Completing this section during the initial application process is not required, and leaving this section blank will not have a negative effect on your candidacy.
YOU LOVE WEB DEVELOPMENT, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU (Waltham)
If you'd like to help build a challenging technology and a great company, I'd like to hear from you.
Essential Skills:
You get the web! We love the web we want you to love it too.
Interested in building scalable web applications that support millions of users. We have designed a C# application load-balanced across multiple web servers communicating with an EMC storage array and a SQL Server cluster.
Interested in building front-end pages using jQuery.
Proven web development experience.
Expert SQL knowledge (MS SQL 2008 a plus)
Strong command of written and spoken English.
Desirable:
BS or MS in Computer Science or related
Flash ActionScript
Microsoft Reporting Server
Streaming media experience
Experience optimizing front-end load time (Yahoo YSlow, Google Page Speed)
Local candidates only please, sorry, no visa sponsorship.
If you are already working with a Winter Wyman recruiter, please contact them directly; otherwise, please send your resume and contact information to ebeals@winterwyman.com
Fun Startup Seeks Young Developers/Interns (Midtown West)
TapFury is a social gaming and entertainment start-up with several successful internet properties. We strive to bring quality entertainment content and services to the youth demographic. In order to expand our reach, we are seeking enthusiastic developers who can meet the fast paced demands of our users. Looking for interns, part-time, and full-time employees. If you like working with young, driven, and a fun group of developers... TapFury maybe for you!
SKILLS
- proficient in php/sql
- proficient in html/css
- proficient in javascript
- UI/Graphics design skills a huge plus
- ajax experience a huge plus
- experience with PHP frameworks a plus
- mobile application exposure a plus
- FBML experience a plus
- payment processing experience a huge plus
- developing kick ass applications
- maintaing current properties
- brain storming
- bug-testing
Director of Development / E-Commerce at ideeli.com (SoHo)
ideeli is a huge cloud shop located in NYC (SoHo) with Ruby on Rails / MySQL on a Linux / Amazon EC2 / S3 platform.
We need smart, innovative creative thinkers to help us solve complex challenges associated with building robust, fault-tolerant, high-performance, scalable systems.
Here is why
- Our site exceeds one thousand (1,000) hits / sec at peak
- Push a Gigabit / sec bandwidth on a RoR stack
- 100 plus add to cart / sec
- Scaled front-end with 3 to 30 AWS instances and another 25 in the back-end
- Interactive JavaScript UI and REST APIs
- Over one million emails sent daily
- New memcache techniques
- iPhone / mobile implementation
- 15% of revenue is processed in 5 minutes daily
ideeli.com is an exciting, venture-funded (over $30 million to date) community/commerce startup implemented entirely in Ruby on Rails. We believe in small teams, agile development, quick turnaround, and getting things done. Across the entire company you'll find we're exceptionally ambitious and have been so successful that our initial investors have all increased their investment.
Our needs extend to scalability, integrations with mobile phones (WAP, iPhone,etc), integration with accounting/tax systems and other non-HTTP environments, advanced UI, and much more. We are seeking a creative, passionate people who enjoy working hard as part of an effective, small team.
Our user base (currently 2.7 million) continues to grow and we are selling more products to more users, even faster! This demand creates some interesting challenges and therefore we are looking to broaden our team with the additional developers, architects, system engineers and support specialists to help solve these.
Director of Development / E-Commerce
We are looking for a Director of Development who can drive projects and provide leadership for our RoR engineers. This position will lead an advanced Ruby team utilizing agile/scrum development processes. This is a fast, open environment where innovation and participation are highly encouraged.
This position requires strong leadership and technical skills, as well as the ability to understand business goals and work in tandem with senior level business executives.
Responsibilities
- Manage and grow engineering staff (currently 10)
- Lead a top team of technical talent to solve our toughest problems (high availability / scalability, etc.)
- Work with Product Director to review the functional requirements for projects and determine feasibility
- Participate in the creation of project plans, resource allocation and estimated timelines
Experience
- Ten (10) plus years professional experience in technology
- Prior startup experience
- Software engineering background
- Five (5) plus years managing a development team
- E-commerce experience required
- Must have previous experience at a customer facing, high traffic website
- Passion for technology
- Excellent communication abilities
- Team player
Skills
- In depth technical abilities (fluency in wide range of technologies: Ruby on Rails - preferred, Java, Python, etc.
- Must know how to architect scalable, robust, high performing web sites and have in-depth knowledge of web development methodologies, tools and techniques
- Strong understanding of relational database concepts including SQL, indexes, transactions and experience with a major DB system such as Oracle, SQL
- Server or Sybase experience with MySql is a plus
- Agile/Scrum/XP methodologies
Education
- BS in Computer Science and Masters preferred
Contact: Tom Cassidy at tcassidy@ideeli.com
PLEASE NO PHONE CALLS - NO AGENCIES - NO THIRD PARTIES
Freelance Web Developer/Programmer for Interactive Marketing Firm
Please email resume and portfolio (if available).
Product Development Analyst (Requirements Management) (Union Square)
Product Development Analyst (Requirements Management)
Company Description:
LinkShare Corporation provides an online marketing platform that integrates high quality direct response digital media, services and technology. LinkShare empowers clients with the ability to develop cost-efficient pay per action (PPA) affiliate, search and lead generation campaigns that acquire new customers, increase revenue and drive results. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, including J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express, and Avon Products. LinkShare was founded in 1996 in New York City, and operates additional offices in Chicago, London, San Francisco, Tampa, and Tokyo.
LinkShare is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten, Inc., (www.rakutenusa.com) which is a public company listed on the JASDAQ. Rakuten, Inc., is one of the worlds largest Internet service companies, providing leading services in e-commerce, portal and media, travel, financial services and professional sports.
Requirements Management Team
The Requirements management teams primary focus is to ensure that business requirements are appropriately addressed as functional requirements. Additionally the Requirements Management team is the SME on various systems operated by LinkShare.
Summary Description:
Responsible for the definition of the functional requirements and scope management for projects that are either to develop new features or make enhancements to existing products. Collaborate with Product Management and various other technology teams to ensure that the solutions proposed are both viable and usable. Also responsible for supporting level-3 escalations for products post-release.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with the Technology, Product Management, Services and Sales on all aspects of the Product Development lifecycle.
- Create detailed product requirement specifications for hand-off to the technology team.
- Define requirement specifications for enhancements to existing products.
- Provide product training to team members on new systems and systems for which you are the SME.
- BS degree in computer-oriented technical discipline or equivalent experience.
- 4 years experience as a Product Development Analyst or a Technical Business Analyst, preferably with e-commerce or online marketing applications.
- Track record in technology requirements specification and product development.
- Strong communication (oral/written) and analytical skills
- Skilled in building wireframes and User Interface Design
- Experience with Unified Modeling Language (UML) including use cases.
- Must have strong technical background in a business context.
- Strong Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project)
- Knowledge of the Application Service Provider industry.
- Familiarity with on-line marketing and affiliate marketing a plus.
- Familiarity with decision support, analytical applications, or CRM a plus.
Web UI Designer (Cambridge)
Requirements:
Motivated self-starter who is capable of working on their own, while able to work effectively in a team atmosphere.
Contribute code, as well as, provide guidance to engineers in developing widgets and common components.
Strong communication skills.
A Bachelors Degree in Computer-Science, Art's, or related field.
To apply; visit our website at: www.vecna.com, then select the Careers tab and the Online Application tab.
Please submit a url to your portfolio as part of your cover letter or resume.
Candidates that do not have a portfolio will NOT be considered for this position.
Agency submittals will not be considered for this position.
Operations Support Analyst (Midtown)
Position Requirements:
Proficient with Microsoft Office including MS Word and MS Excel.
Understands basic data processing concepts and terminology.
Proven track record of hard work and accomplishment.
Knowledge of the Wealth Management industry.
3 to 5 years investment/brokerage operations experience.
Academic and professional qualifications:
A four year business degree from an accredited university or college is required; accounting or finance preferred.
Series 7 License Required.
Series 9-10 a plus. Will be required after joining the firm.
Familiarity with ADP System a plus.
Senior Software Developer - C#,XML, .NET (Midtown)
Position Requirements:
Extensive hands on working knowledge of XML and XSLT technology must have used this in a reporting capacity, not just transforming XML to HTML but XML to XML
Experience using XSLT to build back-end processes such as rule validators and data aggregation components
Working knowledge of UDB, Version 9.1 and higher (pureXML knowledge a bonus)
Hands on SQL query tuning and optimization
Advanced knowledge of web-based development skills using C#, MS .Net Framework 3 or higher, Master Pages and Themes a plus
Strong knowledge and professional experience creating and calling web services (SOAP, WSDL)
Experience using WCF (Windows Communication Framework)
Background in developing client-facing reporting systems a plus
Strong knowledge of objected-oriented analysis and design required
Working knowledge of Microsoft Visual Studio development tools and source code control systems (SVN, CVS, Clearcase)
5+ years enterprise-level development experience
Corporate SDLC experience a must
Please submit resumes with salary history and salary expectations. Must be authorized to work in the US.
Web Developer (Spencer, MA)
RLS2000, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated individual who would enjoy developing leading edge real estate websites in a small team environment. Interested candidates should have web programming experiance or computer science degree, the ability to learn on his or her own and quick to pick up new concepts. Candidates should beable to edit existing project to correct bugs or add new features. Must also work with current customers and be able to troubleshoot issues over email and phone.
Duties:
Applicant will be developing web based applications in vb.net, C#, classic asp and assist with database design and maintenance.
Software Experience:
We are primarily looking for an experienced developer in asp.net, vb.net and a working knowledge of relational databases. Experience in developing web based applications would be a plus.
Restrictions:
* No Telecommuting - must work all hours on-site
* Only considering applicants who currently live in the US
* US citizens only or have approval to work in the US
Job Location:
266 Main St
Spencer MA 01562
Please visit our website at RLS2000.com for more information.
2nd JOB. INTERNET WIZ. VIRTUAL. EVENINGS (Greater Boston)
Do you have Internet skills your current employer is not utilizing?
We have a need for Internet Savvy webmaster. But we dont him/her all day.
Most work can be done at home in the evening. And, when we have to meet it will be in the evening.
We need a Webmaster with Internet knowledge and skills from managing the server, up through the front pages of a variety of websites.
So if you have time or skills that are not being utilized drop us a note and a copy of your resume. We are located in Harvard Square for interviews
Send to Jack Collins c/o the Craigslist mail address.
Computer Technician/laptop repair needed (ny)
A Technician is needed ,
Job Summary:
Technician must have computer server knowledge, MS Exchange, SQL, Point of Sale experience, cabling, networking, and repair experience. Some travel required.
Technical Requirements:
Min. 1+ years experience
PHP Developer (Flatiron)
The team is led by Samer Hamadeh, Vault.coms co-founder and former CEO who is currently an Entrepreneur-In-Residence with Lightspeed Venture Partners (Silicon Valley-based VC firm whose portfolio companies have included or include Doubleclick, Blue Nile, LifeMinders, and eHealth). We're looking for a developer to help us build a world-class web site.
The developer should be able to work well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and be ready to dig in to do everything it takes to build a successful web site and company.
Responsibilities
Hands-on coding
Helping to plan the architecture of our platform
Serving as a technology "entrepreneur "within the organization to generate appropriate tech solutions for business goals
Experience
Required experience
3+ years experience developing in PHP
3+ years of MySQL experience
Experience across the software development lifecycle, specifically with design, development, and testing
Experience designing, as well as interacting with, relational databases, including MySQL
Experience evaluating, working with and customizing open source CMS, CRM, and e-commerce systems
Candidates with the following will have an advantage
Experience with Ruby, AJAX, DCOM are pluses
Experience building user-generated content applications and top-notch social web applications
Experience designing applications/sites with personalization features
Skills
Expert on a LAMP stack, including Apache, MySQL, and navigating & scripting within Linux
Updated and expert level web development skills e.g. multi browser/platform debugging, sessions, forms
Excellent organizational, time management and communication skills
Ability and desire to pick up new technologies quickly
Education
BS/MS in Computer Science or relevant tech field; 6+ years of relevant experience may be seen as comparable.
Tired of cube? Sweet opportunity for Technical Project Manager (Boston, MA)
* We are production focused, and have built a niche around providing technically adept project management experience to agencies, and end-clients.
* We're looking for a seasoned, task-oriented project manager with client relations experience to help manage design / programming / production work-flow. Background experience with hands-on design and programming or detail-level production experience is a must. Please speak to this in your cover letter.
* You would be in the challenging, but also enviable position of being among the primary company employees.
* Given that we are a start-up, compensation would be based on a low base salary (e.g <40K), but incentivized, and tied to the company fortune by way of commissions, bonuses, equity. This arrangement is open for discussion, negotiation, and will evolve as the company DNA does.
* You would be a key decision maker given the start-up size.
* We're based in Western MA (Northampton), but are open to Boston-based PM's.
Programmer/Web Developer front-end and back-end
Syndicatebleu, a specialty-recruiting firm for creative and marketing professionals, has an immediate opportunity for Programmer with front-end and back-end expertise for an agency client. Client is interested in candidates who are equally adept in front and back-end technologies for a long-term freelance job.
In this position, you will work on both client projects and in-house start-up businesses completing front- and back-end development with a strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JQuery and Oracle. Projects will cover a wide variety of industries and will vary in depth and scope.
Interested candidate MUST have:
Broad knowledge in web based application development and systems architecture.
Expert level of writing modern HTML and CSS that renders correctly in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer Versions 6 and up.
Understand cross-browser and cross-platform limitations.
Knowledge of emerging standards such as HTML and CSS.
Expert knowledge of CSharp and jQuery and of Oracle database.
Quickly able to debug rendering issues across multiple browsers and operating systems.
Understanding of the relationship between front and back- end programming with knowledge of programming concepts such as variables, conditionals, classes, etc.
Experience creating back-end databases of medium complexity.
Photoshop manipulation skills (such as chopping up layered files for HTML) and ability to optimize graphic files are both a plus.
Work in a collaborative development environment, providing assistance and technical guidance to less experienced team members.
Juggle multiple projects simultaneously, and work closely with clients.
Be self-motivated with a positive attitude and have strong communication skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment on tight project schedules.
Excellent organizational skills and high attention to details and follow through.
MUST be able to work onsite in NYC.
To Apply:
Please email your resume to nytalent@syndicatebleu.com for immediate consideration. Please reference Programmer/Web Developer in the subject line of your email. All other submissions will be considered SPAM. For more information about Syndicatebleu, please visit our website at http://www.syndicatebleu.com.
Senior Software Developer Shell Programmer (New York City)
Our client, a major marketing and public relations agency, is looking for a Senior Software Developer-Shell Programmer. The senior shell programmer position is a core role on a small team of strong developers and executives. The system this person will be maintaining is the front end of a mutli-terabyte advertising industry database with multiple input points. The ideal candidate will either have extensive experience in multiple forms of data warehousing and data warehousing automation, or be a strong software developer with much experience in feeding into raw data into data warehousing systems. This position is extremely technical.
Essential Skill and Qualifications
Senior Software Developer with Ruby and Javascript (New York City)
Our client, a major marketing and public relations agency, is looking for a Senior Software Developer with Ruby and Javascript. The Senior Programmer will be responsible for an ecosystem written in Ext JS and ruby/rails, talking to a multi-terabyte analytics database. Up and coming projects span across multiple technologies and interfaces. The position will always be interesting. The work is challenging, but the team is fairly small in size, quite autonomous, and very laid back.
Essential Skill and Qualifications
