Saturday, September 15, 2007

VP of Business Development, Global Partners at Yahoo

Location Sunnyvale, CA
Description : Vice President, Business Development for Global Partner Solutions


Yahoo! was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang. It began as a hobby and has evolved into a global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and create information.

Yahoo!'s mission is to connect people to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge. To ensure this, Yahoo! offers a broad and deep array of products and services to create unique and differentiated user experiences and consumer insights by leveraging connections, data, and user participation.

Yahoo! is a leading Internet brand globally and the most trafficked Internet destination worldwide. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices around the globe and user participation.

The Global Partner Solutions (GPS) group will be responsible for segmenting the business needs of our partners into actionable groups, understanding the needs of these segments and our ability to meet these needs, developing holistic business strategies to delight and surprise these segments, and executing on these strategies.

This approach will help us achieve faster, smarter decision-making and improved execution in support of better serving our customers. For example, we will be able to much more quickly identify and secure the ad inventory that best meets our advertisers’ objectives and partner with advertisers that best meet our publishing partners’ objectives as well as provide the most compelling experience to the vast audiences we reach.


Responsibilities

As the Vice President of Business Development within the Global Partner Solutions (GPS) group, you will focus on the overall goal of establishing new strategic partners, including evaluation, strategy development and execution planning. In addition, expanding the depth and value of existing partnerships. To deliver these services, you will interact externally with executive level management to initiate, structure, negotiate, and manage long term partnerships deemed to be strategically important to Yahoo!. You will negotiate terms to govern and you must possess a high degree of comfort interfacing with all levels within a company, and do so with a proven track record.

You will be responsible for closing significant relationships, forging the partnerships network growth, creating new partnerships, all focused on creating future strategic value. Ultimately, driving revenue to Yahoo. Our ideal candidate will have extensive business development and sales experience, as well as operational experience. Strong management background with a proven track record at hiring, motivating and leading senior level employees, is required.

A background in the internet and media space is required, along with a solid understanding of selling next generation solutions and bundled services and products. A deep understanding of Yahoo's Services needs and demands, and the ability to function at rapid pace are required.

•Experienced/tenured business development track record
•Strong online experience
•Complex deal structuring, solution sales and development - “solution selling”.
•Broad understanding of online world (commercial models, product/capability and operational dependencies)
•Maturity
•Ability to navigate across complex organization
•Ability to establish credibility quickly
•Willingness to take action, make decisions and lead
•Thoughtful
•Analytic
•Ability to craft and pitch a proposition


Requirements

•A BS/BA is required, MBA or equivalent degree preferred
•Minimum of 8 years of business development, sales or equivalent experience is required
•Excellent leadership, prioritization, communication, analytic and quantitive skills
•High degree of comfort overseeing major projects, leading teams, and working with senior executives are also necessary.


Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com

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Executive Assistant at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

About Business group or Product - HR Operations

Job Responsibilities
We are looking for a high-energy Executive Assistant to provide administrative support to the VP of Human Resources Operations. Provides light support to department staff. Responsibilities will include heavy calendaring; organizing meetings and conference calls; making travel arrangements; preparing expense reports; interfacing with senior executives and their assistants; handling confidential material; general office management duties.

Minimum Job Qualifications:
The ideal candidate performs well under high pressure situations and deadlines, possesses excellent judgment and reasoning skills, and has outstanding organizational skills. Experience in a senior administrative capacity. Candidate must be highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and must have strong Internet skills.

Preferable Job Qualifications
4-year college degree is preferred, but not required

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

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Tech Yahoo, Service Eng Ops at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Department: Capacity Planning and Analysis
Locations: Sunnyvale
Hiring Manager: Sandra Cheung
Date Posted:
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The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day. In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?
A suitable candidate for this position will be able to understand our search platform from end-to-end. You will need to work effectively in a cross functional environment (App Engineering, Datacenter Planning, Site and Network Operations). You will be a self starter and be able to solve a wide variety of complex problems in innovative and practical ways. You will be responsible for the definition, design, development and successful timely completion of major features of our product.


As the Capacity Analyst your responsibility is to develop capacity forecasts for Yahoo data centers by developing forecasting. You will develop and Implement new processes/procedures and best practices among the various business units to drive towards an integrated infrastructure plan which can be executed and delivered against. This position will require travel.

Responsibilities
• Raise any potential issues (i.e. non-standard hardware and SAN configuration, architectural, data center dependencies, support model or any issue in general) that could affect distributed support
• Review and actively participate in system architecture reviews and capacity planning exercise as a part of the project life cycle
• Ensure that the CAPEX and OPEX are commensurate with business requirements
• Develop forecasting models using input from application business owners.
• Develop requirements for automation of data collection, and development of executive reports.

Qualifications
• MS degree in math, computer science or engineering field, or equivalent experience and/or minimum of 5 years of relevant responsibility.
• Working experience with networking, storage, or server infrastructure essential.
• Proactive, independent problem-solving, optimization and analysis skills required
• Solid experience with Microsoft Excel, Project, and other Microsoft applications required.
• Individual should possess strong analytical skills, be flexible and team-oriented
• Have good interpersonal, communication, and follow up skills with strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Experience with database modeling and reports generation.
• Ability to work in a team environment required.
• Good oral and written communications skills required.

Required Technical Skills
• Experience in Server Capacity Planning and Architecture
• Knowledge of enterprise server products
• Good understanding of server virtualization
• Experience in Network and Storage Capacity Planning and Architecture
• Experience in collecting, evaluating performance data and vendor recommendations
• Experience in Capacity and Performance management/monitoring tools
• Familiarity with other add-on hardware products
• Familiarity with 3-tier application architecture

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Data Center Ops at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Position Title: Response Center Technician - Tier I
Department: Operations
Reports To: NOC Manager

Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities will be monitoring both systems and network performance through the use of various network management tools and ticketing systems. The NOC Engineer will also be responsible for interfacing with internal/external customers on operational issues by dispatching oncall engineers, facilitating communication and driving resolution to events via standard operating procedures. Additional responsibilities will require running reports, tracking escalations and other key performance indicators. Team playing will play a major role in working effectively with peers to create a positive environment within the team. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to multitask in order to facilitate the resolution of multiple incidents at any given time with the vision to automate in order to better scale and streamline process.

Desired Skills/Experience
 Knowledge of the UNIX operating environment with the ability to navigate, manipulate and understand the file structure.
 Knowledge of basic Unix diagnostic tools and commands
 Understanding TCP/IP network environment
 Experience writing shell scripts, HTML and other scripting languages
 Prior experience working in a NOC environment
 Experience working with network management systems and other industry standard NOC tools (i.e. Netcool, Nagios, HPOV, Patrol...)
 Ability to effectively communicate via phone and in writing
 Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask in order to handle multiple tasks in a real-time environment
 Effective touch typing for processing critical real time events
 Certification such as CCNA, RHCT or equivalent
 An AA Degree or equivalent



Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

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Technical Yahoo - Software Engineers

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo! Search Technology is a high-scalability high-performance distributed system running on many thousands of servers and managing all web search queries for Yahoo! and its partners, and generating billions of dollars in revenues. We are looking for talented and motivated software engineers to work on the design and implementation of the Search Technology. As a member of the Search team, you will own major components of one of the world’s largest and most complex distributed systems. This is a great opportunity to engage in, publish and patent cutting edge research, while engineering them in a live production system with hundreds of millions of customers.

Search Technology provides many technical challenges in the areas of distributed computing, data analysis, machine learning, multi-petabyte storage systems, high-performance, high availability computing, and efficient massive graph traversal algorithms – all in order to archive, analyze, index and serve in real time billions of documents accessible on the Web. You must be a quick learner, have good communication skills, and be able to maintain ownership of large-scale engineering projects throughout their lifecycle: architecture/design, implementation, testing, and post-release maintenance.

Minimum Job Requirements:

• Must have BS/MS in computer science (or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of C++ and UNIX
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, object-oriented programming, multi-threading and real-time programming.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• Industry software engineering experience
• Perl, Python or other scripting language experience
• Familiarity with search engine technology
• Knowledge of STL, TCP/IP, NFS, Data Processing/ETL tools, grid computing, relational databases a plus
• Experience in large-scale distributed systems development strongly preferred

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Advanced JavaScript Developer at KickApps

Job Description:

KickApps Corporation is a Web 2.0 industry leader. We provide websites with rich media and social networking functionality. Think of us like Wufoo for MySpace & YouTube.

As an Advanced UI Developer, you will develop, design, and implement JavaScript-driven elements of our platform.

Requirements:

  • Advanced JavaScript
  • Standards-compliant, semantic, cross-browser compatible CSS & XHTML
  • CSS-based layouts
  • Strong belief in usability
  • Good (if basic) design sense
  • Experience using JSPs & JSTL (or ability to quickly learn how)

This is a full-time, on-site position at our headquarters in New York. No contractors, telecommuters, or offshore companies please. To apply, please send your resume and a list of URLs featuring your best JavaScript and your cleanest (table-less) markup to jobs@kickapps.com.

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CSS Designer at KickApps

Job Description:
KickApps Corporation is a Web 2.0 industry leader. We offer a full suite of social media
applications that can be customized, skinned, and easily plugged into websites to provide them with rich media and social networking functionality. Think of us like Wufoo for MySpace & YouTube.

We’re looking for a vibrant CSS Designer to join Creative Services, KickApps’ in-house design shop. Creative Services produces a wide variety of video-enabled social networking sites for clients like HBO, Scripps, Autobytel, BET, and Proctor & Gamble.

You are passionate about writing standards-compliant, semantic XHTML and CSS. Your CSS renders beautifully across all major browsers and platforms. Design-wise, you prefer a clean, elegant look, but you’re also agile enough to mimic the look and feel of more or less any website. You are comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines, and are eager to work with a talented team on an exciting product.

This is a full-time position at our headquarters in New York. No contractors, telecommunters, or offshore companies please. To apply, please send your resume and a list of URLs of your best (table-less) markup to jobs@kickapps.com.

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UI Developer at Friendster

Friendster is currently seeking a Web Developer with experience in front-end web development with emphasis in building consumer/customer facing web sites. Must have a strong sense of user-friendly interface design. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small innovative team that will influence and define online community.

Necessary Experience, Education and Attributes

  • B.S. in Engineering or Computer Science
  • 5+ years experience on a consumer website development team
  • Expert level HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript,W3C DOM skills; some experience in AJAX
  • Demonstrated understanding of how implementation choices impact user experience in terms of browser compatibility, accessibility and performance
  • Entrepreneurial drive and ability to deliver in a fast-paced release environment
  • Keeps up with current Internet trends and technology
Desired Experience, Education and Attributes
  • Knowledge of XML, XSL, PHP

To apply please send your resume to jobs@friendster.com. Please be sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your email.

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Senior Linux Systems Administrator at Friendster

Friendster is currently seeking a Senior Linux Systems Administrator with production Internet experience supporting a high-volume commercial website. This position will be a member of the Production Operations team and will be responsible for managing, growing and supporting Friendster.s large-scale Internet site.

Position Responsibilities

  • Provides system architecture guidance
  • Plans and supports the implementation of major architectural changes
  • Will work with the Engineering and Quality Assurance departments to spearhead the rollout of new features and code updates on the site
  • Seeks opportunities to contribute features and enhancements to open source software projects in which Friendster participates
  • Has frequent contact with vendors for technical support and technical planning
  • Mentors at least one other member of the Operations staff
  • Must be willing to be available 24/7, via a planned rotation schedule, by pager for emergencies
Position Requirements
  • 8+ years employed in Linux / UNIX administration
  • Hands-on experience supporting large Linux environments (200+ servers) and maintaining a consistent install base across the entire environment
  • Demonstrated expertise in Apache, PHP, MySQL including performance tuning
  • Experience with NFS, Squid, and CVS
  • Clear understanding of the operation of the IP stack in Linux and of load balancing technologies
  • Must have some past development experience with at least one compiled language (C, C++, Java) plus at least one scripting language (Bourne shell, Perl, PHP)
Desired Experience
  • Familiarity with SAN (Hitachi Data Systems / McData preferred)
  • Experience with Network Appliance storage systems
  • Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server administration
  • Supervisory or team training experience

To apply please send your resume to jobs@friendster.com. Please be sure to reference this position title in the subject line of your email.

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Network and Systems Administrator at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Network and Systems Administrator
Location: San Francisco, CA

We are looking for an individual who has a strong background in network devices and network protocols, as well as a good understand in Linux/Unix systems. This individual must have significant experience in efficiently designing and supporting highly available networks and systems.

Work in a small, nimble, extremely motivated team to:

  • Design, manage and support a highly available network infrastructure including routers, switches and Linux servers
  • Troubleshoot performance and stability issues
  • Automate routine processes and tasks
  • Provide for network security
  • Monitor the network
  • Improve web site performance
  • Manage databases
  • Be a part of our on call rotation
Qualifications:
  • Proficiency with BGP, HSRP, VLAN's, Spanning Tree and other routing protocols.
  • Strong understanding of VPN technologies.
  • Experience with SNMP.
  • Experience in a hands-on Systems/Network administration role. A focus on Linux is preferred.
  • Strong understanding of client-server software, server architectures, performance bottlenecks.
  • Experience with highly available Linux architectures composed of hundreds of servers.
  • Good understanding of load balancing technologies and web servers.
  • Significant experience with evaluating and recommending new or improved solutions to complex problems.
  • Excellent organizational skills and strong communication skills are required.
  • Experience working in collocation data center facilities.
  • Experience with Postgres, DNS, SMTP would be highly valued.
  • Experience with Mac OS/X is desirable.

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, Network and Systems Administrator in the subject line.

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Senior Software Engineer – Performance Tuning at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Senior Software Engineer – Performance Tuning
Location: San Francisco, CA

As a senior member of our team, you will ensure that our application is lightning fast and massively scalable. You'll design, configure and run performance tests, collect performance data, profile the code, design architecture and code changes to improve performance, implement code changes or work with other developers to implement changes as appropriate. You will work with a team of demanding, highly motivated developers and will be expected to both challenge and be challenged.

Required Skills/Experience:

  • Knowledge of an enterprise performance testing / load generation tools such as Mercury LoadRunner or Seque SilkPerformer
  • Extensive knowledge of Java environments including memory management, garbage collection, collection classes (HashMap, ArrayList etc)
  • Experience with Java code profiling and diagnostic tools such as YourKit, JProbe, or OptimizeIt
  • Knowledge of relational databases, including query plan analysis / tuning, contention/lock analysis and tuning
  • 3 years development experience (coding rather than performance tuning) in Java and/or C/ C++
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. A big part of this job is communicating effectively with other developers and managers
  • Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
  • Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience
Desired Skills:
  • Experience using open-source Java tools and frameworks such as Struts, Hibernate, IBatis, RMI, Resin
  • Scripting experience in either Ruby, Perl, or Python
  • Understanding of web programming including HTTP, cookies, HTML, Servlets and Java Server Pages

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, Senior Software Engineer – Performance Tuning in the subject line.

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Infrastructure Tools Developer at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Software Engineer – Infrastructure Tools Developer
Location: San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

  • Develop applications and scripts for the Infrastructure Team to meet Performance and Uptime goals
  • Create web-based tools to monitor performance, availability, configuration, and provisioning options of major backend systems: DB systems, Caching systems, application servers, etc
  • Develop and maintain custom rrdtool schemas and applications
  • Develop and maintain relational Data Models for the configuration and operation of the tools and applications
  • Document design and usage of tools
Requirements:
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred
  • 3+ years of solid application development experience in either Ruby, Perl, Python, or Java
  • 1+ years of HTML coding experience
  • 2+ years of database-driven website development
  • At least 2 years of Operations/Infrastructure experience within technology field
  • Strong preference for candidates with prior technology operations experience for a high-traffic top-25 consumer Internet service
  • Experience using operations monitoring tools such as Nagios, Hobbit, Cricket, Zenoss, etc
  • Scripting languages (perl, php, shell, ruby)
  • Familiarity with key network components and databases
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com Please include the job title, Software Engineer – Infrastructure Tools Developer in the subject line.

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QA Engineer at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: QA Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities/Job Description:

  • Perform automated and manual testing of web applications
  • Develop and implement automated test scripts
  • Coordinate and prepare test plans and test cases with Engineering Teams and Product Management
  • Work closely with Development Engineers/Product Managers/Project Managers/Business Owners
  • Ensure product functionality meets all specifications
Qualifications:
  • 4+ years in a QA environment
  • 2+ years experience in automation testing web based applications
  • Strong experience with automated test tools
  • Experience with Bug Tracking applications
  • Knowledge of Windows, Linux/Unix operating systems, relational Data Bases, scripting languages (Java, Perl, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML) and associated technologies

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, QA Engineer in the subject line.

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Senior QA Engineer at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Senior QA Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

  • Be responsible for the planning, execution, and reporting of tests
  • Document test plans, test cases, and generate detailed defect reports
  • Analyze algorithms in highly complex systems
  • Automate testing of applications using SQL and scripting languages like Perl or Python
  • Execute testing on applications with no graphical user interface
  • Create white-box tests on java applications
  • Serve as a mentor to junior engineers
Requirements:
  • 5+ years server testing or software development experience
  • Highly detail oriented
  • Strong understanding of algorithms and their usage in software engineering
  • Proficient in a JAVA environment
  • Strong knowledge of relational databases
  • Experience with black box and white box testing
  • Ability to work well with developers, QA engineers and non-engineering personnel
  • Comfortable in a startup environment
  • Strong organizational and verbal/written communication skills
  • Degree in C.S., Mathematics or related field desired (relevant experience will be considered)
Additional (desired) Skills:
  • SW development experience in Java, C++, or Perl

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, Sr QA Engineer in the subject line.

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Software Engineer ay Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Software Engineer
Location: San Francisco, CA

We are expanding our operations and looking for talented Java developers to join our software development team. You will become part of a fast-paced and motivated team that is building new and exciting online consumer services. You will take complete ownership of large sections of the application and work closely with the product team to develop new product features.

Requirements:

  • Must have Bachelor’s deg. & 2 yrs. exp w/ Java Servlet, JSP, Java beans, JDBC, Tomcat servlet container, Apache HTTP Server

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, Software Engineer in the subject line.

Senior Software Engineer at Hi5

hi5 is a global brand for young people, where over 60 million members have established accounts and personal pages. Members use hi5 to communicate with friends around the world, and to connect with the local and global communities that are important to them. hi5 provides a localized experience for its members, enabling people to connect with others based on language, heritage or other personally relevant cultural and popular interests. hi5 was founded in 2003, is privately held, and located in San Francisco. The company is profitable and is ranked in the top 15 most trafficked sites online.

Position: Senior Software Engineer
Location: San Francisco. CA

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, test and deploy multi-tier distributed applications using Java standards (JSP, Servlets, Struts, JDBC, etc) and SQL.
  • Develop custom solutions and tools to maximize revenue, analyze data, target user demographics and behavior
  • Provide technical support with internal and external customers
  • Work with other teams to ensure seamless integration
  • Estimate development and support for all projects

Requirements:

  • 2 years experience in developing web applications on Java platforms
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and sound software engineering fundamentals in design and development
  • Good oral and written communication skills
  • Highly motivated and interested in being part of a talented & small team
  • Experience with AJAX, Struts, iBatis, and high-volume Java-based web applications
  • Strong working knowledge of Linux, Apache and SQL a plus

We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including stock options for all eligible employees. Please send your cover letter with salary requirements and resume via email to jobs@hi5.com. Please include the job title, Senior Software Engineer in the subject line.

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Web Technology Supervisor at Oakley.com

Country:
United States

BASIC FUNCTIONS:
Responsible for the structure, implementation, build, and integration of front-end and back-end web technologies.
Codes consistently to documented specifications and established standards.
Oversee quality assurance of all technology to ensure programming meets requirements.
Works closely with project and management team to construct the technology layout and organization of online solutions.
Accurately estimates technology development team tasks and manages multiple deliverable simultaneously.
Assesses all aspects of online risk management.
Manages build of dynamic front-end and back-end functionality.
Designs prototypes, wireframes, and proof-of-concepts.
Ability to manage and mentor team of software developers and programmers as well as third-party vendors.
Works with other departments to make sure online technology is integrated with the rest of Oakley technology infrastructure as well as serve as point-of-contact for all online technology issues.
Continually looking for cutting edge technology ideas and solutions as well as performs competitive analysis reports.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
5+ years of working experience in web technology development.
Expertise with SQL, MySQL, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML/XSLT, JSP/ASP/PHP, and Flash technology.
Experience in building and implementing content management systems.
Ability to work in fast paced environment and flexibility to accommodate demanding projects schedules.
Educated in development methodologies and best practices.
Analyze complex problems.
Solid knowledge of technical requirements definition and design process.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong proponent of web standards and accessibility.

PLUS FACTORS:
Familiarity with web services, search engine optimization, personalization, web analytic, and on-site search solutions a plus.
Mobile technology experience.
AJAX & Ruby on Rails

Link: http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=324&ji=1864195&sn=I

Web Applications / Database Specialist at mediageneral.com

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

The Web Development team performs the following tasks:
  • Design / Planning – Responsible for careful consideration of new functionality, its strengths and weaknesses, and its impacts on the application as a whole; careful design of the database infrastructure and how it should be organized to handle this, and how the core framework for the application will need to be modified to allow for this functionality; providing as much reusability in the code as possible.
  • Development – Responsible for the process of writing the application, creating the markup for the web page, the server side applications to process request, implementing database changes, styling the WebPages so that they visually match the rest of the site, and performing validation to ensure clean data is entered into the system. Security and performance must be considered when developing, as well as planning for future code reuse.
  • Deployment – Responsible for ensuring that all test functionality gets moved to the production server without impacting user experience, and minimizing downtime of the live application.

Required Skills:
  • Strong, efficient PHP, SQL, and CSS development skills.
  • Enthusiasm for emerging technology, especially AJAX and Web 2.0 APIs
  • Experience developing "modules" / mini-applications for CMS platforms.
  • Qualified applicants may apply by sending their resume and cover letter to: WNCN-TV; Attn: Human Resources, 1205 Front Street, Raleigh, NC 27609; email hr@wncn.com; or apply online at www.mediageneral.com. EOE M/F/V/D Background check and Drug screen required.
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  • Required Skills:
  • Strong, efficient PHP, SQL, and CSS development skills.
  • Enthusiasm for emerging technology, especially AJAX and Web 2.0 APIs
  • Experience developing "modules" / mini-applications for CMS platforms.
  • Advanced JavaScript (OOP, AJAX)
  • Ability and desire to excel in a fast-paced environment, and accept interruptions and setbacks as part of the routine
  • Ability to demonstrate previous experience with medium to large scale rich Internet applications
  • Ability to create secure, scalable, and efficient applications and develop for use in high-volume environments
  • SQL query Authoring and Optimization (MySQL), including experience with complicated queries and reporting
  • XML

Other Preferred Skills:
  • Experience in developing community/niche websites
  • W3C Standards and Best Practices
  • Regular Expressions
  • System Administration
  • Web Security Best Practices
  • Flash
  • Photoshop

Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Level Degree Computer Science

Minimum Experience:
4 yrs. of experience.

  • 2-3 years in a web / online development environment.
  • 2-3 years in database administration.
  • 2-3 years experience with PHP & SQL programming

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Architect/Sr. Software Engineer at CISCO.com

Location: US-San Jose, California

Area of Interest: Engineering - Software

Level of Experience: Experienced - Non Manager

Job Description: Play a primary roll in developing Cisco''s C++ mobility client software.

- Architect, design and develop key C++ features and components for client software running on mobile phones including Windows Mobile devices. Requires extensive work on networking, data model, native phone integration, and UI-facing systems is involved.

- Contribute to system-level architectural discussions, review and provide feedback of requirements, design and test documents.

- Work closely with team members to integrate solutions.

- Work closely with server and QA engineers to isolate and debug system problems.

- 5+ years of progressive engineering experience in C++ based commercial product development.

- Strong object-oriented design skills.

- Strong experience in embedded systems/constrained devices development.

- Proven ability in delivering complex development projects on time.

- Experience writing and reviewing architecture and design specifications, UML modeling.

- Experience with at least one of Symbian, BREW, Windows CE/Windows Mobile platforms required.

- Experience with the following highly desired: user interface design, databases, data modeling, networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, Binary XML, SIP), cellular networks (GPRS, EDGE, etc).

Typically requires MSEE/CS/Business combine with 5 - 7 years of related experience, or BSEE/CS Combine with 7 – 10+ years of related experience in a software or telecommunications environment.

Link: http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=818097&CurrentPage=1

C++ Media Software Developer at CISCO.com

Location: US-San Jose, California

Area of Interest: Engineering - Software
Level of Experience: Experienced - Non Manager

Job Description: Cisco is always looking to identify talented people, especially Software Engineers. If you are reading this posting then we may not have an open job for Software Engineer right now, however it is highly likely we will in the future. If you are interested in working for Cisco in this capacity then please submit your details and CV or resume against this requisition so that when a suitable vacancy arises Cisco representative can contact you directly.

This position generally requires the following skills:

Responsibilities
1. Design and architect media control and processing software on Linux platforms
2. Develop and implement media services based RTP/RTCP protocol extensions
3. Develop application modules in C / C++
4. Drive memory profiling and optimizations
5. Participate in code reviews, test plan reviews
6. Over time lead small technical initiatives with small teams of engineers


Requirements
Requires use of a strong background in SW design, documentation and implementation.
C/C++ on Linux: Candidate should be fluent with C/C++, know standard library, be able to demonstrate understanding of Linux system calls, including synchronization, networking, etc. Knowledge of Linux Kernel is a plus.
Candidate must have experience implementing RTP/RTCP protocols, in particular RTP mixing/conferencing.
C/C++ on Linux: The ideal candidates will have exposure with land-mobile radio technologies, specially in the p25 or Tetra space. Experience in PoC (push-to-talk over cellular) will be desirable.
Understanding of basic networking technologies, including Multicast is a plus.

Typically requires MSEE/CS combined with 5-7 years of related experience, or BSEE/CS combined with 7-10+ yrs related experience.

Link: http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=817483&CurrentPage=1

Software Engineer at CISCO.com

Job Title: C++ / Linux Software Engineer, TelePresence

Location: US-San Jose, California

Area of Interest: Engineering - Software

Level of Experience: Experienced - Non Manager

Job Description: We have a current opening for a C++ / Linux Software Engineer to work in the TelePresence Systems Business Unit (TSBU) of our Emerging Technologies Group (ETG).

TelePresence is a virtual presence experience that uses advanced visual, audio, and interactive technologies to create an in person experience at a virtual conference table. TelePresence is one of the more recent examples of how Cisco is changing the way we work, live, play and learn.

Responsibilities:

This position will be involved in addressing video transport performance issues related to jitter and latency and porting the video switch application from Linux 2.4 to 2.6.


Requirements:

Superb C/C++ coding skills working in a Linux environment


Excellent logic and problem solving skills

Strong Linux experience to include Linux 2.4 and 2.6

In-depth understanding of video transport to include knowledge of RTP/RTCP

Effective written and verbal communication and cross-team collaboration skills


Preferred:
General knowledge of networking useful

Link :http://www.cisco.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=814253&CurrentPage=1

Software Engineer at IONA.com

Country : United States

Job Description

IONA Technologies is one of the world's leading vendors of standards-based platform middleware. The company provides products and services to organizations building large scale distributed applications.

Our product development teams are looking for talented ambitious people who want to work in a fast paced engineering environment designing and developing and maintaining our products.

We offer a challenging environment providing opportunities for constant learning and developing of your skills. Our engineers have a proven history of tackling complex problems and transforming them into solutions for our customers. Throughout Iona, we firmly believe that our customers' success is our success, we insist on excellence and innovation, we do what is right, we value individuals and we make things happen.


Main Responsibilities:

In this position, the Software Engineer will work under minimal supervision as part of the IONA Security Team. He/She will be involved in the design, implementation and testing of security features of IONA's Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) infrastructure, including transport-layer security, message protection, and authentication and authorization through IONA's security framework.

Additional responsibilities will include re-factoring, problem analysis, bug fixing , product release and testing conformance with industry specifications, including CORBA and Web Services specifications.


Experience, skills and qualification needed:

This is a role requiring substantial initiative and a degree in a computer-related discipline or equivalent computer-related technical experience is required.


Personal Attributes / Skills:
  • Degree in Computer Science or in a related discipline
  • Minimum of 2 years experience with Java or C++ development (some experience of both preferred, and some Java experience is required).
  • Experience on both UNIX and Windows platforms
  • Familiarity with general Security Concepts, SSL, Web Services Security.
  • Experience with XML related technologies.
  • Experience testing and troubleshooting multi-threaded and networked applications.
  • Experience with source code control systems
  • Knowledge of build systems and scripting languages (Ant, Perl, Make)
  • A demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Flexible, quick learner and self motivated
  • Organized and methodical approach to work, with good attention to detail and ability to document designs.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
As a member of IONA's team, you'll be a key part of the company that for more than 15 years has been a world leader in delivering high-performance integration solutions for Global 2000 IT environments. IONA pioneered standards-based integration with its CORBA-based Orbix products. The Artix family of products, including Artix Enterprise Service Bus, Data Services and Registry/Repository, enables customers to leverage service-oriented architecture to streamline and modernize IT environments. The FUSE family of open source distributed SOA infrastructure products allows customers to take advantage of the economic benefits associated with the use of open source software. At IONA, making software work together is our mission.

Link: http://www.iona.com/info/aboutus/jobs/showJobSpecification.do?jobTitle=Software%20Engineer&jobSpecId=1128

Systems Architect at rediff.com

Location: Mumbai, India

Job Summary
Rediff.com develops products which are used by a large number of consumers on the Internet. The systems architect in the product development team will participate in the full lifecycle from conceptualization to design and implementation of the product. The architect will be offered opportunities to design and review product and deployment architectures for functionality and scalability of use on the Internet.

Key Responsibilities
1 The systems and technology architect will provide review and guidance to product design, engineering and deployment teams, from the perspectives of function, scale, reuse, extension and intellectual property.

Professional Qualification
Essential:
A Master's/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is needed

Desired: Ph.D

Experience (years & type):
5+ yrs experience of product design and implementation of architectures, in the field of distributed applications and systems. The candidate should also have an experience and knowledge of systems engineering, data networks and information retrieval systems. A specialized experience in any one of the above areas is preferred.

The candidate should also have advanced design, programming skills and a knowledge of the product development process

Experience and expertise in the following areas is essential:

- Java/PHP/Python/C/VC++ programming languages
- Data modeling and Relational database design
- Programming for a Linux/Windows systems environment

Familiarity with design frameworks and integrated development environments is desirable.

Link: http://hrd.rediff.com/jobs/jobs_desc.jsp?job_id=364

Data Center Ops at Yahoo

Location : Sunnyvale, CA
Description : The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Position Title: Response Center Technician - Tier I
Department: Operations
Reports To: NOC Manager

Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities will be monitoring both systems and network performance through the use of various network management tools and ticketing systems. The NOC Engineer will also be responsible for interfacing with internal/external customers on operational issues by dispatching oncall engineers, facilitating communication and driving resolution to events via standard operating procedures. Additional responsibilities will require running reports, tracking escalations and other key performance indicators. Team playing will play a major role in working effectively with peers to create a positive environment within the team. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to multitask in order to facilitate the resolution of multiple incidents at any given time with the vision to automate in order to better scale and streamline process.

Desired Skills/Experience
 Knowledge of the UNIX operating environment with the ability to navigate, manipulate and understand the file structure.
 Knowledge of basic Unix diagnostic tools and commands
 Understanding TCP/IP network environment
 Experience writing shell scripts, HTML and other scripting languages
 Prior experience working in a NOC environment
 Experience working with network management systems and other industry standard NOC tools (i.e. Netcool, Nagios, HPOV, Patrol...)
 Ability to effectively communicate via phone and in writing
 Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask in order to handle multiple tasks in a real-time environment
 Effective touch typing for processing critical real time events
 Certification such as CCNA, RHCT or equivalent
 An AA Degree or equivalent



Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

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Data Center Ops, Interm at Yahoo

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo is looking for an entry level network engineer or Sr operations tech to help maintain and expand Yahoo's Production network infrastructure. The ideal candidate is team-oriented and a fast learner who combines excellent operational judgment with network design, management, and troubleshooting skills.


Responsibilities:
Gathering network requirements for Yahoo's dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Implement new network infrastructure to facilitate long-term growth.
Deploying network connectivity and hardware on a global scale.
Manage Small remote network Peering centers entirely, AND all network infrastructure aspects of large production data centers.

Participate in large and small scale planning discussion with the network operations teams.
Be a participant in the overall management scheme of the region you are located.

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Data Center Ops at Yahoo

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?
Assist various operations & development teams installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and maintaining all devices and services to support the successful day-to-day operations of our Data Centers. In addition, will also be responsible for collocation infrastructure devices like console servers, power-cyclers, LAN switches, etc., as well as assist with back-up/restores of pertinent data. Will have strong emphasis on keeping the data center secure, clean and organized. Will provide significant support on big install projects and Property relocations.
Also maintains Operations database and ensures all devices are accurately reflected. Required to be ''on-call'' occasionally and this will be for the graveyard shifts. The work week includes a weekend day and is 4 days of 10 hour shifts.


SiteOPS Level 2 (pay grade level 5) Requirements:
  • At least two (2) years previous experience working in Data Center(s) or computer room environment
  • At least two (2) years experience troubleshooting various PC & SUN server hardware
  • Working knowledge of UNIX (free BSD a plus)
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to multi-task in a very dynamic environment
  • Able to work flexible hours

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings, please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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Friday, September 14, 2007

Linux / Unix System Administrator at Google.com


Google is looking for exceptional System Administrators, at all levels of experience, to help support and design our growing internal computing infrastructure.

Are you:
  • A Unix Ninja equipped with razor-sharp wits and a broad arsenal of sysadmin-fu?
  • Someone who's automated just about everything you did in a previous job?
  • A natural multi-tasker who can handle interrupts while fluidly switching between several projects?
  • Eager and able to learn new concepts and skills rapidly?
  • Passionate about solving difficult problems with scalable, elegant, and maintainable solutions?
  • Looking to flex your system administrator muscles in a rapidly changing, fast-paced engineering-driven environment?

If you answered "Yes" to four or more of the above, Google is interested in talking to you!

Our team consists of some of the brightest and highest-caliber people in the field. We design and support Google's internal computing infrastructure, including core services (DNS, LDAP, Kerberos, mail), internal applications, customized operating systems, monitoring, databases, performance tuning, etc. As a member of this team, you will work to improve Google's infrastructure, design and support new services, write tools to monitor and maintain systems, and help ensure 24x7 availability of services.

Requirements:
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Multiple years of Linux or UNIX system administration experience desired, but candidates of all levels will be considered.
  • Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking, network and application-level security, and OS internals (filesystems, storage, process lifecycle, etc).
  • Proven dedication to users and doing what's right for the organization as a whole.
  • Fluency in at least one high-level programming language (bash, perl, python, C, or similar).
  • Strong diagnostic and debugging skills.
  • Experience deploying and maintaining web servers, file servers, firewalls, directory services, DNS, MTAs, etc.
  • A driving sense of craftsmanship, quality, and ownership.
  • Ability to handle periodic on-call duty and occasional off-hours work.
  • Excellent verbal and written skills
This position is available in New York, NY.

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MySQL Database Administrator at YouTube.com

YouTube, a Google company, is looking to expand its world-class Engineering team, which aims to solve the most fascinating and difficult problems in computer science and make a positive difference in tens of millions of lives every day. Google engineers are always on the forefront in the creation of new and exciting products in a number of areas, and play a key role in the development of one of the world's most impressive computing infrastructures.

YouTube is looking for an outstanding database administrator to play a major role in our cross functional support team.

Responsibilities:
  • Tuning and debugging high performance, high availability databases.
  • Reviewing and applying database schema changes.
  • Creating a large number of replicas.
  • On-call/work outside of business hours.
  • Creating automation in a distributed database environment.
Requirements:
  • At least 2 years of experience as a MySQL DBA in a high traffic online/web environment; 5 years of total experience.
  • Solid systems administration skills.
  • Hands-on experience with replication.
  • High availability experience.
Preferred:
  • Python proficiency.
  • Oracle DBA skills.
Link : http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?lc=youtube&answer=61888

Open Source Web Developer at Forumone.com

Forum One Communications is seeking open source Web Developers to join our team in the Alexandria Office.

Description:
Do good with your LAMP skills! Forum One develops innovative web solutions for organizations that address social issues of importance and we need your help.

Our web developers work with modern internet tools and technologies in a dynamic team-based environment to produce web solutions they are proud of. Day-to-day you will contribute to our client solutions by coding, collaborating with your project team, and being challenged to solve problems and produce innovative web properties.

We actively seek out employees who will have a vested interest in the missions of our clients, as well as a passion for web technology. We encourage candidates who are interested in working with open source software and in areas of international development, health policy, and environmental policy within the non profit sectors to apply.

Necessary Skills:

  • At least 2 years of experience developing web sites and web applications.
  • Experience working with AJAX, and MVC-based application development frameworks like CAKE and CodeIgniter
  • Experience working with Open Source Content Management Systems like Drupal, Typo3, Joomla, or others.
  • Strong working knowledge of PHP, and experience developing on LAMP architecture.
  • Proficiency in other server-side programming tools (Cold Fusion, ASP.Net, Java/JSP, XML, XSLT, or Perl) is a definite plus.
  • Strong understanding of, and interest in, the use of internet technologies as a strategic tool for organizations.
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to work as a team member and work effectively with all levels of staff.


  • Education: Bachelors Degree with solid academic record. Second language skills a plus.

    Location: Alexandria, VA

    Link: http://www.forumone.com/content/jobs/detail/1764

MySQL DBA at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking a MySQL DBA. This position will be primarily responsible for managing and providing active support for MySQL production/QA/dev environments. The position is full-time and will report to the Director of Operations. The position is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA.

Responsibilities:

  • Managing MySQL in production/QA/dev environment including installation, configuration, backup, recovery, upgrades and schema changes, etc.
  • Quickly diagnose server problems and employ preventive measures to maintain high availability servers
  • Assistance in database daily operation
  • Assistance in developing MySQL tools using PHP/Perl
  • Estimating project duration, effort, resource load and cost
  • Creating processes to ensure data integrity and identify potential data errors

Requirements:

  • Proficient in SQL and scripting languages (PHP, Perl)
  • Experience with Database Administration
  • Performance tuning experience
  • Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with other staff members, to complete short and long-term projects
  • MySQL experience preferred or ability and willingness to learn MySQL in depth
  • Experience with replication a plus
  • Oracle experience a plus

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#MySQL%20DBA

Software Engineer, Data at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Data team. The ideal candidate will dream about distributed systems for the parallel processing of massive quantities of data, be familiar with Hadoop/Pig/HBase and MapReduce/Sawzall/Bigtable, and frequently think to themselves, "Yeah, that works for 500 MB of data; what about 500 TB?" This position is full-time and based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA. This position will report to the Senior Manager of Data.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop reusable tools for the management and manipulation of hundreds of terabytes of data
  • Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of data collection, storage, and retrieval processes
  • Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
  • Work closely with data analysts to construct creative solutions for their analysis tasks
  • Optimize our infrastructure at both the software and hardware level
  • Focus on scaling horizontally rather than vertically

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience working with large data stores
  • Deep understanding of storage appliance and storage software internals
  • Expert knowledge developing and debugging in C/C++ and Java on *nix
  • Experience developing with Python, Ruby, or PHP
  • Experience with filesystems, server architectures, and distributed systems

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#Software%20Engineer,%20Data

Software Engineer, Internationalization at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking experienced engineers to join our Internationalization Team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA. These positions are very fast-paced; creativity, enthusiasm, and smarts are a must. This position will play a key role in designing and building the architecture for launching internationalized Facebook products.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement architectural components to support launching of localized products
  • Code in a variety of languages, primarily PHP/C++/python. Flexibility is required.
  • Interface effectively with other teams
  • Conduct design and code reviews

Requirements:

  • B.S./M.S. Computer Science or related field
  • A keen attention to detail - someone who can sweat the small stuff
  • Expertise in one or more of the following is greatly preferred:
    • Programming language theory
    • Character set encodings
    • Translation memory systems

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#Software%20Engineer,%20Internationalization

Software Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Engineering team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA. The Software Engineer will report to the VP of Engineering. There are minimal travel requirements for this position.

Responsibilities:

  • Design core, backend software components
  • Code using primarily C/C++, Java, and PHP
  • Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
  • Conduct design and code reviews
  • Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources

Requirements:

  • M.S. Computer Science or related field preferred
  • Extensive experience building large-scale server applications
  • Expert knowledge developing and debugging in C/C++ and Java on *nix
  • Knowledge of perl or PHP or python
  • Experience with operating system internals, filesystems, programming language design, compilers, distributed systems, or server architectures

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#Software%20Engineer,%20Infrastructure%20Engineering

PHP Performance Engineer at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking a PHP Performance Engineer to join the Product Engineering team. The position is a full-time position based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify performance bottlenecks in PHP applications
  • Provide code optimization recommendations
  • Prototype and implement optimization techniques
  • Benchmark existing code and enhancements
  • Participate in design and code reviews
  • Code primarily in PHP
  • Interface with other team members to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
  • Identify and communicate best practices

Requirements:

  • A passion for performance debugging and benchmarking
  • Knowledge of PHP and system profiling tools
  • Adept knowledge of the PHP API
  • Experience building PHP applications and frameworks
  • Basic knowledge of PHP internals and Apache architecture
  • Experience working with Apache/PHP in high-performance environments
  • Interest in working on the second largest PHP website in the world
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#PHP%20Performance%20Engineer

PHP Internals Engineer at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking a PHP Internals Engineer to join the Product Engineering team. The position is a full-time position based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto. The PHP Internals Engineer will report to the CTO.

Responsibilities:

  • Design software components
  • Code primarily in C
  • Interface with other team members to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
  • Educate other team members on PHP best practices
  • Extend PHP functionality to support our unique requirements

Requirements:

  • Expert knowledge developing and debugging in C on Linux
  • Extensive experience building PHP applications and extensions
  • Past contributions to the PHP project
  • Knowledge of PHP internals and Apache architecture
  • Experience working with Apache/PHP in high-performance environments
  • Excellent debugging, profiling and optimization experience
  • Experience with compile time optimizations
  • Interest in working on the second largest PHP website in the world
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#PHP%20Internals%20Engineer

Software Engineer, Business Systems Core at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking Software Engineers to join the Business Systems Core infrastructure team. The position is a full-time position based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto. These positions require a critical eye and keen software engineering design sensibilities. This position will play a key role in designing and building the infrastructure for Facebook's next-generation high-volume business backend systems.

Responsibilities:

  • Code primarily in C/C++
  • Design and implement extremely high-volume, fault-tolerant distributed server systems
  • Interface with other teams to incorporate their innovations and vice versa
  • Knowledge of relational databases and SQL

Requirements:

  • B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred
  • Experience building large-scale server applications and reliable software
  • Expertise in C and C++ on *nix
  • Familiarity with PHP/Python and learning other languages as appropriate
  • Familiarity with payments processing and encryption a plus

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#Software%20Engineer,%20Business%20Systems%20Core

Software Engineer at Facebook.com

Facebook is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join the Product team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto, CA. The Software Engineer will report to the CTO. There are minimal travel requirements for this position. This position will help build the next-generation system behind Facebook's products, create web applications that reach millions of people, and build high volume servers.

Responsibilities:

  • Code high-volume ad delivery software using primarily C++ and Java
  • Create web applications using primarily PHP Implement web interfaces using XHTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • Build report interfaces and data feeds

Requirements:

  • B.S. Computer Science or related field
  • Expertise with C++ and/or Java
  • Knowledge of perl or PHP or python
  • Knowledge of relational databases and SQL, preferably MySQL and Oracle

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Link: http://www.facebook.com/jobs/#Software%20Engineer

Senior QA Engineer - Blackbox for Facebook at Slide.com

We've all wrote test cases, we all know the software development cycle, and we've all run test suites. We all know the essential three letter acronyms and buzzwords. But only some of us know that quality assurance is much more than all these.

Slide's Quality Assurance team is looking for such individuals. We take testing seriously; our QA department is a key player in developing strategies and identifying possible pitfalls at every point in the product cycle. You will be expected to be part of the team for day one, establishing a rapport with developers and PM as well as easing the communication between management and product teams. Our blackbox position for Slide's Facebook Applications has opportunities for growth unavailable in most other companies, if you want to learn, this is the place for you.

Slide is the largest personal media network in the world, reaching more than 117 million people each month, or nearly 14 percent of the global Internet audience. The service helps people express themselves and tell emotionally engaging stories through personalized photos and videos created on Slide.com and viewed anywhere on the web or on their desktop. Slide widgets -- including Slide Shows, Guestbooks, SkinFlix and FunPix -- are viewed by tens of millions of people every day on popular sites like MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Xanga, Tagged and Blogger. Slide launched in 2005 and was founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin.

Required skills:

  • 4 year degree or equivalent experience in a QA environment
  • Working knowledge of how to test modern web technologies (LAMP environments)
  • A drive not only to find bugs but to learn how the entire system works and how it can break down
  • Experience in short product cycles
  • Worked on dynamic content sites
  • Experience with bug control programs
  • Excellent communication skills

Good to have:

  • MySQL knowledge for backend verification
  • Able to read Python code
  • Processed and/or analyzed logs to find problems or analyze data

Details:

  • Full - Time
  • Excellent Benefits - 100% Health, Vision and Dental plans available for employee
  • Great Location - Close to public transportation
Link: http://www.slide.com/static/jobs#fbqa

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer - Whitebox at Slide.com

We are looking for an intelligent, self-motivated, energetic problem-solver who likes breaking server, enjoys working closely with software developers, and can contribute his or her ideas and energy to the development of successful products.

Responsibilities:

  • You will help expand Slide's Test Framework by writing code and developing test suites
  • You will develop in-house tools
  • You will be responsible for designing, documenting, and executing test plans for our server applications
  • You will perform integration, regression, and ad-hoc testing
  • You will be involved on design and code reviews
  • This position will involve working closely with developers and product managers at all stages of product lifecycle

Must have:

  • Build and/or coded with programming language: automation scripts, automation framework, test tools, stress and/or perfomance testing
  • At least 1 year on server-side testing experience
  • Worked on dynamic content sites
  • 2 years experience with any of the following programming languages / scripting: perl/cgi, python, java, php, coldfusion, c, c++
  • Experience with version control products: SVN, CVS, SourceSafe, other
  • Database experience: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, PL/SQL - build complex queries, triggers, stored procedures to test data frameworks
  • Experience with open source tools such as : Jmeter, Ant, Selenium, JUnit, ServletUnit, HTTPUnit, Cactus, Clover, PyUnit

Good to have:

  • Tested APIs
  • Tested Image Servers
  • Tested Search Servers
  • Tested widget servers
  • Installed / tested: Web, Application, Tomcat, Resin, WebSphere, Weblogic, Apache, IIS
  • Experience with Unix commands
  • Processed and/or analyzed logs to find problems or analyze data
  • Knowledge of networking protocols: TCP/IP, SNMTP
  • Build a computer / server from scratch

Qualifications:

  • B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  • Strong experience testing Windows desktop software
  • Experience testing server-side software a plus
  • Experience building and using QA automation tools a plus
  • MySQL, Python, Flash, and Linux skills a plus

This is an onsite full-time position

Link: http://www.slide.com/static/jobs#qa

Server Coder at Slide.com

Slide is building a large scalable service for delivering dynamic content over the web. We are looking for an experienced server engineer to join our small but rapidly growing team who will thrive in a startup environment while creating software used by millions of people every day.

You should have experience developing server software in Python or some other interpreted dynamically typed language.

You have a detailed understanding of using Unix to implement a large server application: networking, memory, storage and concurrency.

You possess knowledge of web service technologies and protocols (Linux, MySQL, Apache, REST, XML, Ajax, etc...)

You believe that an appreciation for elegant algorithms and data structures is compatible with pragmatism and getting cool things done.

You feel comfortable with asynchronous network programming, server frameworks, distributed systems, fault tolerance, and scalability.

You have a B.S. in Computer Science or related field.

Link: http://www.slide.com/static/jobs#server

Senior Web Developer at Slide.com

Slide is seeking an individual who is passionate about engineering and wants to push the limits of what is possible on the web. Our web developers do it all - from styling pages to hooking up the businees logic - we build fast and mean.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for developing our website front-end using CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Ideal candidate knows when and why to use tables, has knowledge of when an XMLHTTPRequest is useful versus when it is just cool, and can hand tune markup for efficient rendering.

Requirements:

  • B.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of solid software development experience
  • Expertise in JavaScript / HTML / CSS
  • Experience with Python / PHP / Ruby
  • Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to assist other team members in problem solving.
  • Excellent knowledge of Internet/Web technologies, such as browsers, firewalls, and http.
Link: http://www.slide.com/static/jobs#webdeveloper

MySQL Database Architect at Slide.com

The IT department at Slide is looking for an experienced database architect and administrator with a focus on MySQL performance, query review, redundancy, and backup. If you want a hand in scaling out infrastructure the right way, contact us!

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for the smooth operation of Slide's database infrastructure, including: coordination and collaboration with developers on queries and feature implementation; management of database instance configuration, replication, failover, and migration; designing and implementing a high-performance, redundant, and highly scalable database infrastructure.

Requirements:

  • 4 years or more of production MySQL architecture experience on Linux.
  • Solid tuning experience with MySQL, MyISAM, InnoDB, and SQL.
  • Prefer OLTP experience.
  • Strong foundation of IT knowledge desired.
  • 5 years or more of general production database administration on various platforms a plus (Oracle, PostgreSQL, Solaris, etc).
  • Desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced web environment.
Link: http://www.slide.com/static/jobs#mysql

First Post!

Hello all,
I am going to start a job posting blog, concentrating for now mostly on jobs related Open Source software. Typically networks, internet, sys administrators and similar. If you are a company willing to take in new talents in such fields do contact me through this blog!
Cheers!