Interactive Designer and Developer Internships at IQ Foundry

We currently have 1 interactive designer and 1 interactive developer internship available for the 2006-2007 school year.

These positions are open immediately. You will work on challenging and exciting projects on a regular basis.

We're looking for fresh, talented, responsible and dedicated interactive students to work on upcoming projects. Must live in or near Madison, WI.

Our interactive internship positions are unpaid and require a working understanding of website development within your area of focus--development or design. Projects include websites, interactive games and online campaigns and new business pitch projects for clients in a variety of industries. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to positively contribute to a team environment.

A few must haves for designers:

• Excellent skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign
• Excellent skills in Flash, Adobe GoLive and/or Dreamweaver and other web authoring/motion graphic tools
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Thrives within a collaborative design studio environment

A brief list of responsibilities:

• Design projects based on direction provided by the lead designer or principle, as well as contributing to or leading the direction of a project.
• Assist team in developing layouts, illustrations, or visual elements.
• Based on original concept, flush out additional elements within scope of project.
• Revise original designs with client or internal changes while maintaining design integrity.
• Other duties as assigned.

A few must haves for developers:

• Excellent skills with class-based development in PHP and MySQL.
• Ability to work with multiple developers on a single project
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Thrives within a collaborative design studio environment

A brief list of responsibilities:

• Develop projects based on project specifications, as well as contributing to or developing the specifications for a project.
• Assist team in developing sites and required application components.
• Based on project specifications, flesh out and develop application concepts.
• Work with established code to add enhancements or make modifications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other things you should know:

• Must be available to work on site a minimum of 20 hours a week.
• These internships are full hands-on work.
• We make our own coffee.

Ruby on Rails Developers At Leaplab

LeapLab is looking for a team of passionate developers to spearhead a new, cutting edge Web 2.0 development project. If you thrive in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment and get excited about creating something from the ground up, this is the opportunity for you!

Beyond top notch development skills, we value outside-the-box thinking and a passion for solving complex problems.

Our ideal candidate:

• 3+ years experience developing commercial web applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Hands-on development experience using Ruby on Rails.
• Strong background in OO design, MVC and data base driven application development.
• Demonstrated experience with CSS, PHP, XML and AJAX.
• Web 2.0 – Experience programming advanced applications combining blogs, wikis, RIA/AJAX, podcasting, and other capabilities.
• Aptitude for and proficiency in programming and design techniques.
• Understanding of technical architectures and the current state of the technology market in several technology areas.
• Ability to exhibit ownership, initiation, and incubation of new ideas and concepts on projects.
• A desire to create business applications out of new technologies.
• Experience in managing own and other's work effort including time management, estimation, completion, issue identification & resolution, and status reporting.

To be considered for Sr. Developer/Lead, you should also have:

• Solid combination of architecture, design and implementation experience.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Desire to lead a small team of developers to achieve the right results.

What’s in it for you?

This is a great opportunity to work in an established company with a start-up feel। Our employees enjoy a casual, creative work environment, a comprehensive compensation & benefit package and on-site gym. Our offices are conveniently located in Chandler, AZ (metro Phoenix), close to Loop 101 and Chandler Fashion Center.

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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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