Overview

The Ning Application Engineering team is a small, flat, and highly productive team of people building software that matters to millions of people in their daily lives. We use PHP and Javascript on top of the Ning Platform to deliver an extremely friendly and infinitely customizable experience to Network Creators on Ning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Your Own Social Network for Anything is as fast as possible. Then push to make it faster.
• Be the performance expert across all of our application development efforts - define the goals and framework for ensuring we are always getting faster as a service.
• Work closely with all members for the application development team to optimize the performance of each component and/or feature.
• Perform regular architecture and design reviews for new and existing features from a performance standpoint.
• Monitor overall site performance using internal and external tools. Develop tools as needed.
• Identify and own performance issues, design and develop code to address these issues.
• Identify performance hotspots and risks. Develop short and long term plans to address these issues before they impact growth

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science.
• Direct and extensive PHP and/or cross browser web development experience.
• Knowledge of PHP internals, Apache, and system profiling tools.
• Deep knowledge of how web pages and their elements are processed and rendered across all major browsers and their versions.
• Extensive experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience programming scalable web applications and considerably improving their performance.
• Knowledge of web services, and agile development methodologies desired.
• Experience working on websites with very high transaction volumes.
• In-depth knowledge of network programming, and HTTP protocol.
• Recent hands-on experience with some script and shell programming (e.g. Perl and Shell).
• Personality, comfort and desire to be a leader.
• Curiosity. You've created a social network on Ning. You dive into a bit more detail and are struck by the Ning Content Store and why we chose that architecture. You have ideas on how to make the site better and faster. You have lots of technical questions for us.

Please send your resume to yoonie@ning.com

Drupal engineer needed for stealth mode company founded by serial entrepreneur in NYC

The candidate must be in the US. The position reports to Project Manager and CEO via weekly conference calls.

Must haves:

• Drupal 5.9 experience
• Solid experience utilizing views, organic groups and PHP
• Verifiable references
• At least 5 years of experience
• This is a contract position which may turn into a full time role as the company grows.

Please send resumes to me directly at lili [dot] balfour [at] atelierpartners [dot] com

Ibuildings is looking for a Test Engineer. This position is primarily focused on quality assurance for all our PHP projects (from standard websites via challenging high-traffic projects to complex business critical web applications).

The test engineer will be involved in several types of quality assurance, such as performance benchmarks, usability-, acceptance- and unit tests. The test engineer will work with one of the Ibuildings development teams to write test plans, conduct tests, process the results and help find solutions for issues that were found.

We are looking for a tester with a keen eye and a focus on the needs of the customer. He or she should be a real teamplayer and should not avoid confrontation.

Profile

• Customer focus
• Good communication skills
• Experienced in Quality Assurance
• Experienced in Software Engineering
• Familiarity with internet technology
• A good amount of 'common sense' regarding web applications
• Experience with PHPUnit and/or SimpleTest, and CruiseControl/phpUnderControl would be prefered
• Familiarity with open source development tools
• Able to work both in a team or individually

We offer:
A very challenging environment with passionate coworkers that constantly operate on the edge of technology. Ibuildings values personal development and promotes knowledge growth of its employees. Apart from that, we offer a competitive salary and a benefits package tailored to the personal needs of the employee.

Applications:
Interested? Please send your application with CV to:

Saskia van Ooijen
e-mail: saskia@ibuildings.nl

Primary responsibilities:
Create and support new and existing software applications

Duties include:

• Web-based application development
• Database management and infrastructure design

Skills:

• Experience in Web Development, Architecture, and Website Design
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and XMLHTTP (Web 2.0) technologies
• Proficiency with MySQL or other database platforms
• Cross-browser / platform experience.
• Linux and Windows experience (not afraid of the command line)
• Experience w/ Adobe / Macromedia products a plus
• E-Commerce / SEO experience a plus (please highlight in cover letter)

Life at Viveli:

• Casual Dress Code
• Complimentary Lunches, beverages and snacks
• Benefits and competitive salaries
• We work in small teams, which we believe promotes spontaneity, creativity and speed.
• Anyone at Viveli might have our next great idea, so we make sure every idea is heard.

To Apply:
Submit completed application materials (resume, coverletter and 2 samples of work) to HR Recruiter hr[at]viveli.com

The hours are 9AM-5PM Monday-Friday. We are located in Schaumburg, Illinois (Northwest Suburbs).

Please note! To be considered for this opening:
Attach application materials as a MS Word doc (with your FULL NAME in the filenames)
Submit application materials via e-mail. Applicants who do not follow this formatting will not be considered.

Viveli is an EOE

For more information on Viveli and this opening visit this URL.

This full-time, on site position with the Product Development team is responsible for the development and support of Kavi's products, including design specifications, code implementation, and the ongoing support of released products. The Product Dev. Engineer works closely with other team members throughout all stages of the product development life cycle to ensure well engineered solution are provided to Kavi's customers.

Responsibilities:

• Develop well engineered applications that are functional, maintainable and meet the requirements defined by product management
• Participate in the creation of a design specification, including data modeling and functional behavior
• Responsible for all engineering aspects of the applications, including security, scalability, maintainability, and performance
• Work as member of product development team to produce quality products.

Requirements:

• A BS in Software Engineering or a relevant discipline
• Familiar with Linux and experience with open source components (LAMP - Linux Apache MySQL Python/PHP/Perl)
• Professional experience of at least three years with two or more programming languages, at least one of which stresses object oriented design (Python, Java, C++, etc)
• Professional experience with object oriented design methodologies and languages.
• Familiarity with web standards, (HTML, XML, CSS, etc).
• Zope/Python experience is a plus
• Good English written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in a small team on multiple projects.

Kavi is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Interested applicants should apply online.

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?

Would you like to touch the lives of millions of people, while working in a technically challenging environment? Are you fascinated by what it takes to build a highly efficient and scalable web application infrastructure that forms the backbone for various search applications used by hundreds of millions of users every day? If yes, then here is your chance!

We are looking for a motivated Senior Engineer/Architect to join the Yahoo! Search engineering team. In this position you will use your strong technical background to design and develop the next generation frontend platform for Yahoo! Search. This platform will provide a flexible and scalable base for building new and cool products for search.yahoo.com and its associated verticals.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS is Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of industry experience in large scale web application development
• Expert level knowledge in PHP
• Experience with Apache, HTTP, Perl, XML, C/C++
• Knowledge of AJAX/JS, HTML/DHTML, CSS and other client-side technologies is a strong plus
• Development experience on UNIX platforms
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
• Fast learner and team player

Interested applicants should submit their resume to Shawn Cartwright at shawncar [at] yahoo-inc [dot] com.

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

Big Tent (www.bigtent.com) provides a free, secure online platform that medium- and large-sized groups use to make themselves more effective. We help groups take care of membership, dues collection, communication, recommendations, and many other functions, freeing up group members and leaders to spend time doing what they care about most. We have hundreds of groups and thousands of members using our site every day - including neighborhood groups, PTAs, alumni associations, mother's clubs, etc.

We recently closed a $5M round with Menlo Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. We're well on our way to building a great company as well as a powerful technology solution to share with community groups.

Big Tent is located in South Park/SOMA, San Francisco with a small team of passionate super-achievers, motivated by building a great business with a tangible impact on how real-world groups communicate and support each other every day.

Job Description

You will work on the database and application layers of our application as we continuously increase the functionality and scale of our application.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of PHP, database design and implemention in MySQL, object-oriented programming, and XHTML
• Experience scaling Web applications, including at least basic knowledge of LAMP stack installation and configuration
• 4+ years of Web development experience with proven ability to deliver a polished product
• BS/MS Computer Science degree strongly preferred
• Energized by the opportunities and challenges of a start-up

Desirable

• Experience in administering systems or networks
• Experience with CSS, JavaScript, and other Web front-end technologies

Interested? Send your resume to fadi@bigtent.com with the job title in the subject line, please.

Role:
You will be responsible for developing UI technology for the large scale, high performance shopping search engine. You will work closely with the design and product management groups to define and implement user interface for the website. You will work closely with server-side engineers during the implementation process.

Requirements:

• 3+ years experience developing User Interfaces for web-based companies
• Strong knowledge and ability to program with object-oriented PHP 5. Familiarity with Smarty templating a plus.
• Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, and AJAX
• Experience with database (MySQL) applications, including strength in SQL is a plus
• Familiarity with third-party APIs (Google/Yahoo Maps, Facebook, etc) preferred
• Quick learner, who is anxious to contribute immediately

Contact aknight [at] this site for more information.

Company Overview:
Our client specializes in creating premiere digital content monitoring systems for major Cable Television companies. Their innovative products provide unparalleled visibility into video streams and digital services delivery in real time

Job Description:
The Senior Web Engineer is a key member of the engineering team who designs and builds the entire presentation application layer of the advanced transport stream monitoring and reporting system back-end to the front-end user interface.

Qualifications:

• Experience in developing high-performance, database-driven websites or web applications
• 3-5 years of development experience
• 2 years of solid PHP development experience with medium to large scale projects
• Working knowledge of database design and SQL standards
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and/or MySQL datbase
• Great communication skills and able to work in a dynamic fast-paced environment
• A BS in CS or similar field

H1-B Transfership of title accepted.

Please send resumes to Humanitas714@gmail.com with appropriate title.

Are you interested in working in an extremely collaborative and dynamic environment full of fun and intelligent people where your contributions are highly valued?

iContact is looking for a well-rounded Software Engineer who wants to make a significant impact on our software as a service (SaaS) web application.

The iContact product is the leading email marketing and online communications platform used by over 22,000 companies worldwide ranging from small businesses to blue chip clients like International Paper, Ford, Bank of America, Symantec, Re/Max, and LG Electronics.

We use open source software, like Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP), and agile software development methods, like Scrum, user stories, short release cycles, test-driven development (TDD) and continuous integration, to develop our highly scalable and reliable (20+ servers, sharded, replicated) enterprise-level application.

Our new Software Engineer will be responsible for:

• designing, refactoring, and improving the functionality of our application
• writing high quality, object-oriented back-end code (you'll be putting the M in MVC)
• working closely with team members to make good trade-offs and deliver features that meet requirements
• tracking down and fixing bugs

At a minimum, we require that you have:

• a B.S. degree in computer science or a related field
• experience with web application development
• experience with object-oriented programming (OOP)
• experience with SQL (including joins, schema, and indexing)
• ability to work well in a team environment
• good communication skills
• eligibility to work in the US without sponsorship

You get bonus points for having:

• experience with PHP (or similar, e.g. Java, Ruby, Python, etc.)
• experience with MySQL (or similar, e.g. PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SQLite, etc.)
• experience with design patterns
• experience with Model-View-Controller (MVC) frameworks
• experience developing in a Linux/Unix environment
• experience with some of the tools we use like Subversion, Bugzilla, Jira, Memcache, Solr, and symfony.
• a sense of humor

To help you fulfill your responsibilities we have great perks like free soda, bagel Mondays, monthly catered lunches, and foosball along with benefits like health care coverage, a 401(k) plan, and a Flexible Spending Account.

If you are self-motivated, smart, great at getting things done, and like what you read above, please send your resume and cover letter to jobs@icontact.com with subject "Software Engineer". We're excited to hear from you!