Our client in the Los Angeles area (Glendale) is at the forefront of advanced localized search technology. Selected consultant will be part of an R&D team rapidly designing and implementing leading edge web and mobile solutions focused on local search....using advanced open source technologies. They are looking for the very best in this field. Key skills include Ruby, Python, AJAX and Javascript. This is planned to be a 6-month contract, and there may be an opportunity to do some of the work remotely.

Please contact jobs4@thecarreraagency.com,
or call (949) 273-8033

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We are hiring!!! Rearden Commerce (www.ReardenCommerce.com)

Rearden Commerce is currently the fastest growing SaaS company in the world, with no competitors! Rearden Commerce provides the ultimate personal productivity tool: an innovative on-demand personal assistant that simplifies life, helping people quickly find the services and goods they need based on what they like, where they are, and what they are doing.

Location: Foster City

The Sr Java Engineer requires:
-Core Java Experience (not j2ee, but people who know j2ee should know java)
-8+ yrs of experience

Web Developer
-Looking for both mid level (2-5 yrs) and Sr engineers (6+ yrs) as well as a tech lead or principal eng
-javascript, xml, ajax, (D,X)HTML, and jsp understanding and usage a MUST

Performance Engineer
-We are looking for extensive experience with distributed software architectures and design patterns
-Experience with load-balancing, caching and session management strategies and designs
-Experience with Java performance measurement and profiling tools
-Experience with Hibernate and Hibernate optimization strategies
-Experience with Mess JMS, Ajax, Servlet and JSP, Spring and Struts frameworks
-Prefer someone with experience with Workflow and business rules engines as well as capacity planning
-Proficient in Unix
-5+ years of relevant experience

Perforce Administrator
-Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalent experiences
-Understanding of software product life cycle and software build automation tools
-Experience with Linux system administration
-Demonstrated knowledge of SCM concepts
-1-3 years experience in software engineering, release engineering and/or configuration management
-Experience with one or more build tools such as make or ANT

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please apply directly to MALKHAZOV@COBALT.COM
The Cobalt Group—a leading provider of online retailing and search engine marketing solutions for the automotive industry—seeks a Senior UI Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

Designing and building scalable web-based applications, prototypes, and 'go-live' features.
Participating in developing use cases, and feature requirements.
Act as a subject matter expert on building and scripting capabilities and limitations, contributing this expertise throughout the company as needed.
Partner with stakeholders to ensure all consumer facing features and designs are on spec, easy to use, bug free, scalable, and documented.
Contribute to task identification, work estimates, and schedules for development related activities.
Work with other internal department members to assist with requirements definition and web development needs.
Contribute to recommendations on how the company can best leverage web and other related technologies.
B.A./B.S. degree in computer science, or related field.
4 - 6 years of experience in front-end web development with emphasis in building consumer products.
Ability to turn creative designs/layouts into finished product – strong sense for user-friendly interface design.
Expert in Object Oriented design, architecture design. Experience in Test Driven development, and/or unit testing in UI layer is a plus.
Demonstrated proficiency with HTML, CSS, ASP/JSP, JavaScript, DHTML, and XML is required. Ability to write code from scratch as well as interpret and modify the code of others is also required.
Knowledge of Java, Flash, ActionScript, Weblogic, SQL, REST, SOA, Struts, MVC designs, a definite plus.
Strong understanding of current web browser rendering differences and standards.

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We are a 100% PHP/MySQL focused product and service company with two products in stealth mode.
We are seeking PHP/MySQL developers with great Web 2.0 experience to lead teams.
Apply at sacjobs@evoknow.com

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YourVersion, a Palo Alto startup building the world’s best discovery engine, seeks a rockstar front-end web developer proficient in JavaScript/AJAX, XHTML, and CSS. You will be a key member of a small, high-horsepower team with significant experience building successful large-scale consumer sites. Currently in private beta, YourVersion gives customers the best way to discover and share personalized, relevant web content related to their interests.

Responsibilities
-Create a great product that our customers love
-Work directly with CEO to design features that help users discover great content
-Work with PHP/MySQL developers to deliver functionality
-Ensure features are compelling, easy to use, and follow good UI design principles
-Ensure features work properly across A-grade browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari)

Requirements
-At least 3 years coding customer-facing features
-Experience developing for large-scale consumer websites
-Proven experience writing cross-browser, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS
-Proficient with JavaScript, AJAX, DOM, JSON, and XML
-Experience with Prototype, Scriptaculous, YUI, or equivalent frameworks
-Thrive in fast-paced environments with quick iterations
-Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills
-Go-getter: you figure out what needs to be done vs. having to be told
-Can see the big picture but also zoom down into details
-Proficiency using Subversion (SVN)
-BS in Computer Science, Graphic Design or equivalent

Bonus points for
-Startup experience
-Passion for the discovery/recommendation engine space
-Strong Fireworks, Photoshop, and/or Illustrator skills
-Strong UI design skills
-Experience developing Firefox extensions (XUL)

The CEO and founder of YourVersion is a Stanford MBA with 16 years of high-tech experience who led product management for Quicken and Friendster.

To learn more and apply, visit http://www.yourversion.com/jobs

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I am engaged in a search for a UI architect for a stealth mode, high potential enterprise software startup funded by Greylock Ventures. We are seeking a UI architect to design and build a UI framework, front end design and plumbing from the ground up. This would be a principal UI engineer/architect role with an opportunity to hire a team down the road and outsource design elements more immediately.


Senior UI Engineer
We are a stealth‐mode, high potential, start‐up backed by top-tier investors is looking for a stellar engineer to help architect, design and code our core technology and product, and solve real-world problems.
We are developing an innovative solution for automatic on-demand scaling and deployment of enterprise applications in virtualized or cloud computing environments.
This is a ground‐floor opportunity for a strong engineer with entrepreneurial spirit, who is interested in solving challenging next-generation data center problems, and in working with a very strong team of engineers, researchers and product managers.

Requirements:
· Excellent UI Design skills
· Expert-level skills in Flex/Actionscript programming
· Good Java Programming skills
· Ability to take an idea and produce a mock UI quickly
· Web 2.0 UI design sensibility
· Comfortable with iterative development
· More than 5 years of professional UI development experience

Pluses (and big pluses):
· Experience with Java programming tools/processes – ANT, JUnit etc
· Experience with Java/J2EE as backend to UI

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For more information, contact Genice at Profluence dot net.


I am recruiting for an early stage startup pioneering a new way for users to communicate in an enterprise setting by leveraging the usability and agility of the consumer world. The founding team includes successful leaders from companies such as Symantec, Brightmail, Tellme and Netscape and schools such as Carnegie Mellon and Stanford. The company is backed by several million dollars of funding from an all-star group of investors including Mitch Kapor (Founder of Lotus, Mozilla.org and chairman of SecondLife) and Trinity Ventures (Photobucket, BlueNile, Sygate Technologies). The company is currently in stealth-mode.
Job Description:

Lead Application Engineer
We are looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented rockstar engineer to be part of the founding team of engineers. The individual has to be passionate about shipping innovated products on the web and refuse to work with anything but the best people. You will be responsible for owning the front-end development of applications delivered via the website.

A good candidate will:
* Feel that success on the front-end is the magic mix of server-side development combined with browser rendering
* Have deep knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of at least one development stack (e.g. Dojo + Java + Spring; Ruby on Rails; etc.)
* Be addicted to incremental product delivery and building products people use

The best candidate will have:
- Developed in Ruby or similar dynamic language like python, php, or perl
- Experience with cross-browser issues in the DOM and CSS
- Experience with AjAX, JSON and all things JavaScript
- Cal Henderson's Building Scalable Web Site on your bedside table

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What You’ll Do:
• Operate hosted ad serving platform running in external datacenters to meet availability requirements stated in our published SLAs
• Maintain the hardware and software systems used by engineering for product development
• Maintain the IT systems (email, internet services, phone system) used by all members of the company
• Manage a professional services function that provides technical support for customer and partner integrations
Required
• B.S. or M.S. in computer science, electrical engineering, business or information technologies, or equivalent related degree
• 10+ years experience in information technology, system administration, and/or network operations
• 3+ years experience performing and/or managing a technical professional services function
• Experience running a high availability commercial software service
• Experience running a distributed Java-based web application using open source infrastructure like JBoss, Tomcat and Apache
• Deep understanding of virtualization technology, clustering and security
• Expert system-level troubleshooting skills
• Expert Linux/Unix system administration skills, with an emphasis on daemons, networking, monitoring, shell scripting, and performance tuning
• Familiarity with the role and function of content delivery networks in media-serving environments
• Expert Apache configuration experience. Familiarity with common Apache modules.
• Experience managing large relational database deployments, PostgreSQL preferred
• Experience deploying and running distributed system monitoring software like Nagios or Hyperic
Desired
• Experience providing desktop support for Windows and Mac systems
• Experience managing outsourced email services or administering a Microsoft Exchange server
• Experience debugging network issues at all layers from physical to application
If interested, please send me your resume (word document) - michelle@minddiggers.com

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Software Engineer

My client is building a suite of innovative products and services that allow marketers to deliver their messages to mobile users, which allow publishers to monetize their mobile content, and that help mobile users connect with mobile content and services. In this role, you will be responsible for the design, implementation, and deployment of new features in existing products as well as brand-new products that address the needs of mobile advertisers, publishers, and consumers.

This is a fast-paced and cross-functional work environment. You will work closely with product management, business development, and sales to define and realize the future of the mobile web. You will also work closely with your peers in engineering, operations, and research to make sure that your work becomes a high-performance, reliable part of a seamless whole.

Qualifications:
• Experience with Unix/Linux and object oriented programming..
• A verifiable track record of designing, implementing and shipping high-quality software. Ideally your track record involves large-scale, commercial web and/or mobile applications, but other experience can easily be just as good.
• Experience with one or all of PHP, Ruby, MySQL, or Apache. More important than specific experience is the demonstrated ability to pick up new languages and systems quickly.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, and/or AJAX, and a flair for user experience would be a distinct plus.
• Self-motivated, fast learner, fearless, and ready to hit the ground running.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related engineering discipline (MS / PhD always a plus).

For consideration, email your resume to genice@profluence.net

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Seeking a conultant to help demo and train lead members of groups from internal organization on using their wiki and other web collaboration tools (blogs, discussions, forums, etc.) for intranet communication.

You will be the key contact between client's wiki needs and engineering group. You will build a repoir with them and ensure they are adopting to their wiki over time.

Qualificatoins:
web / web 2.0 experience (2 - 3 years)
task management
cisco experience (a plus)
confluence wiki or any corporate wiki (huge plus)

The most important skill is communication and a familiary with web collaboration tools as an end-user.

If interested, please contact phillymorning@gmail.com

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