The innovation group at Strands Inc is looking for a senior engineer
to join the development team working on an Internet and enterprise
application. You can see the current application at http://www.actibvapredicciones.com
. We are looking for someone who is technically gifted, has a deep end-
to-end working knowledge of the Internet. Someone who is passionate
about the web, understands, and keeps up to date, about not only the
technologies of the web but also its culture.
Your primary tasks would be to take charge of UI and information
architecture in Flex, quickly coming to speed and contribute to the
current feature pipeline, as well as be responsible for preliminary
facebook application development. We are 4 engineers team working as a
startup within a startup which means if you like then you can have
input into all layers of the stack from architecture/infrastructures
to algorithms and UI to business strategy and marketing. We reward
self-starters and ambitious people. In return you will have a large
ownership of the project, have the opportunity to define critical
architectural choices and be part of a game changing team. Strength in
computer science, application development and project management
skills will be required. UI and RIA experience would also be required,
ideally Flash and Flex experience.
Responsibilities:
* Lead the flex development, taking UI requirements and specs to unit-
tested code
* Assist in facebook development
* Assist in Javascript, CSS and HTML efforts
* Assist in system admin and deployment procedures
Requirements:
* BS in Computer Science
* Previous startup experience
* Strong technical interest in latest Web 2.0 innovations
* Flash and Flex skills (photoshop and AI skills a competitive
advantage)
* Strong UI and information architecture design and implementation in
flex/flash
* Experience in production level code
* Experience in architecting scalable web applications and patterns
* Strong OOP (Python or Java, C++) and component development skills
* Working knowledge of MySQL, XML and HTML, Javascript, CSS
* Some knowledge of Python/Django
* Experience with rapid development and project management
methodologies and platforms and tools (SVN, Eclipse, scrum and daily
builds)
* US Citizenship or permanent resident
The position will come with a competitive compensation and stock
options, together with a full benefits package (401k and full health
[dental, vision and medical] plan for you and your partner). Minimal
amount of travel, to Barcelona, Oregon and possibly Helsinki, will be
included.
The innovation group at NYC is headed by a previous research scientist
from CS at MIT. Team members are composed of CS grads and the office
is located in heart of NYC (TriBeca).
Please forward your resume to pey...@strands.com
About Strands
Strand's core product is discovery and personalization services built
on top of an open middleware platform consisting of machine learning
algorithms and social interaction mechanisms. The platform supports
creation of services and marketplace over both fixed and mobile
architectures. Current applications include Media (music, video and
general Internet) and Banking verticals. The mission of the innovation
group is growth into new markets and products.
The company is young, pre-IPO, fast moving, well funded and growing
fast. Balancing the youthfulness is group of experienced investors and
management team with successful previous startup experiences. The
experience is demonstrated with a sales stream (of $12m in 2007) and
capital investment of $55m in series B by number of major firms (see http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mystrands-55m.phpfor
an overview). We have offices in US (NYC, DC, San Francisco, Seattle
and Oregon) and Europe (Barcelona, Madrid and Helsinki). You can
discover more about the company at http://www.strands.com and the
management team at http://www.strands.com/cor
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