Seeking Front-End Engineer for venture-backed early stage web company

Seeking Front-End Engineer for venture-backed early stage web company focused on *automagically* reducing your bills:

If you are the kind of person that likes to write code to do your work for you, we want to talk to you..

You:

+ Converting Fireworks and Photoshop designs into high quality XHTML/CSS at warp speed

+ Coding tight, fast loading, standards compliant XHTML/CSS

+ Working with templates and JSP pages

+ Working with Javascript and JQuery enabled UI views for a rich AJAX based application

+ Making XHTML/CSS frontends works smoothly across all major browsers on current platforms, incl. IE6 and Mac

Perks:

+ Generous stock option package

+ 3 weeks of vacation each year

+ Industry Standard Health, Dental & Vision Coverage

+ 401k plan

+ A high energy work environment with a top notch engineering team

+ Opportunity to make an impact in the daily lives of friends and family

Pluses:

+ 2-3 years of recent experience building

+ XHTML guru & HTML performance geek

+ CSS guru & Cross Browser Compatibility Maven

+ JQuery wizardry a strong plus

+ Experience building at least one other high traffic dynamic web application

Team:

The co-founders come from successful startup backgrounds where they were each responsible for building companies from scratch to tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue. They are backed by top-tier venture capital firms in the valley, and are looking to expand their core team with  a few super smart engineers.

marketing manager for user experience & remote testing focused startup based in sf & madrid #ux

Reporting to the CEO and founder, and initially based in Madrid, Spain and relocating to San Francisco, California in a 6-12 month time frame, you will manage the launching of the US market in the short term, as well as other European and Asian markets next year.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Upgrade, implement, and continually refine the marketing plan; 
Implement & manage PR campaigns; 
Track & manage ROI of sales and marketing initiatives; 
Coordinate sales & marketing initiatives with country Sales Managers; 
Coordinate sales & marketing initiatives with wholesale channel account execs; 
Coordinate customer feedback with product development team & customer service & manage site improvements; 
Partner & channel development & management; 
Lead & coordinate customer retention & loyalty programs; 
Continual market & competitive analysis.
Skills

Minimum 5 years successful experience in marketing web services and products; 
Thorough knowledge of online sales & marketing strategies; 
Significant expertise in on-line affiliate and marketing partnerships; 
In-depth B2B experience, particularly to the design & development community 
Highly motivated by a start-up environment; 
Excellent communication skills; 
Good negotiation skills; 
Detail oriented and analytical thinker; 
Dynamic & pro-active sales personality; 
Excellent English. Additional language abilities a plus; 
Usability experience and expertise highly valued; 
Willingness for an initial 6-12 month assignment in Madrid prior to long term location in San Francisco (Spanish language capability is NOT a requirement)

usability product dev manager for user experience & remote testing focused startup based in sf & madrid #ux

Reporting to the CEO and founder, you will manage the development of new products and services in major markets around the world. Initially based in Madrid, Spain, you will also have an opportunity to transition to our new San Francisco office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

=Lead & coordinate development of new products & services;
=Lead negotiations with 3rd party partners for new functionalities and services;
=Lead & coordinate customer retention & loyalty features & programs;
=Coordinate between the technical, marketing, & customer service departments

REQUIREMENTS:

=Minimum 5 years successful experience in online product development;
=Extensive online user experience and usability testing experience;
=Significant B2B experience;
=Highly motivated by a start-up environment;
=Excellent communication skills;
=Good negotiation skills;
=Detail oriented, analytical yet creative thinker;
=Dynamic & pro-active personality;
=Excellent English. Additional language abilities a plus;
=Usability consulting experience a plus;
=Willingness to relocate to Madrid, Spain for a 6 to 12 month period

WE OFFER:

=Dynamic team environment in a fast growing and innovative sector;
=Initial workplace in Madrid, Spain, and flexibility in terms of location in the medium term;
=Fixed salary plus bonus based on results;
=Inclusion in stock option plan when implemented (1st semester 2010).

Community Manager for profitable gaming startup in Redwood Shores

Our client is the 1 MMO gaming company on iPhone with many hit titles enjoyed by millions of people. Each of their titles has reached the top 10 in the free category on the App Store. This stealth start-up is already profitable and currently just 10 people (including from Facebook, Google & Hi5 as well as Stanford, University of Waterloo & MIT) - we are recruiting a Community Manager to join the team.

This position will be working in the customer support team and making sure all of our users are well taken care of.

Job responsibilities would be: 

- Public Relations: Coordinate the efforts of evangelists, forum moderators, & advocates so that affected Company projects are executed efficiently & in a timely manner.
- Customer Support: Listen to customers and gather their feedback. Thank them for their input. Come up with FAQ and general response for customers' emails. 
- Product Development & Quality Assurance: Communicate customer suggestions and provide ideas for product improvement.

The ideal candidate will have past experience with Customer Support/Community Manager roles for other internet/gaming companies (e.g. facebook, EA, etc).

Our client is based in Redwood Shores - perks include breakfast, lunch & dinner as well an engaging team culture sustained by a strong commitment to team wellbeing through balancing hard work with fun activities & off sites.

Senior OpenGL/iPhone Engineer for profitable gaming startup in Redwood Shores

Our client is the #1 MMO gaming company on iPhone with many hit titles enjoyed by millions of people. Each of their titles has reached the top 10 in the free category on the App Store. This stealth start-up is already profitable and currently just 10 people (including from Facebook, Google & Hi5 as well as Stanford, University of Waterloo & MIT) - we are recruiting a Senior Engineer to join the team.

Responsibilities

• Code in Objective-C primarily and develop features that uses the
iPhone SDK, such as in-app purchase and animations.
• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable technologies
for our gaming platform
• Promote code maintainability, extensibility, and reusability
• Enforce code quality through code reviews and unit tests
• Aggressively collect, analyze, and respond to data related to product
performance
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, graphics, and game
design teams to define our next generation games 

Qualifications

• Significant expertise in Objective-C and iPhone SDK
• Significant expertise in creating games with OpenGL
• Ability to solve complex problems with simple solutions
• Strong empathy for users
• Game development experience is a plus
• B.S. Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred 

seeking cto for saas startup in sf - cloud computing platform #empower #obama

UxStation is recruiting a visionary & technical CTO for a well-funded new technology startup in San Francisco created by former senior staff members of the Obama campaign with strong ties to the White House and national Democratic organizations. We are seeking candidates who are politically progressive and eager to transform the way people participate in the democratic process worldwide.

Skills
Hands-on development skills & phenomenal technical chops required 
Ability to define technology stack from end-to-end 
Previous experience in a management role at a successful technology startup preferred but not required (ie. if you’re a solid developer/architect with demonstrated capacity for leadership and seeking a new challenge, please do get in touch) 
Extensive experience with Cloud Computing 
Champion of open source, agile & lean development methodologies 
Good sense of humor, team player, excellent communication skills 
Previous SaaS, Consumer Internet and/or Social Media experience preferred 
Commitment to the Democratic process 
Strong belief in empowerment through technology

Company Description
San Francisco-based technology company delivering innovative, scalable, and portable solutions for political, non-profit, and corporate campaigns. This dynamic team is revolutionizing the way political candidates, companies and non-profits identify, target, collaborate with, organize & mobilize supporters through an exciting new cloud computing-based platform.

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ruby on rails ninja

UxStation is seeking a Ruby on Rails Ninja for our client, an extremely profitable & high-growth e-commerce startup in Pittsburgh, PA:

Responsibilities:

• Conduct internal workshops on Ruby on Rails and related technologies best practices, tips, and techniques

• Work with management and engineering to evaluate and bring in new technologies and innovative functionality

• Participate in requirements gathering, application and database design, system and software process documentation, implementation, code reviews, testing, deployment, and maintenance of our platform

• Work closely with other staff, such as business analysts, systems analysts, graphic artists, user experience designers, and sales and marketing professionals

Qualifications:

• Expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails and best practices

• 4+ years of Ruby on Rails industry development experience

• Master of all things Internet & Web Apps

• Excellent OOA/OOD skills

• Strong data structures and algorithms skills

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

• Experience with the complete software development lifecycle (SDLC) from design through maintenance

• Experience with command line environments (Linux / OSX)

• Highly motivated with a sense of urgency and accountability; strong accuracy and attention to detail

• A team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills

• B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering

• Strong desire to build a more ethical society

Pluses:

• Experience with MySQL or Oracle databases

• Experience with Agile and Feature Driven Development projects

• eRetail industry experience

• Prior startup company experience

front-end engineer for social investing startup

core back-end engineer for social investing startup

This company is revolutionizing the investment business through an open source financial trading platform that anyone can join (currently 370,000+ unique users) - instead of hoarding data like traditional investment sites, they make their data work for you and your portfolio. This is an opportunity to be a part of the core team.