Thursday, December 6, 2012

[KITlist-Tech] Senior Software Engineer/Developer (Palo Alto, CA)

Software Engineer
Engineering Department, Palo Alto, California

* Our Development team is growing. Join the leader in Enterprise Social Software. Be part of a winning team that transforms how organizations collaborate internally and externally.

(Please apply to Tamara.Swearingen@socialtext.com today with a word doc resume using job id #SED/SB and a detailed cover letter stating why you feel you are a good fit for this job. We are not using any vendor/employment agencies at this time for this job or any other jobs for this company.)

At Socialtext, you will work with a distributed team, solving challenging problems in social and collaborative software with exceptional peers. The primary role of this position will be focused on client-side technologies, although there will be ample opportunity to work on server side technologies.

■We're a small team running a big site, and we get a lot of stuff done. We have many challenging tasks and learning opportunities.
■We have a major site overhaul coming up to make the site easier to use, algorithmically smarter and personalized. We also need to build out our extensive APIs, and much more!
■We routinely iterate and improve code to drive performance, efficiency and maintainability - we're deeply concerned with the heath of our systems & the work/life balance of our humans.

Requirements:

■Very strong programming skills using multiple languages, environments, and platforms.
■5+ years of professional software development experience.
■Comfortable working within a fast-moving shared code-base; you understand the trade-offs in various design decisions and know when to leverage or evolve a code-base.
■A passion for working in an agile engineering team using its proven version of agile development practice.
■You know how to communicate outside of code - you enjoy verbal and written communication in English and are always up to talk.
■Experience with at least one of the client-side Javascript frameworks: Ember.js, AngularJS or Backbone.js.
■Thorough knowledge of browser intricacies, including experience working with Internet Explorer browsers.
■Linux environment proficiency, using various Linux tools including screen and vim.
■Contributions to open source software projects.
■Experience creating highly scalable systems, including clustered and/or distributed applications.
■Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Perl) and SQL databases.
■Experience working as part of an Agile team, using a methodology such as XP, Scrum or Kanban.
■Strong oral and written communication skills.
■BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field preferred



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