IT Job Lists: November 2018

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

[KITlist-Tech] Sr. Technical Writer (Mountain View, CA)

Please direct your responses to: llyon@expertsupport.com

Job Description

Are you a superb technical writer who loves explaining complex APIs to software developers?

Are you skilled at working with software engineers who create APIs?

Do you have excellent examples of clear API documentation and code samples in your portfolio?

Do you thrive working with responsible, transparent professionals who love what they do?

Founded in 1990, Expert Support provides professional technical communications services to leading Silicon Valley companies. Check out www.expertsupport.com to learn more about us.

We are actively looking for technical writers to fill immediate assignments for onsite full time work in Cupertino, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and other venues around the Valley.

Responsibilities and Duties

As a technical writer assigned to work on-site with our client's engineering team, you will develop and release technical documentation and education programs that help our client's engineers become more productive and knowledgeable. You will work closely with world-class software developers and internal software engineering education teams to help define and build next-generation technical documentation, education programs, and tools.

Qualifications and Skills

You must have demonstrable experience creating API documentation and other hard-core technical documents for software developers. Your resume must include:

• 3+ years of experience working effectively with engineering and product management teams as part of a modern software development process (Unix, GIT, JIRA) to produce technical documents or course materials

• Experience reading and understanding source code written in Java, C++, and Python (you must be able to understand written code, and ideally, write new code samples)

• Ability to navigate a complex technical landscape and interact with multiple engineers to assemble classes and documentation

• BA/BS degree in Technical Writing, English, Journalism, Computer Science, or a related field

• Strong familiarity with HTML and CSS and Markdown

• Strong collaboration and project management skills

• 3-5 portfolio examples that demonstrate the above qualifications

• Ability to commute daily to work assignments in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and other Silicon Valley communities

• Authorized to work in the United States, and able to pass a background check

Due to the high volume of applications, we can only respond to those who meet these minimum qualifications. Principals only please, no recruiters.

Job Type: Full-time

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Monday, November 19, 2018

[KITlist-Tech] Principal Engineer (C# programmer) (San Jose, CA)

Please direct your responses to: mjohn@techone-staffing.com

Principal Software Engineer

Location: San Jose, CA

Duration: 6 months, contract to hire

Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in local, networked, cloud-based or Internet-related computer programs. Code may be used in commercial or end-user applications, such as materials management, financial management, HRIS, mobile apps or desktop applications products. Using current programming language and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications. Completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance. May interact with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications.

Principal Software Engineer will devote substantially all of your professional efforts in support of R&D and lab software development activities but may also participate in other corporate matters.

Responsibilities Include:

Maintaining and enhancing custom laboratory information management systems (LIMS) software primarily written in Java and C# to track process data and workflow queues.

Maintaining and enhancing database SQL required to support LIMS functionality and other database centric applications used at the company.

Developing new software/systems to support delivery of data to customers, R&D personnel and enterprise resource management systems using a variety of web-based programming tools.

Supporting end-users in a 24/7 production environment as needed.

Such other matters as may be determined by yourself and the company.

MUST-HAVE Qualifications and Skills:

* 10+ years of work experience in writing Windows-based software applications involving a graphical user interface and complex sets of business requirements and rules.

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Life Sciences.

* Ability to clearly communicate within the team and across business functions.

* Drive to ensure software meets requirements.

* Comfortable with a fast paced development schedule,

* Demonstrated competency using object oriented software development tools, and

* Experience with relational database systems and knowledge of SQL.

* Experience developing in C# required. (not a .NET web application developer)

* Experience developing software for liquid handling robots preferred.

* Understanding of laboratory processes and workflow systems is a plus

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[KITlist-Tech] Principal Engineer ( Java back-end) (Belmont, CA, CA)

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Title: Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Location: Belmont, CA

Duration: 6 months, contract to hire

If you had the chance, would you create products to improve our ability to diagnose diseases like cancer? It seems like a "moonshot," right? Well, here's your chance.

We have created a small, determined software team charged with building modern software and systems that will change science and change lives. Read on.....

We are looking for candidates with a deep understanding of modern SaaS architecture and experience across the full stack with a "create tools not band-aids" mindset. You'll get to build products from the ground up with the ability to influence the architecture. You'll also get to work side by side with world-class software engineers and scientists who are bringing the high-tech to biotech.

The Position: You will join a team of 10+ engineers in crafting solutions to some of the most complex data plumbing problems in the world In diagnostics today, there are 18 Billion data points generated in systems that are not only inaccessible, but were never designed to talk to each other. You will be helping create enterprise-scale software systems to tackle the fragmentation of this data. You will be up close and personal with all the usual things, like design conception, design reviews for components or features, development and testing of the core software stack.

How you will spend your time:

Software Development: This is a hands-on you're writing high quality code for software that will perform at scale, be supportable, and be extensible, kind of role.

Process & Operations: Ensuring the software stack integrates with our existing CI pipeline and contributing to continuous improvements; independently design, plan and deliver high quality software.

Leadership: Ensuring we amplify our culture. Embody our value for technical excellence, integrity and support and compassion for individuals.

MUST-HAVE Qualifications:

*8 - 10 years of hands on experience in large scale production coding. Remember, there are lives at the other end of our code, so it is all about quality of code

*Commitment to agile practice, and scalable architecture.

*Have successfully built, deployed, and supported an enterprise-scale web application in the cloud

*Hands-on software development expertise in Java and Javascript with a modern MVC framework (& including Spring, Hibernate, Swing, Web Services, multi-threading, REST)

*Ability to understand complex workflows and develop and validate innovative solutions to solve difficult problems

*B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, web technologies, or equivalent field.

*Experience in healthcare is not required, but familiarity or interest in the monstrosity that is healthcare data and workflows is a plus (e.g. HL7, IHE)

*Exp with AWS and micro-services

Preferred: full-stack experience, with expertise in at least one layer

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Friday, November 9, 2018

[KITlist-Tech] DBA/Data Engineer at data-driven energy investing startup (Seattle, WA)

Please direct your responses to:
https://angel.co/bazean/jobs/456035-dba-data-engineer

Bazean is a fast-growing startup in downtown Seattle focused on using data to make intelligent investment decisions in energy. We are looking for individuals who have expertise in one area but want to roll up their sleeves and work on projects across the spectrum of software engineering. From deploying new servers to combing through data sets looking for trends or inconsistencies, to optimizing databases, this person needs to have a diverse set of skills and interests.

We are seeking an individual who can contribute and own quickly but is looking to grow their skills in multiple directions and is hungry to learn new skills. We have a current opening for someone to own our back-end DevOps work with support from the team while collaborating on designing and building data streams and metrics that enable powerful analytics.

Specifically, we are looking for:

DevOps – Maintain servers, logins, set security standards. Manage email servers, etc. Develop and manage plans for scaling, both in terms of data volume and users. Our ideal candidate will collaborate closely with our engineering team to help set policy and procedures.

DBA – Tune server settings, queries, manage indexes and partitions. Develop and maintain archiving strategies. Manage settings for idle sessions and transactions. Work with end users to help write optimal queries. Contribute to architecture design. Our ideal candidate will be able to own this space while provided with resources and attending conferences.

Data Engineer –Transform data, check data quality, build alerts, assess data quality, and develop efficient queries. Create mapping and other systems for checking the data. Outlier detection and alerting. Developing python scripts for quickly pulling and manipulating data.

Skills: SQL, Postgresql, Python, Linux, AWS

Bazean is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Please include a cover sheet with your resume, explaining your interest in Bazean and why you think you would be a good fit for this position. Also include an answer to "3 + 2 = ?".

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

[KITlist-Tech] Event Coordinator-Digital Marketing (San Francisco, CA)

Please direct your responses to: Ginny@crawfordgroup.com

Crawford Group (www.crawfordgroup.com) is seeking a driven and self-motivated Event Coordinator consultant for our technology client in San Francisco. This role will support our client's monthly events. This exceptionally detail-oriented and collaborative individual will work cross-functionally within the organization and with external partners to ensure deliverables are completed and tracked in a timely manner and successfully support our client's monthly events.

Responsibilities:

Open purchase orders in our internal procurement systems.

Research venues and coordinate contracts and payment details.

Onboard new vendors through legal and finance.

Help with expensing and reconciliating versus budgets.

Coordinate shipping of event in a box and marketing swag for events.

Create event registration pages in Splashthat.

Set up campaigns in SFDC and populate with details.

Send chaser emails giving status of event registration.

Coordinate the creation of email invites to events.

Open records in event management system needed for tracking expenses.

Upload leads into Marketo post event.

Help create reports tracking progress of leads.

Apply event tool training by keeping tool updated as requested.

Capture meeting notes and follow-up with action items.

Attend weekly content planning, operations, and logistics meetings.

Flag issues or delays as they arise.

Provide weekly status reports.

Skills:

BA degree in marketing or other related area and 1-3 years of experience in an events specific role within a tech company.

Must be highly detail oriented.

Strong ability to form relationships and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Ability to communicate effectively, written and verbally, with clear and concise messaging. Must have skills to be able to influence and collaborate effectively.

Exceptional project management abilities. Ability to drive timelines and meet deliverables, with the poise and understanding of other groups and their timelines.

Self-starter who is comfortable with a rapidly-changing environment and to prioritize workload.

Ability to juggle multiple tasks without becoming flustered.

Self-motivated to take action and be proactive.

Not afraid to share ideas or new perspectives on processes.

Technical mindset.

Marketo, Splashthat, Coupa knowledge is a plus.

Pay: D.O.E., W2 employee of Crawford Group (benefits available).

Location: Fully onsite at client's office in San Francisco. No phone calls please.

Duration: Full-time, 6-month contract with potential to hire.

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