MetaFilter Jobs posts tagged with california

Software Developer

fusinski — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:28:04 -0800

Job Description: “CM” is a start-up company backed by premier angel investors. Our aim is to revolutionize a frustrating consumer experience through an innovative web-based software platform. We are looking for a back-end developer who will be crucial in building out the product and integrating it into existing customer systems. This new hire will complement our existing team of five people, which already includes a web developer. Much more information available for qualified candidates. Job Requirements: We are looking for passionate individuals (recent graduates welcome!) that want to reinvent a major consumer retail experience. We want team players who can work collaboratively to overcome obstacles as we bring our product to market and who are willing to learn about items beyond the scope of their particular project. Our advisory board includes prominent academics and industry experts. Product development and piloting over a 4-6 month period will take place in Brighton, MI (Ann Arbor area), after which we will relocate to Silicon Valley. Next Steps: Submit your resume to bsimmons@mba2009.hbs.edu. The contact is Brad Simmons, the founder of the business. Much more information will be given to qualified candidates.

Experienced C# / .Net Developer

mrzarquon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:55:19 -0800

318, the most sought after IT consulting and support organization in Southern California, is rapidly expanding. We're looking to hire an experienced C# / .Net Developer to join our team. Are you skilled enough to meet our highly stringent qualifications? 1. You have at least 4 years of experience 2. You have worked on and completed live web applications. 3. You have worked with MS-SQL and know the SQL language, including stored procedures. 4. Large database driven web applications don’t scare you. So you answered yes to the above? Great! Now beyond being technically proficient, we also want you to have other qualifications: You must be comfortable in a client service role, and able to speak eloquently, non-technically, and patiently to clients. Additionally, you should be able to demonstrate that you are a creative problem solver and self-starter. Finally, 318’s strong team culture requires that we like you as an individual. For more than 15 successful years, 318 has developed a professional, yet relaxed environment, and we want to maintain that culture as we grow. Please email us a resume (PDF format only) and cover letter that includes your work history and salary requirements. Your cover letter should show some personality (i.e. no banal corporate-speak). No copy/pasting from your last cover letter. Write something new. Make us laugh. Make us eager to see you work. Beyond the opportunity to join a team of industry leading IT “blackbelts” with unparalleled experience, 318 team members enjoy a generous benefits package that includes: paid vacations and holidays, a 401K plan and a full suite of employer paid health benefits. We are also located in a new office space, blocks from the beach in Santa Monica. 318, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Berkeley bike mechanic or aficionado to examine bike and ship to Toronto

dobbs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:26:31 -0800

This is a weird one: someone in Berkeley who I do not know is selling a bike that, based on photos and description, I think I want to buy. However, I'm in Toronto, Canada. So, I'm looking for someone in SF who knows about bikes to examine the bike, determine if the condition is as described, purchase the bike, and ship it to me in Toronto. In addition to the fee for your work, I will of course paypal you the purchase price and the shipping price. I think $100 is fair but if you have some other price in mind, let me know. If I get multiple offers I'll take your price into consideration. If everyone says $100, I'll take your experience (if you're a mechanic or aficionado; if you've shipped bikes before, etc.) into account, so please list any pertinent details. Note that I want the bike shipped in a professional manner, preferably in a bike box (which can probably be obtained from your LBS). The bike is a fixed gear / track bike.

Ruby (Maybe on Rails) Programmer

DarlingBri — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:31:40 -0800

"You've got to be willing to change more than you love your code—mistakes are good, rapid iteration is great." We heard the hype, we tried it for ourselves, and we've taken the plunge—we're all in with Ruby on Rails. More joy, less code. Convention over configuration. The whole bit. Better than all that: we're having fun actually building a business around something useful and exciting to designers and digital photographers. Are you somebody who knows exactly what we mean? LuckyOliver, a Campbell, California-based digital photography web site, is looking for a programmer who gets what we're trying to do with the business and knows right how to make it sing on Rails. You've got to be a stellar thinker who knows how move from brainstorm to prototype quick—it's all about momentum. You've got to be willing to change more than you love your code—mistakes are good, rapid iteration is great. You need to be articulate and a good writer—so that the whole team gets it. Things you'll need to know: * Ruby on Rails * MySQL * Subversion We'll help you get into our setup and learn anything you are unfamiliar with. This is a very good environment for an experienced Ruby programmer who is hot to trot with scalability solutions. This position is available immediately, pays competitively and is full-time. You'll be working in our offices in downtown Campbell, where we have parking spaces, a Wii and a good attitude. We're a creative, fun-loving, hard-working team and if you thrive on the energy (read: chaos) of a startup environment, you'll like LuckyOliver. We're a startup founded on a business (ZURB) that's been around for 8 years (read: eons), so we're not going anywhere.

Website Developer for two media companies ( Large Barter Opportunity)

parmanparman — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:04:28 -0800

Commercial radio show and radio station in Redwood City and San Francisco, CA, respectively, are seeking the services of a website developer in a barter partnership. The successful candidate would be a company or individual interested in receiving free weekday and weekend radio advertising on a 50,000 watt AM radio station based in San Francisco, CA and heard in 11 surrounding counties serving 1.1 million potential customers. This free commercial space would be in exchange for the development and building of consumer-oriented websites and 8-12 flexible weekly hours of maintenance of said websites for two growing media companies in Redwood City and San Francisco, CA. Opportunity is of a very high value but is negotiable. Candidate should have strong experience with Wordpress (or Drupal), HTML, XHTML, and Flash and a high capability for building blogs for consumer-oriented media businesses. Media website experience is a plus. As is experience implementing web goals of a promotions or sales department. Candidate should have experience with graphic layout web design, layout and Photoshop for graphical enhancement. Should have ability to work with staff to take concepts for web pages and put them into the framework for a working website. Interested companies or individuals should be located in the San Francisco Bay Area and should be prepared to commute to San Francisco and Redwood City if needed. Most maintenance work can be done via telecommunication. Individuals or companies interested in applying should send a PDF no larger than 12 pages documenting experience, illustration of abilities, and referenced sites we can visit to learn more about your work. Applications should be submitted to the address below no later than November 20, 2007. WHILE TELECOMMUTING IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME OF THIS POSITION'S NEEDS, COMPANIES WITHOUT OFFICES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND NEED NOT APPLY.

1947project seeks historic crime blogger

Scram — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:56:37 -0800

1947project, a Los Angeles based time travel blog dedicated to unearthing forgotten crime stories and peculiar happenings from the city's past, is seeking between one and three extraordinary contributors to research and write a blog entry once or twice weekly for one year. On March 23, following the previous night's 1907 Centennial Celebration party in downtown LA (http://www.1947project.com/1907lineup), 1947project will announce the secret year to next be blogged on the site. The selected new contributors will get a sneak peak at the year in question, to give them a little time to bone up on the period. Potential contributors should be witty, concise writers and skilled researchers, with a passion for Los Angeles history and an interest in true crime. We also welcome contributors who can write knowledgably on such subjects as architecture, city planning, entertainment, transportation, business, fringe religion and other topics that have been featured in past 1947project blog entries. To get an idea of what we do, please visit: www.1947project.com (current site, blogging the year 1907) 1947project.blogspot.com (archive site, blogging the year 1947, with visits to the scenes) There is no pay, but the successful applicant will have the opportunity to plug their other work in a URL at the bottom of their entries, be mentioned in press releases, and have a central spot on a website that has become a must-read for fans of L.A.'s offbeat past and has been widely covered by the local print, radio and television media. To apply for a spot on 1947project, please do the following by March 20: 1) ensure that you can access the ProQuest archives of the historical Los Angeles Times, either through the LA Public Library website (you will need a library card), by using the LAPL in-library computers, or from another source. You can call your local public or university librarian for help. Note that ProQuest access is essential for this project. 2) pasted into the body an email (no attachments), please submit the following application materials: a) a writing sample of 300-700 words, in which you take the basic facts of Thelma Todd's suspicious 1935 death (Google it) and turn it into a 1947project-style blog entry. Imagine you are telling the story to a neighbor who hasn't yet heard what's happened, writing it up in a letter home, or submitting a story to a scandal magazine—whatever tone feels right to you. Feel free to use snappy period slang, make allegations about possibly guilty parties, and place the crime and its victim in context. b) your resume c) an explanation of why you are interested in being a 1947project blogger and what you feel you will bring to the project. d) how often can you contribute, one or two posts a week? We look forward to hearing from you! Kim Cooper, editrix 1947project http://www.1947project.com