Startup Jobs in Silicon Valley : Web Development

Sr. Web Application Developer by Lithium - Emeryville, CA

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:26:00 GMT

As a senior web application developer in our core engineering team, you will play a key role in the definition, design, and implementation of our products. You will be part of a small, passionate, and talented team creating compelling new features and applications in a SaaS environment. You'll bring to the role a passion for building intuitive user-interactions that consumers find both natural and engaging as they participate and contribute to vibrant online communities.

The ideal candidate will be extremely proficient in the design and implementation of modern web applications and will be an expert in JavaScript, strong in Ajax, strong in semantically rich XHTML and solid in Java application tier development.

Working in an agile environment, you will collaborate daily with product managers, peer software engineers, technical writers, and QA engineers.

Responsibilities

Working closely with engineering peers, management, and product management, you will:

Assess requirements and estimate time and resources to create solutions
Design, implement, and deliver compelling solutions that meet the product requirements
Perform prototyping to validate implementation approaches
Accurately identify, enumerate and estimate work tasks for project schedules that you consistently deliver against on time in an Agile environment

Requirements

At least 5 years commercial experience in Web UI application development
Advanced sense of User Experience when creating features and widgets
Expert skills in JavaScript and strong in Ajax
Strong skills in supporting CSS across major browsers
Strong skills with semantic XHTML
Strong experience in one or more MVC architectures
Team player with excellent communication and organizational skills
Self-starter that is results focused with the ability to work independently and in teams
Proven track record of producing high quality software against plans and schedules that are being met consistently
B.S. in Computer Science or other relevant technical field

Hightly desired experience in one or more of the following areas:

A passion for social media
Familiarity and experience with agile (scrum) development process
Tapestry 5.1 experience
Direct experience with jQuery, Prototype, and Scriptaculous
BluePrint CSS experience
Experience creating consumer facing web applications
Proven track record of identifying and championing new technologies that enhance the end-user experience, software quality, and developer productivity
Experience in both small and large companies

Send your resume at 4jobs@lithium.com

CSS & Dynamic HTML Guru - San Mateo, CA

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:34:00 GMT

At Ludic Labs we're inventing a new generation of innovative social-media applications. We're looking for a few very talented folks to join our team!

We are looking for an HTML/CSS expert to craft innovative, gorgeous, cross-browser HTML UIs. You will work in a small team, inventing product features and interactions, and taking them through mockups to prototypes to production UIs.

You must be able to take photoshop mockups and hand-code them to state-of-the-art, pixel-perfect HTML/CSS that works on all browsers. You will also be responsible for the continuing critique and improvement of the product visuals and usability.

This is a great opportunity for an artistic coder with exceptional HTML/CSS skills and web programming experience, to design and render the world's best web UIs.

Qualifications

Expert at state-of-the-art, hand-coded XHTML/CSS design.
Have built cross-browser, dynamic web UIs.
Can render photoshop into pixel perfect HTML/CSS on all browsers.
Loves web technology and pushing the envelope of UI capabilities.
Experience coding for consumer social & entertainment sites.
Strong portfolio of work (that you can share).
Javascript and DOM skills a plus.
Interaction design and UX skills a plus.
Must have work visa, and be able to work on-site.

Other Perks

Participate in all aspects of an Internet startup --- including concept design, development, marketing and strategy.
Great downtown office in a historic brick building.
Located right next to San Mateo Caltrain.

How to Apply

If you're interested in our mission, please send your resume, sample portfolio of your work, and cover letter (describing why this is a great match) to jobs@ludic-labs.com

Office Location

Historic, downtown San Mateo, CA (next to Caltrain)

Advanced Web Developer - San Mateo, CA

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:43:00 GMT

At Ludic Labs we're inventing a new generation of innovative social-media applications. We're looking for a few very talented folks to join our team!

As a web developer, you will design and develop features for a pioneering consumer media service --- using the powerful Python/Django rapid development framework. You will have broad exposure to the product architecture, from the front-end dynamic UI to the high-performance backend compute engine and data store.

Qualifications

Exceptional programmer.
Strong CS fundamentals from competitive school.
Experience building exciting web projects.
Familiar with dynamic languages like Python, Ruby, etc.
Not an old-school Java/J2EE developer.
Good understanding of web standards.
Good understanding of UNIX LAMP development.
Good understanding of MVC framework app development.
Django experience a plus.
Must have work visa, and be able to work on-site.

Other Perks

Participate in all aspects of an Internet startup --- including concept design, development, marketing and strategy.
Great downtown office in a historic brick building.
Located right next to San Mateo Caltrain.

How to Apply

If you're interested in our mission, please send your resume, sample portfolio of your work, and cover letter (describing why this is a great match) to jobs@ludic-labs.com

Office Location

Historic, downtown San Mateo, CA (next to Caltrain)

Social Web Designer - San Mateo, CA

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:43:00 GMT

At Ludic Labs we're inventing a new generation of innovative social-media applications. We're looking for a few very talented folks to join our team!

We're looking for a web designer-builder with great product sense, to design features and interactions for the influential Diddit social website and for our offsite Diddit platform partners.

You will work in a small leadership team, helping to conceive user interactions, and taking them quickly from mockups to production HTML. You will also be responsible for the continuing critique and improvement of the product visuals and usability. The role is 50% feature/interaction design, 30% artwork creation, and 20% HTML/CSS hand-coding.

To be successful, you'd need to be smart, creative and wickedly productive. You'd need the enthusiasm and vision to see the big product strategy and what makes users happy. And you'd need the tradecraft chops to quickly riff on low-fidelity wireframes, and hand-code them into functional, attractive HTML/CSS.

This is a great opportunity for smart, hands-on designer with wireframing and web skills to develop world-class, high-visibility designs used by millions of people.

Qualifications

Enthusiastic and energetic.
Great user and product sense.
Experience designing for consumer entertainment web apps.
Great at low-fidelity wireframing (illustrator, photoshop, or omnigraffle).
Skilled in state-of-the-art web standards.
Solid Photoshop and vector illustration skills.
Must work well in a strong creative team (no prima donnas or insane people).
Must have work visa, and be able to work on-site.
Strong and attractive portfolio of work (that you can share).
Academic foundations a plus.

Other Perks

Participate in all aspects of an Internet startup --- including concept design, development, marketing and strategy.
Great downtown office in a historic brick building.
Located right next to San Mateo Caltrain.

How to Apply

If you're interested in our mission, please send your resume, sample portfolio of your work, and cover letter (describing why this is a great match) to jobs@ludic-labs.com

Office Location

Historic, downtown San Mateo, CA (next to Caltrain)

JSP Web Developer - San Francisco, CA

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:19:00 GMT

TRUSTe is seeking a talented, experienced JSP Web Developer to join its engineering team. The JSP Web Developer will own the User Interface of major website projects from inception to development and delivery, working closely with the Platform Architect.

Key Responsibilities:

Own front end design and visual execution
Work closely with Platform Architect to expand TRUSTe ecommerce storefront
Build online customer portal framework to enable customer segment specific experiences (eg enterprise, SMB, partner)
Build reporting dashboard for internal and external use
Create vision for unified web visual look and feel across all truste.com properties
Act as subject matter expert on Web UI design and implementation

Report to the Vice President, Engineering

Personal Attributes:

Experience of working in a start-up environment preferred
Self starter able to proactively solve problems and work without much supervision as a the sole developer on a major feature area
Ability to design, develop, iterate on a rapid basis
Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
Understanding of latest innovations, trends and emerging technologies in web user interface development

Required Skills:

BS in computer science or a related field, or significant equivalent experience
5 years minimum experience with HTML/XHTML and CSS
3 years minimum experience with JSP
Strong graphical design skills
Experience developing rapid prototypes and rapidly iterating designs
Development experience using extensible web authoring tools
Experience of developing innovative ecommerce solutions (storefronts, portals, customer engagement)
Experience developing and implementing open source software projects
HTML (hand coded), CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON in JavaScript

Desired Skills:

Experience of Agile development methodologies such as Scrum
Experience working with relational database systems such as MySQL, MSSQL or PostGRES and a good working knowledge of SQL
Experience of Spring, Struts or similar Java MVC framework

Note: Portfolio of previous design & development work is required

TRUSTe offers a very competitive salary, stock option, and benefits package. Please submit a brief cover letter, your resume and contact information to webjobs@truste.com.

Front-End Web Developer - Redwood City, CA

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:03:00 GMT

We are looking for a talented front-end web developer who is passionate about games and the web. You will be a key member of the team developing Trion’s websites, including game websites, promotional micro-sites, and our corporate website. The ideal candidate is an experienced programmer in JavaScript, Ajax, CSS and HTML. We offer a fun and casual environment where you will get to work closely with design and development groups that all want to make great games!

Responsibilities:

Create all websites for Trion and its games, working closely with web designers on translating visual design mockups into working web pages
Develop production-level code for front-end implementation across all components of our game websites including Drupal, account systems, community forums, and rich interactive web applications
Work closely with user experience designers, product managers, and other engineers in a collaborative and highly iterative development environment
Define implementation, conduct code reviews, and establish development best practices with other engineers

Requirements:

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience with 2+ years building highly interactive, large-scale websites.
Web development experience with CSS-driven/table-less HTML layouts, using JavaScript, DHTML and AJAX to create dynamic web interfaces
Strong command of web standards - Apache, HTTP, web optimization techniques, SEO, and cross-browser compatibility
Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to support graphic designer
Strong communication (verbal and written) and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of programming in PHP or similar scripting languages (Perl, JSP, ASP, etc.) and Drupal or similar CMS systems are highly preferred
Experience with Flash is a big plus
Understanding of server side coding/web frameworks, state management, dynamic content retrieval, and web services (SOAP, REST, XML-RPC, etc) are all bonuses

How do I apply for this position?

Send your resume to: careers@trionworld.com.
Please put first name/last name: Title of position in the subject line of your email.

Please note: All job inquiries and résumés submitted to Trion World Network, Inc. will be treated in confidence, provided that Trion World Network, Inc. shall have the right to use the personal information contained therein to contact you and for internal evaluation purposes.

Junior Website Programmer - Mountain View, CA

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:50:00 GMT

Tiny Prints, Inc. is a privately-held online retailer that provides personalized fresh, modern and

premium social stationery. Our two brands, “Tiny Prints” and “Wedding Paper Divas” offer a

wide range of products to help our customers celebrate life’s important moments, from birth

announcements to wedding invitations, holiday cards to thank you notes. Since our founding

in 2004, we have built an exclusive network of top designers such as Dwell Studio to Baby Gap,

and a loyal customer following including celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow. At ~150 employees

today, the business has continued to grow rapidly in 2009, and we have aggressive plans for

Senior Front-End Web Developer - San Francisco, CA

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:28:00 GMT

The Job

You will participate in all phases of front-end development for Scribd's website: requirements gathering, implementation for production, and ongoing maintenance. You will work closely with our product manager and visual designer to implement designs and UX. You will have ownership of front-end code (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript) – meaning you will be responsible for keeping the code to industry standards and advocating best practices within the team. You will also have the opportunity to contribute in development of UI enhancements for Scribd, a top 100 website with millions of visitors a month.

The Ideal Profile

You love building pixel perfect designs that are functional, clean, and elegant. You like nothing better than to think about absolute separation of content and presentation, accessibility, code that validates, and semantic HTML used together with elegantly defined and organized CSS. You are also comfortable developing in a web framework like Ruby on Rails that employs a Model-View-Controller paradigm.

Responsibilities

Work with the product team to design interfaces for web applications
Coordinate with server-side engineers to design and develop new functionality
Code and maintain production-quality XHTML pages and templates
Architect and maintain CSS and JavaScript

Qualifications

3+ years experience of developing web sites and web applications
Solid web design skills visible through portfolio pieces
Expert knowledge of XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Expert in cross-browser idiosyncrasies and knowledgeable about degrading functionality and presentation gracefully
Experience working within a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team
Experience with bringing a web site or application to market
Experience working with server-side code – preferably Ruby and Ruby on Rails
Experience with a version control system such as Git or SVN

Please include URLs of three sites that you directly worked on.

This position reports to the Senior Product Engineer.

Availability: Full-time.

Location: You are preferably located near San Francisco, CA. Relocation assistance is designed on a per-case basis. In short, we'll be creative to get you here.

Contact: Please send your email cover letter and resume with the subject "Your name – Senior Front-End Web Developer – via Scribd.com" to jobs@scribd.com. All communication and correspondence is held in the strictest confidence to ensure that you can connect and learn more without exposure.

Senior Web designer/Developer - Palo Alto, CA

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:28:00 GMT

Company Overview
Palo Alto startup, still in stealth mode, is looking for a smart, motivated, independent engineer to help build a cutting-edge multimedia communication tool. Dyyno was founded by seasoned entrepreneurs in the technology and Internet space and is funded by top-tier VCs. Our technology team is composed of world-class developers and Ph.D.s at the top of their technical field, come and join us!

We are looking for engineers who like to take on tremendous challenges with a strong sense of responsibility and commitment.

Responsibilities
· Design the overall user experience of all web-based systems
· Write server- and client-based code
· Lead an offshore team of web-developers
· Design the user-interface and -experience for client desktop software
· Work with Team Lead on timeline estimates for design and web projects
· Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions

Qualifications:
· Bachelors degree in Computer Science or design, related descipline, or relevant work experience
· Expertise with PHP, JavaScript, HTML and CSS with the ability to write quality code fast
· 3+ years of web-design and -development experience in a commercial environment
· 2+ years of Prior experience in working with Web Servers like Apache is a must.
· 2+ years of Prior experience in working with MySQL - designing and optimizing schemas, stored procedures, etc
· Quick learner with good communication and problem solving skills.

Additional Experience and Skills (highly desired)
· Solid proficiency in Flash and/or C++
· Prior experience in user-interface design for desktop software

Compensation package will be an attractive mix of equity and salary, and can be tailored for your specific needs.
Contact: jobs@dyyno.com. Please indicate "Web Lead" in the email subject.

Front-End Web Developer by Metaweb.com - San Francisco, CA

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:10:00 GMT

Metaweb is looking for a talented front-end web developer to help us build compelling interfaces to Freebase.com, a free content platform that hosts millions of cross-linked Creative Commons-licensed topics about people, places and things. Freebase is powered by a graph database designed to allow unprecedented flexibility in connecting related content, which provides us with a constantly evolving set of design and development challenges.

We are looking for a front-end web developer with strong design, CSS/HTML and JavaScript skills that recognizes these challenges as an opportunity to do amazing work.

Qualifications:

expert knowledge of HTML and CSS
3+ years of web application design experience
application development experience using JavaScript and jQuery (or a similar modern JavaScript library)
solid understanding of client-side performance issues and solutions
demonstrable work (commercial, personal or academic) showing CSS and JS

Instructions

If this seems like an interesting job to you, please submit a cover letter and resume - including links to relevant work - in plain text or HTML to jobs@metaweb.com

Metaweb is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any status or condition protected by applicable federal or state law.

Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact us about this job.
Please, no phone calls about this job.
Please do not contact us about other services, products or commercial interests.
Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.

Junior to Mid-Level Web Developer - Foster City, CA

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:34:00 GMT

Department: Marketing
Company: Arena Solutions
Location: Foster City, California
mktg-jobs@arenasolutions.com

Candidates who do not provide a portfolio with relevant examples will not be considered.

We have an immediate opening for a junior to mid-level web developer to work with a small, dynamic team to maintain our corporate website and support new marketing projects. This position has great opportunity for growth while providing a chance to work closely with industry leading email, analytics, and CRM tools. Your passion for coding clean, semantic markup and ensuring projects are completed efficiently will help our website provide the best possible customer experience.

Position Details:

Skills

Expertise in HTML, CSS, and CSS layouts
Beginning to intermediate skills in JavaScript
Very strong understanding of web development best practices, including cross-browser compatibility, accessibility, and coding
Basic Photoshop and Illustrator skills
Experience with JSP, ASP, PHP, and/or mySQL a plus
Experience with Google Optimizer a plus but not required

Responsibilities

Maintain existing corporate website pages and create new pages from templates
Support email campaigns by collaborating with campaign teams on HTML email, landing pages, conversion pages, and auto-response emails
Maintain the integration of our business tools, such as Salesforce.com and Omniture, with our website
Analyze our website using analytics tools and optimize accordingly
Participate in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) projects by implementing recommended changes to site

Qualifications

1-3 years experience in web development
Ability to work in a team environment and accept feedback constructively
Bachelor’s degree preferred

Application

Please email a resume, your preferred hourly rate and link to your online portfolio to: mktg-jobs@arenasolutions.com. If you are selected for the interview process, please review our site in detail and be prepared to discuss your recommendations.

Front-end web developer - San Francisco, CA

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:15:00 GMT

You should be very familiar with:

Client-side Javascript (Prototype and scriptaculous, specifically)
HTML/CSS
PHP (or another scripting language, like perl or ruby)
Relational databases (such as MySQL, DB2, Oracle)

Ideally, you'll:

Be able to solve problems in a creative manner
Be able to get things done
Be willing to work hard for a huge upside
Contribute to a fun working environment
Have good taste in designing for the web
Be willing to work on a variety of projects, platforms and languages
Be willing to learn new skills

You'll be able to:

Have a meaningful impact on the company's future, and share in the rewards accordingly
Create features quickly and without any red tape
Work on a product that impacts millions of people
Work in a fun, fast paced start-up environment
Be on a smart team that gets a lot done

To apply for this position, email jobs@weebly.com with the challenge solution, a copy of your resume and a couple interesting things you've done recently.

Site Manager - Mountain View, CA

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:59:00 GMT

Tiny Prints (www.tinyprints.com) is an online retailer of personalized stationery and related

products currently servicing the baby, bridal, holiday and small business markets via two

national brands/websites. We are a fast-paced and growing, profitable start-up backed by

Summit Partners and Technology Crossover Ventures and has received press coverage in

numerous publications including The Today Show, The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine,

InStyle, Town & Country, People, Daily Candy and Martha Stewart Weddings.

Responsibilities:

The Site Manager, will be responsible for driving site content updates and coordinating across

all functional areas to gather input on a daily, monthly and quarterly basis. S/he will be

accountable for establishing short and long term site enhancement plans and support the GM in

development of ongoing site merchandising and marketing plans to drive the business.

1. Own and manage day-to-day site operational calendar for TP

2. Site project management – plan, organize and manage deliverables and deadlines

across cross-functional resources (Merchandising, Creative, ETT) to assure execution of

all business priorities

3. Clearly communicate business goals, overall page objectives, calls to actions and copy

points from the business team and merchandising visual strategies, goals and initiatives

to functional teams

4. Collaborate with merchandising to maintain consistent assortments and presentation

standards across site

5. Facilitate site development process across creative, merchandising, marketing, product

management and business unit

6. Work closely with various cross-functional teams to examine, evaluate, and work to

improve the site experience

7. Conduct regular analysis of key site performance metrics to assess execution of site

enhancement features/products

8. Support GM in development of site merchandising, marketing and operations plans and

other ad hoc projects

Qualifications and Skills:

1. College degree from a top tier university with at least 3.5 GPA and 4 years of related

experience

2. Product development, product management or brand management experience with a

high interest in understanding each product line and a focus on innovation as well as a

good technical understanding of new features and tools for an online retail company

3. Proven success in collaborating with cross-functional teams (senior and junior level

positions)

4. Prior experience with start-up company from an early stage, preferably online and

retail (prior experience with bridal, baby or corporate markets a plus)

5. Project management, analytical and organizational skills with high proficiency in all

Office products.

6. Excellent computer and Internet skills.

apply:jobs@tinyprints.com

7. Extremely entrepreneurial and always generating ideas, non-stop idea person

8. Proven loyalty to one organization

9. Proven leadership skills throughout life – personal and professional

Compensation

Commensurate upon experience, including 401(k) w/ matching, bonus plan, stock options, full

medical, dental and vision insurance plus other benefits.

To Apply

Please reply to this posting with your resume and salary requirements. Tiny Prints is an equal

opportunity employer. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

apply:jobs@tinyprints.com

Senior Developer by Smule - Menlo Park, CA

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:57:00 GMT

Smule is looking for a Senior Developer to help build our next generation of innovative sonic applications for the iPhone

Skills:

Degree in Computer Science, Masters degree desirable
4+ years of designing and building high traffic social networking, gaming, and/or media applications
Audio programming and strong UI experience
Experience programming in C. C++, and Objective C
Some familiarity with server side development and databases
Ability to work with a small, fast-paced team of engineers, designers, and product managers
Experience with Mac OS X/iPhone or Linux development a plus

send resume to: jobs@smule.com.

Senior Open-GL Graphics Developer by Smule - Menlo Park, CA

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:55:00 GMT

Smule is looking for a Senior Open-GL Graphics Developer to help build our next generation of innovative sonic applications for the iPhone

Qualifications:

Degree in Computer Science, Masters degree desirable
Strong C/C++ programming skills
Killer graphics programming
Strong OpenGl, simulation/physical modeling experience and interaction design experience
Strong visual aesthetic sense
Ability to work with a small, fast-paced team of engineers, designers, and product managers

Nice to have::

Game developer experience
Mobile development experience
Social Media Experience

send resume to: jobs@smule.com.