Flex/Flash Engineer in NYC
The innovation group at Strands Inc is looking for a senior engineer to join the development team working on an Internet and enterprise application in the NYC office. You can see the current application (in Spanish) at http://www.actibvapredicciones.com. We are looking for someone who is technically gifted, has a deep end-to-end working knowledge of the Internet. Someone who is passionate about the web, understands, and keeps up to date, about not only the technologies of the web but also its culture.<p>Your primary tasks would be to take charge of UI and information architecture in Flex, quickly coming to speed and contribute to the current feature pipeline. We are 4 engineers team working as a startup within a startup which means if you like then you can have input into all layers of the stack from architecture/infrastructures to algorithms and UI to business strategy and marketing. We reward self-starters and ambitious people. In return you will have a large ownership of the project, have the opportunity to define critical architectural choices and be part of a game changing team. Strength in computer science, application development and project management skills will be required. UI and RIA experience would also be required.<p>Responsibilities:<p>* Lead the flex/flash development, taking UI requirements and specs to unit-tested code
* Assist in Flash/Flex integration with Javascript, CSS and HTML efforts
* Assist in system admin and deployment procedures<p>Requirements:<p>* BS in Computer Science
* Previous startup experience
* Strong technical interest in latest Web 2.0 innovations
* Flash and Flex skills (photoshop and AI skills a competitive advantage)
* Strong UI and information architecture design and implementation in flex/flash
* Experience in production level code
* Experience in architecting scalable web applications and patterns
* Strong OOP (Python or AS3) and component development skills
* Working knowledge of MySQL, XML and HTML, Javascript, CSS
* Some knowledge of Python/Django
* Experience with rapid development and project management methodologies and platforms and tools (SVN, Eclipse, scrum and daily builds)
* US Citizenship or permanent resident<p>The position will come with a competitive compensation and stock options, together with a full benefits package (401k and full health [dental, vision and medical] plan for you and your partner). Minimal amount of travel, to Barcelona, Oregon and possibly Helsinki, will be included.<p>The innovation group at NYC is headed by a previous research scientist from CS at MIT. Team members are composed of CS grads and the office is located in heart of NYC (TriBeca).<p>Please forward your resume to peyman@strands.com<p>About Strands
Strand's core product is discovery and personalization services built on top of an open middleware platform consisting of machine learning algorithms and social interaction mechanisms. The platform supports creation of services and marketplace over both fixed and mobile architectures. Current applications include Media (music, video and general Internet) and Banking verticals. The mission of the innovation group is growth into new markets and products.<p>The company is young, pre-IPO, fast moving, well funded and growing fast. Balancing the youthfulness is group of experienced investors and management team with successful previous startup experiences. The experience is demonstrated with a sales stream (of $12m in 2007) and capital investment of $55m in series B by number of major firms (see http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mystrands-55m.phpfor an overview). We have offices in US (NYC, DC, San Francisco, Seattle and Oregon) and Europe (Barcelona, Madrid and Helsinki). You can discover more about the company at http://www.strands.com and the management team at http://www.strands.com/cor