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Mobile Web Developer (APN) in Oakland

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:50 GMT

The Ask Partner Network, APN, LLC (APN) www.apn.ask.com, part of the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. and an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), is a leading provider of custom toolbar and search solutions to software and media companies. The company works closely with its partners to design and develop highly-targeted applications that extend services into the browser and enhance end-user experiences across the Web. APN provides tremendous value to its partners via new revenue streams, increased customer engagement and ongoing brand promotion. Its growing roster of clients consists of hundreds of leading businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across a number of industries such as Internet security, online gaming, and news and entertainment.

APN is looking for a highly motivated, energetic and creative Software Engineer to join the mobile team. The ideal candidate should have expertise in web technologies and building features across a wide variety of device platforms, to contribute to a growing team, developing the next generation of Search Engine mobile and Smartphone sites. The candidate should be enthusiastic and focused on improving the user’s online experience through the development of new and exciting features.

Responsibilities:

•Design, implement, test and deploy various applications for Ask Partner Networks across a variety of platforms and devices.
•Create robust, high-performing, maintainable, high-volume production applications, as well as work with our talented product team to develop prototypes quickly.
•Creating cobranded experience for partners
•Understand the best practices of mobile web development and work closely with the product team to suggest ways and means of improving customer experience, site performance and monetization
Technical Skills

•3+ years experience in requirements analysis, design, coding and testing high-performing web applications.
•Excellent problem solving skills and strong fundamental computer science concepts.
•Familiar and have some exposure to server side technologies like Java, JSP, XML
•Proven results-oriented person having experience with developing on web frameworks from inception to delivery.
•Professional experience building apps /web sites on a mainstream mobile platform is a plus, e.g. iOS or Android.
•Have in-depth and hands-on knowledge of Web 2.0 strategies. Including Experience designing and building UI components.
•Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript frameworks like jQuery Mobile
•Expertise in cross browser development (IE, Firefox) and Web usability and interface design
•Excellent debugging, problem solving, and testing skills.
•Must have knowledge and keen interest in mobile technologies, applications and design elements.

Professional Skills

•Fast learner - can quickly understand business requirements and identify the best solution.
•Strong organizational and analytical skills.
•Strong sense of commitment and responsibility.
•Strong team player able to work independently as well.
•Able to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environment.
•Excellent written and oral communications skills.
•Focused on continuous learning and self-improvement.

Required Education & Experience:

•BS in Computer Science, Digital Media or similar technical degree with 3+ years of experience

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Web Developer, Javascript (APN) in Oakland

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:50 GMT

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Software Engineer, C++/Win32 (APN) in Oakland

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:50 GMT

The Ask Partner Network, APN, LLC (APN) www.apn.ask.com, part of the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. and an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), is a leading provider of custom toolbar and search solutions to software and media companies. The company works closely with its partners to design and develop highly-targeted applications that extend services into the browser and enhance end-user experiences across the Web. APN provides tremendous value to its partners via new revenue streams, increased customer engagement and ongoing brand promotion. Its growing roster of clients consists of hundreds of leading businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across a number of industries such as Internet security, online gaming, and news and entertainment.

APN is looking for a Software Engineer to join our development team to research, design, implement, test and deploy cutting-edge features for APN’s browser applications using C++, ATL and COM technologies. You will create high-performing, maintainable, high-volume production applications, as well as work with our talented product team to develop prototypes quickly.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Design: Works within a team to design APN’s browser applications that are engaging, efficient, scalable, maintainable and accurately meet the needs of the business.
•Development: Works within a team to develop, refactor and continuously improve various APN applications and services. Meets deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
•Communications: Communicates with members of both technical and business teams through appropriate documentation and training.
•Code Reviews: Able to perform code reviews and provide valuable feedback on performance, logic and maintenance issues.
•Leadership: Presents design for review and approval by technology management inclusive of Leads, Managers, Directors, etc.
•Project Assessment: Quickly and accurately analyzes small and medium-scale project requests for feasibility, risk and level of effort.
•Deployment: Assists in the release of APN projects in the production environment.
•Maintenance: Participates in the resolution of challenging and demanding problems for partners within the production environment.
•Customer Service: Assists with partner inquiries and resolution of problems.
•Innovation: Actively contributes to retrospective exercises for completed projects. Suggests new technologies and approaches, often demonstrating and championing their use.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

•2+ yrs industry experience
•Experience in Windows systems programming including processes, threads, synchronization, debugging, DLL, messages, windows, windows procedures, loops, and hooks.
•Experience in GUI development experience including bitmaps, icons, themes.
•Experience in C/C++, COM programming (creating/writing scriptable objects with ATL/ Win32.
•Good understanding of client/server model and HTTP, TCP/IP protocols.
•Understand UAC and process integrity levels.
•Good DOM/XML knowledge.
•Solid software design and object oriented programming skills.
•Ability to identify and work with efficient algorithms and data structures
•Organized, analytical team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
•Good verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
•Master/Bachelor’s degree (CS, EE or Math preferred) or equivalent work experience.
•Must be personable and professional. Must be a team-player.
•Must be a competitive, professional ping pong and foos player.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

•Web 2.0 experience (HTML, Javascript, jQuery, JSON) and SQL knowledge preferred.
•Willingness to learn new technologies and skills.
•Broad knowledge of browser applications and industries; knowledge of toolbar and search solutions in software and media industries.

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Sr. Software Engineer, Installer Apps (APN) in Oakland

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:50 GMT

The Ask Partner Network, APN, LLC (APN) www.apn.ask.com, part of the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. and an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), is a leading provider of custom toolbar and search solutions to software and media companies. The company works closely with its partners to design and develop highly-targeted applications that extend services into the browser and enhance end-user experiences across the Web. APN provides tremendous value to its partners via new revenue streams, increased customer engagement and ongoing brand promotion. Its growing roster of clients consists of hundreds of leading businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across a number of industries such as Internet security, online gaming, and news and entertainment.

APN is looking for an experienced Software Engineer for our Installer team, to improve the current installer design using MSI technology, and build the next generation installer. You will create/maintain robust helper applications written in C++ and research and build new installer technologies that focus on speed, efficiency and compatibility.

Major Responsibilities:

•Design: Works within a team to design APN’s installer applications that are efficient, scalable, maintainable and accurately meet the needs of the business.
•Development: Works within a team to develop, refactor and continuously improve various APN installer applications and services. Meets deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
•Communications: Communicates with members of both technical and business teams through appropriate documentation and training.
•Code Reviews: Able to lead code reviews and provide valuable feedback on performance, logic and maintenance issues.
•Leadership: Leads small teams in the design and development phase for small and intermediate-scale complex projects. Mentors developers and junior developers. Presents design for review and approval by technology management inclusive of Leads, Managers, Directors, etc.
•Project Assessment: Quickly and accurately analyzes small and medium-scale project requests for feasibility, risk and level of effort.
•Deployment: Assists in the release of APN projects in the production environment.
•Maintenance: Participates in the resolution of challenging and demanding problems for partners within the production environment.
•Customer Service: Assists with partner inquiries and resolution of problems.
•Innovation: Actively contributes to retrospective exercises for completed projects. Suggests new technologies and approaches, often demonstrating and championing their use.

Required Skills:

•5+ years of industry experience.
•Expert in MSI and MSI-based installer technologies (MSI SDK, Win Setup API’s).
•Expert in C/C++ and Visual Studio programming.
•Expert knowledge of Windows internals, including Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
•Extremely sound software design and object oriented programming skills.
•Proven ability to identify and work with efficient algorithms and data structures.
•Organized, analytical team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
•Master/Bachelor’s degree (CS, EE or Math preferred) or equivalent work experience.
•Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
•Must be personable and professional. Must be a team-player.
•Must be a competitive, professional ping pong and foos player.

Ideal Candidate:

•Experience with Installer tools (InstallShield, Wise Installer, or similar).
•Experience with Windows SDK, UI, MFC and ATL.
•Good knowledge of COM/OLE automation preferred.
•Working knowledge of web technologies (HTML, Javascript, XML).
•Willingness to learn new technologies and skills.
•Broad knowledge of browser applications and industries; knowledge of online media and advertising.
•Able to understand business problems, and be creative with strong problem solving abilities.

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Web Development Manager, Javascript (APN) in Oakland

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:50 GMT

The Ask Partner Network, APN, LLC (APN) www.apn.ask.com, part of the Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. and an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), is a leading provider of custom toolbar and search solutions to software and media companies. The company works closely with its partners to design and develop highly-targeted applications that extend services into the browser and enhance end-user experiences across the Web. APN provides tremendous value to its partners via new revenue streams, increased customer engagement and ongoing brand promotion. Its growing roster of clients consists of hundreds of leading businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across a number of industries such as Internet security, online gaming, and news and entertainment.

APN is looking for a technically hands-on Software Engineer Manager to lead our Browser Applications development team to research, design, implement, test and deploy cutting-edge features for APN’s browser applications. You will create high-performing, maintainable, high-volume production applications, as well as work with our talented product team to develop prototypes quickly.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Management: Builds an efficient and effective Advance JavaScript development team by hiring, empowering and managing a team of five talented engineers.
•Leadership: Leads a team of web developers with a range of skill levels to design, develop and maintain a suite of Ask Partner Network browser applications and services.
•Communications: Facilitates communication with members of both technical and business teams through discussions, appropriate documentation and training.
•Project Assessment: Quickly and accurately analyzes project requests for feasibility, risk and level of effort.
•Design: Leads the team to design the applications that are engaging, efficient, scalable maintainable and accurately meet the needs of the business.
•Development: Ensures the team meets deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously while ensure high product quality. Participates in design & code reviews and provides valuable feedback on performance, logic, and maintenance issues.
•Deployment: Assists in the configuration, build and release of Ask Partner Network’s projects in the production environment.
•Maintenance: Participates in the resolution of challenging and demanding problems for partners within the production environment.
•Customer Service: Assists with partner inquiries and resolution of problems.
•Innovation: Actively contributes to lessons-learned exercises for completed projects. Suggests new technologies and approaches, often demonstrating and championing their use.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

•BS/MS and 8+ years industry experience.
•Proven leadership experience in a fast-paced start-up environment.
•Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming design and programming.
•Extremely sound software design and object oriented programming skills.
•Extensive experience with browser technologies and internals (Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Internet Explorer).
•Expertise in JavaScript and web technologies for the browser (HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS).
•Must have experience working with prototypal inheritance in JavaScript, along with closures, DOM, namespacing and functional programming.
•Experience working with real-world Web 2.0 technologies - Ajax, JSON.
•Strong programming experience in one or more dynamic languages (Perl, Python, etc.) and static languages (C++ or Java).
•Experience working with syndication technologies such as RSS.
•Comfortable developing and debugging on Windows, Mac & Linux platforms.
•Understand and able to work with differences of client technologies on IE 6, 7, 8 or 9.
•Familiar of and experience with Software Development Life Cycle in Agile development environment.
•Must be personable and professional. Must be a team-player.
•Strong business writing and verbal communication skills.

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Web Developer, mywebsearch in White Plains

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Mindspark's mywebsearch engineering team is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate front-end web developer who takes pride in developing web applications leveraging cutting edge technologies and agile development methodologies in a fast-moving team-oriented environment.

If you enjoy seeing your UI "work of art" being used by millions of users every day; have a passion for coding (making cleaner, faster, and more robust products) we want to talk with you.

Technical Skills:

•Extensive knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS and Flash (incl. Flex and AS3)
•Advanced Javascript skills (DHTML, OOP, AJAX, jQuery, JSON)
•Ability to write well-abstracted, reusable and efficient code, and to correctly employ design patterns
•Experience with JSP/JSTL and/or Velocity
•Familiarity with Java EE and Spring is a plus
•Experience with SVN or other source control software
•Familiarity browser extension technologies (Firefox, Chrome, Safari) is a plus
Additional Requirements:

•Skilled at quickly and intelligently solving a wide range of front-end development issues in a forward thinking manner
•Superb written and verbal communication skills
•Experience releasing projects to a live production environment successfully
•Drive to learn and take on new challenges
•Actively share knowledge and responsibility with other team members
•Keeps abreast of industry and technology trends
Required Education & Experience:

•BS in Computer Science, Digital Media or similar technical degree with 3+ years of experience or a MS with 1+ years of experience
DID WE MENTION BREAKFAST IS ON US…EVERY DAY?
Or how about the fact that we provide unlimited amounts of free soda, bottled water and K-cups galore? We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, 401K and tuition reimbursement, among other cool perks. Plus, we’re just a few steps away from the Metro-North train station and a quick 30-minute express ride to NYC.

Add to that summer outings, team gatherings, a ping pong table, Wii and Xbox gaming systems, and you’ve got yourself a pretty great deal.

So what are you waiting for? Get your career on the fast-track now, and join our team!

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Business Intelligence Manager in White Plains

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Mindspark is seeking a BI Manager for its White Plains location. Working as part of the Reporting team, the candidate will play a pivotal role as they generate requirements for new reports and reporting systems, maintain and manage existing ones and troubleshoot complex problems as they arise. They will work closely with all members of the Reporting team and with our product, marketing and engineering teams. Prospects for this position must be flexible, proactive self-starters who can work in an ever changing, read-and-react environment.

Responsibilities:

•Fulfill reporting requests from multiple departments
•Help coordinate and oversee the many concurrent Reporting Projects that our engineers are tasked with
•Work with multiple departments to strategize requirements for them and often times help to focus their business strategies
•Start, and oversee, new Reporting Projects
•Analysis of various special projects and the impact of releases
•Handle audits of Team owned metrics and reports
•Heavy multi-tasking

Technical & Professional Skill Level and Requirements:

•Experience working with databases, manipulating, summarizing and analyzing data
•Advanced Excel skills
•At least one year of experience with a BI system such as Tableau, Pentaho, JasperReport, Microsoft OLAP, SAS etc.
•Familiarity with Data Warehouse processes.
•Knowledge of SQL a plus, but not required
•2-3 years of experience in Business Intelligence analytics
•Excellent understanding of analytic metrics, applying mathematics to business problems and developing strategies from the results
•Strong ability to prepare and present data in a visually appealing and easy to understand manner
•Strong organizational skills a must
•Project lead experience and ability required
•Strong ability to coordinate among multiple departments
•Must absolutely be a quick learner
•Able to adapt to constant requirement changes and produce fast solutions
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must

Attributes / Behaviors

•Passionate about analysis, statistics and reporting systems
•Ability to work under pressure
•Highly organized and rigorous thinker, able to solve problems diligently and creatively
•Must be a detail oriented individual
•Strong interest and skills in marketing, product and search data
•Ability to work independently
•Genuine team player, able to work well in a team and work independently for the team

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Sr. Linux Administrator in White Plains

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Mindspark is seeking an experienced Sr. Systems Administrator for its' White Plains, NY location. Working as part of the System Services team, candidate will play a pivotal role as they build and configure new systems, maintain and manage existing ones, monitor the production environment, and troubleshoot complex problems within our production and internal infrastructure. They will work closely with other operations team members, the database administration team, the network team as well as site engineering and production to ensure the 24x7 environments stay online. Candidates must be proactive in identifying and solving platform related tasks and sharing their efforts in a team-driven environment.

Responsibilities:

• Performance, tuning and capacity planning for
•Physical and virtual servers
•SAN and NAS environments
•OS updates, patches and configuration changes
•System management through scripting, automation and policies
•Support and plan system backups and data recovery strategies
•SAN and NAS administration
•Basic network administration
•On-call rotation for after hours support and scheduled maintenances

Technical Skill Level and Requirements:

•BS Computer Science and 7+ years of experience or MS and 5+ years of experience in Unix/Linux Administration
•Advanced Linux administration skills with 5+ years experience (Debian, RedHat, CentOS)
•Strong virtualization experience with Citrix XenServer
•Strong experience with scripting languages such as Perl, or Bash
•Advanced scripting ability with at least one interpreted language (perl, shell, python, etc.)
•Strong knowledge of Internet Protocol Suite and layers
•Advanced experience with DNS, LDAP, NTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSH
•Experience with Storage Area Networks and Network Attached Storage
•Experience with LVM, RAID, and ZFS technologies
•Operational experience with web software stacks (Apache, nginx, Tomcat, memcached, etc.)
•Experience with large scale configuration management
•Ability to identify and resolve hardware or software issues
•Strong experience with Veritas Netbackup and tape library products
•Familiarity with RDBMS databases (Oracle, Postgres), backup and recovery methods.
•Experience with common networking designs and concepts, troubleshooting techniques, and configurations.

Professional Skills

•Strong organizational skills a must
•Prior supervisory experience is a plus
•Project coordination experience required
•Able to adapt to quick requirements change and produce fast solutions.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must
•Ability to adhere to policies & procedures.

Attributes / Behaviors

•Passionate about technology and innovation
•Ability to work under pressure
•Detail Oriented
•Ability to work independently

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Sr. Java Engineer, mywebsearch.com in White Plains

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Mindspark is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Java Engineer who takes pride in developing high volume applications leveraging cutting edge technologies and development methodologies in a fast moving team oriented environment. This position would support our mywebsearch development team.

Description:

•Leverage cutting-edge technologies to support existing and new products and businesses
•Quickly and efficiently design and implement applications in an agile environment
•Meet with stakeholders to define new/additional features for a variety of applications
•Implement and support projects through in all stages of the development lifecycle.
•Actively share knowledge and responsibility with other team members

Technical Requirements:

•J2EE Internet technologies, web applications and services including DHTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax, and SQL/schema design desired
•Strong Object Oriented design skills including algorithms, data structures, OOD, multithreading, caching, and scalability
•Experience in Spring Framework and Hibernate desired
•Prior experience in a Linux/Unix deployment environment

Professional Skill Level:

•BS Computer Science from top tier school (Carnegie Mellon, RIT, etc.) and 5+ years of experience or MS and 3+ years of experience
•Superb written and verbal communication skills
•Skilled at quickly and intelligently solving a wide range of business engineering issues in a forward thinking manner
•Drive to learn and take on new challenges
•Keeps abreast of industry and technology trends
•Proactively assess new technologies to enhance the development process and environment

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Sr. Java Engineer, Toolbar in White Plains

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

Mindspark is looking for enthusiastic and passionate Java Engineers who takes pride in developing high volume applications leveraging cutting edge technologies and development methodologies in a fast moving team oriented environment. At present, we have several openings supporting our Toolbar development & Search teams.

Description:

•Leverage cutting-edge technologies to support existing and new products and businesses
•Quickly and efficiently design and implement applications in an agile environment
•Meet with stakeholders to define new/additional features for a variety of applications
•Implement and support projects through in all stages of the development lifecycle.
•Actively share knowledge and responsibility with other team members

Technical Requirements:

•J2EE Internet technologies, web applications and services including DHTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax, and SQL/schema design desired
•Strong Object Oriented design skills including algorithms, data structures, OOD, multithreading, caching, and scalability
•Experience in Spring Framework and Hibernate desired
•Prior experience in a Linux/Unix deployment environment

Professional Skill Level:

•BS Computer Science from top tier school (Carnegie Mellon, RIT, etc.) and 5+ years of experience or MS and 3+ years of experience
•Superb written and verbal communication skills
•Skilled at quickly and intelligently solving a wide range of business engineering issues in a forward thinking manner
•Drive to learn and take on new challenges
•Keeps abreast of industry and technology trends
•Proactively assess new technologies to enhance the development process and environment

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