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Open Web Tech Jobs

Dennis — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:10:37 +0000

Here are some great job openings in the web development and computer software industries in the San Francisco Bay area.

Please be sure to use my name as a referral!

Featured Positions

Job Title

JavaScript Engineer

Summary

Seeking top-notch JavaScript Engineers with strong CS fundamentals who feel at home developing high-quality web products that reach millions of users.

Company

Not Provided

Location

Mountain View, California, U.S.A.

Skills

Work toward weekly milestones on high-visibility, high-quality web products.
Meet with team to assess feasibility and priority of new features.
Participate in testing regularly scheduled releases.
Collaborate with server-side engineers to optimize scalability and network efficiency.
Object-oriented JavaScript experience.
Previous experience with the following web technologies: DHTML, CGI and CSS.
Previous experience with at least one scripting language (eg. Bash, Perl, or Python).
Experience working with large web frameworks such as Dojo, prototype.js and Rico.
Phenomenal debugging principles.
Computer Science Degree or equivalent.

Contact

Nicole Blincoe, Mainz Brady Group

resumes[AT]mainzbradygroup[NOSPAM][dot]com

1-650-524-8845

Reference JO#NB4422

Job Title

PHP Web Developer

Summary

If you are a mid to senior level Web Developer with extensive PHP experience, please read on!

Location

Mountain View, California, U.S.A.

Company

Not Provided

Skills

Extensive PHP development experience
Experience designing and building highly scalable software used by millions of users
Extensive experience programming in PHP, JavaScript, HTML, AJAX, CSS
Experience with HTTP, SQL, TCP/IP â€“ Solid Object-Oriented Programming experience
Experience with REST, JSON, and API/Web-Services is a plus

Compensation

Excellent compensation package (salary $120-$130,000).

Excellent benefits package.

Work with cutting edge technology.

Great opportunity!

Contact

Craig Radke, CyberCoders

Craig.Radke[AT]CyberCoders[NOSPAM][dot]com

The Listings

Title	Company/Location	Skills
Front End Web Developer	TVGuide.com; New York, NY	Prior experience in professional web development Bachelors or equivalent degree Knowledge of XHTML/HTML, CSS and Javascript Ability to work under daily deadline pressure Willingness to work late hours and on weekends when required Knowledgeable in Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project). Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills
Application Engineer (and more positions!)	AdMob, San Mateo, CA	Primary Responsibilities: Architect, design, and build scalable and usable consumer facing web applications from the ground up. This means the entire stack: MySQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript Self-starting side projects are massively encouraged. Background and Qualifications: Super smart, great coder, motivated, fearless, self-starter, and quick learner. Proficiency in JavaScript, AJAX, CSS, JSON, REST, and/or any other related languages/technologies. Strong understanding of user experience and UI design, cross browser environments, client side performance issues, and experience with at least one JavaScript debugging tool. Proven track record designing, implementing, deploying, and shipping high-volume and scalable software. Proficiency in Java, C++, or PHP programming in Unix/Linux environment preferred. Experience with one or all of the following a plus: Ruby, MySQL, Apache, Python, Flash/Flex, etc. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline (Math, EE, etc.); MS or PhD always a plus.
Software Engineer – Flex	Unknown; Sunnyvale, CA	Flex, HTML, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, Object Oriented Design and Analysis, User Interface
Sr. Software Engineer	Unknown; Santa Clara, CA	Java, J2EE, Servlet, JSP, XSLT, XML, JMS, SQL, RDBMS, Oracle, MSSQL, JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, Ajax, XPDL, BPMN, BPEL
Web Application Developer	SurveyMonkey.com; Portland, OR and Menlo Park, CA	[corp firewall blocking content from LinkedIn, stoooopid!]
Senior CIFS Engineer	Unknown; San Jose ,Â CA	7+ years of Java based object oriented development 5+ years of system level design and development experience for Java based networking solutions in a Linux environment 3+ years CIFS (Common Internet File System) protocol experience TCP/IP and SMB Advanced data structure and usage of algorithms B.S. Degree, Masters highly preferred.
MySQL Database Administrator	Unknown; Belmont,Â CA	5+ years of database administration experience 3+ years of MySQL database administration database performance strategies and tuning MySQL DB Working knowledge of hardware devices, operating systems, databases and how they interrelate system structures – TCP/IP, RAID, Volume management, backups Linux Operating systems, shell scripting and other languages (PERL, SQL etc.) Experience with MySQL replication setup and administration Oracle DB is a PLUS
Senior Solaris Systems Administrator	Unknown; Fort Lauderdale,Â FL	Solid knowledge of Solaris is a must Sun Certification highly desired Strong hands-on experience with Sun Cluster 5+ years of UNIX/Linux experience is required Experience with systems connectivity and networking Experience installing, configuring and maintaining Sun hardware Hands-on experience with Enterprise backup systems and Enterprise Storage solutions (SAN) required Experience with LDAP and directory services Familiarity with Apache, Tomcat and MySQL Ability to write scripts, create tools and document solutions
Senior User Experience Designer	Unknown; San Jose,Â CA	Excellent understanding of user experience design for the Web, technology trends, demonstrable design skills, and ability to show relevant work. Solid depth of new front-end technologies such as AJAX, Adobe Flex/AIR Excellent understanding of web technologies and how to work with developers to leverage them. Excellent interpersonal skills and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in small and large groups and to senior executives. Proven ability delivering high quality designs to customers. Experience mentoring Interaction Designers with the ability to challenge and inspire design colleagues. Experience with e-commerce sites highly desirable, especially on Selling side. Bachelors or higher degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science or related field. Masters degree preferred.

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Questions Asked During Web Developer Interviews

Dennis — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:12:03 +0000

So I’ve become familiar with questions that tech companies ask when interviewing candidates for web developer positions in “Silicon Valley” in California. So if you’re interviewing, you should prep yourself for the following interview questions that always seem to come up:

What JavaScript libraries have you used? (And for YUI, which seems to be popular, which components have you used?)
What’s the difference between “if (a==x)” and “if (a===x)”?
Have you developed CSS for different browsers and versions? What are some examples of issues you’ve had? (i.e. box model)
How do you keep up on web technology? (books, blogs, etc.)
Use this text editor to properly properly markup this form from memory (with XHTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Use this text editor to properly properly markup this table from memory (with XHTML).
What’s the difference between “visibility:hidden” and “display:none”?
What’s the difference between using var inside and outside of a JavaScript function? (or an exercise involving this)
How would you write the HTML and CSS for a standard three-column layout with header and footer?

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Dreamweaver CS4 Beta

Dennis — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:52:40 +0000

Guess what? Adobe’s Dreamweaver CS4 Beta is available! And I’m just getting used to CS3! New features include:

Live View
Code Navigator
CSS best practices
Code hinting for Ajax and JavaScript frameworks
HTML data sets
Photoshop Smart Objects
Subversion integration
AIR support
New user interface

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jQuery Overview Slide Presentation

Dennis — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:17:28 +0000

jQuery is a great JavaScript library for fast, easy development. I met the creator John Resig at a conference last year. He’s a great guy, and I even “won” a nice jQuery book.

jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages

Here’s a good overview slide show on jQuery:

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Recommended Web Standards/Development Articles

Dennis — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:27:34 +0000

Here are some recent blog articles that are a must read for any web developer (especially front-end coders).

Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone – Microsoft folks are claiming that IE8 will be standards-compliant.
A Preview of HTML 5 – Wazzup with the next version of HTML?
Add and Remove Elements with JavaScript (reprise) – very powerful code for implementing your unobtrusive JavaScript.
Secure and Accessible Contact Form v3 – from Mike Cherim’s Beast-Blog, a great standards-friendly and accessible contact form (using PHP).

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Email Spambot Buster

Dennis — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:06:26 +0000

Did you ever have an email address that you posted on a web site “stolen” from a damn spamming company, then have tons of spam sent to that address? Doesn’t that suck?!

If you have, then you’ve probably either removed the email link or tried protecting it with some method of tricking these “spambots”.

I just posted an article called Email Spambot Buster.Â It describes a great way of safely displaying an email address on a web site. It is accessible, uses progressive enhancement, and adds a couple neat bonuses.

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Ajax Experience Conference

Dennis — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:32:34 +0000

Last week I attended The Ajax Experience 2007 3-day conference in downtown San Francisco. There sure were some big guys speaking including Brendan Eich, CTO Mozilla; Douglas Crawford, Senior Architect, Yahoo!; and Kevin Lynch, Chief Software Architect at Adobe.

The sessions varied from Ajax security, to Javascript frameworks, to advanced techniques with forms. Fortunately, there was even a session on Ajax and accessibility, given by Orbitz. I also was happy to meet Aaron Gustafson, and attend his session relating to progressive enhancement. There was definitely a concentrate of topics around Javascript frameworks (a.k.a. libraries, toolkits) such as jQuery, Dojo, Prototype, and more.

On a personal note, I decided to make a family vacation out of the event, so I booked a hotel a few blocks from the conference, and brought the wife and kids. Yes, it was tough dragging around two boys–who are barely toddlers–but nonetheless it was worth it.

Union Square in downtown San Francisco:

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