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Software Developer

UncommonGoods is a profitable, stable, and growing Internet and catalog retailer selling unusual and unique items for gifts and the home. We are looking for a talented, positive, innovative, ambitious Developer to expand and maintain our web site and administrative tools.

Successful candidates will feel comfortable working both independently and as a part of a creative and diverse team. You must have a positive outlook, be forward thinking, and have a willingness to learn and grow. We encourage a fun and enjoyable work experience with a healthy work-life balance – we want you to be happy and stay with us.

Required Skills:
● BS in Computer Science or a related field (or a good reason for not having one).
● 3+ years of experience in Java-based software development.
● Experience in J2EE (Servlets, JSP, JSTL, JDBC, annotations).
● Experience with enterprise software issues (multi-threading, pooling, caching, performance tuning, etc.)
● Experience with at least 1 Java application server (we use Tomcat).
● Knowledge of Object-Oriented principles and MVC architecture.
● Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
● Experience building web sites in a team environment.
● Basic knowledge of SQL and databases (we use Oracle and MySQL).
● Experience with a version control system (SVN, CVS).
● Ability to occasionally help research, review, and configure off-the-shelf software for other departments.

Desired Skills:
● Knowledge in Java frameworks like Spring is a big plus.
● Experience in an IDE such as Eclipse.
● Intermediate or advanced knowledge of SQL and databases.
● Experience with front-end technologies – HTML, JavaScript (JQuery, AJAX), and CSS.
● Knowledge of common design patterns.
● Basic abilities in Linux including scripting (bash, sed, awk).
● Some knowledge of build/deploy tools (ANT, Maven, etc.)
● Some knowledge of testing tools (Dynatrace, JUnit, Selenium, JMeter, etc.)
● Experience developing for mobile devices (iPad, Kindle, iPhone, Android, etc.)
● Experience with XML and Java parsers.
● Experience in an OR mapper such as Hibernate or CPO.

Highlights:
● Work closely with the CTO and our friendly, outgoing technology team.
● Work with each of the company’s departments (i.e., merchandising, fulfillment, marketing, customer service, creative, accounting) to satisfy project requirements in an exciting, creative, collaborative team atmosphere. We’re big-thinking, hard-working people, but we like to have fun!
● Support to go to multiple external training classes or conferences every year.
● You won’t just work from a to-do list. It’s up to you to check the details, spot glitches and come up with new ideas.
● The nature of the work is diverse, and includes working in multiple modern software and hardware environments. If you enjoy working in an ever-changing work environment, you’ll fit in here!
● Ownership stake – ­your voice affects the direction of the company. We want to hear your opinions.
● Company focus is toward sustainability, with an emphasis on how we impact the world. We truly work to recycle, reduce, and reuse.
● Informal work environment, we know that dress slacks don’t make you work harder.
● Willingness to wear a lab coat (preferred but not required): http://blog.uncommongoods.com/category/gift-lab/.

Our offices are located at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including health and dental insurance and 401(k).

You must be authorized to work in the US.

Contact:
Alfred Sampson
Senior Recruiter Consultant – Talent Acquisition
Uncommongoods LLC
ugoodsal@gmail.com
(718) 210-1200 ext 1128

Title: UI Developer
Location: Onsite in Charlotte, NC or Boston, MA
Type: Contract
Duration: 10 months

Duties and Responsibilities
Our client, a leading financial institution, seeks a UI Developer. The responsibilities will include working with a team to develop rich user interfaces for enterprise-level hosted financial applications; constantly driving for consistent user interaction by building cutting-edge UI functionality. In addition, you will be able to clearly communicate your ideas and both openly and honestly provide and receive regular input from your peers. While teamwork is of the utmost in importance, you can also work independently with minimal supervision, and take the initiative to constantly keep yourself engaged. Also, you never settle for second best. You possess a strong focus on quality and attention to detail, and possess the ability to quickly understand and solve unique and even undocumented programming problems. Naturally curious, you have a penchant for and drive to quickly learn and master skills in new technologies.

Proven experience in the following areas (not necessarily in order of importance):
• 5+ years hands-on experience in full development life cycle software development, predominately in User Interface development.
• Hand-coded, W3C-compliant and semantic (X)HTML and CSS with an emphasis on CSS-driven page layouts.
• High level of proficiency with unobtrusive JavaScript (including object-oriented JS), using jQuery or comparable libraries.
• Familiarity with best-practices for usability and accessibility standards.
• Writing high-quality, testable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Proficiency in a server-side scripting language such as JSP, PHP, or ASP.
• Experience with Perforce, SVN, CVS or other version control system.
• Familiarity with bug-tracking software.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering (any type) or a related field or equivalent work experience.
Desired skills:
• Experience with the integration and use of a third-party JavaScript library such as: jQuery, Prototype, DOJO, etc.
• Experience in creating standalone, JavaScript-based UI widgets.
• Java/J2EE server-side development.
• Experience with banking or financial online applications and/or high traffic eBusiness websites.

REQUIRED:
- 5-7 years HTML, CSS, and JAVA SCRIPT.
- Expert UI Developer (user interface, VERY STRONG, Involved, UI development experience. Large projects strongly preferred)).
- Knowledge specifically in J Querie library.

Best UI developers only. Enterprise html and JS experience required Designers need not apply.

*** W2 only; No third party or 1099 candidates ***

Front-End Engineer

Responsibilities:
Architect the client-side code and conventions that power our products.
Work closely with our designers to create elegant products.
Work closely with our engineers to build powerful and fast products.
Pro-actively look for ways to make your product better
Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems

Requirements:
Semantically correct, efficient markup.
Performant and elegant ECMA script
Expertise working with jQuery, Prototype or YUILibrary
Performant, cross-browser compatible, gracefully degradable CSS3
Experience with tuning web pages to minimize browser load & rendering times
Experience with source control (SVN, Git, CVS, VSS)
Experience integrating into backend frameworks (.NET/Rails/Cake/other)
Experience with automated testing and build processes
Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
Basic Photoshop or fireworks skills
Solid understanding of UI and interaction design fundamentals
Great written communication and documentation abilities

Bonus Points:
Actionscript skils a plus
Advanced HTML5 skills a big plus!
Video player experience (JW Player, Flowplayer, etc.) a plus
Streaming audio/video experience highly desired

Perks:
We pay top dollar for talent – salary, generous commissions, benefits, bonus and stock options.
You have the opportunity to have an enormous impact at a fast growing start-up
You will work with the team in great new office space
Your choice of hardware and software to get the job done

My client is looking for a Director of Engineering. This company has a large video community of users who share their experience through video recording. They have delivered over 30 million videos to large companies and social media sites and are looking for someone to lead their Engineering team.

Responsibilities of the job include:
Leading a team of developers
Responsible for the scale that the company grows
Work and manage developers to architect new products and resolve any technology issues that arise
Communicate the status of the of the project to stakeholders, team members and senior management
Improve team productivity
Anticipate and react to technology changes so there is adequate time to solve or mitigate the problem

Requirements of the position include:
4-6 years of managing developers in an agile environment
Experience in technologies such as PhP, SQL, Ajax, Flash
Familiarity with MySQL design and replication
Understanding of API’s and their implementation
Experience managing full lifecycle LAMP projects (Linux – Apache – MySQL – PhP)
Experience with content management concepts
Experience with API’s
Familiarity with the following software packages: Subversion, Bugzilla, Pivotal Tracker, Wiki/Twiki

This is a great opportunity with a young company that would like to put a skilled Director of Engineering on their team to bring them to a higher level. If you feel like you can put your skills up to the challenge you should apply for this job.