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Architect 4, Software Architecture at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast's Technology & Product organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards.



Summary:

Seeking experienced Data Architect with strong modeling and data management experience and strong understanding of the Hadoop Ecosystem -- including HDFS, Hive, HBbase technologies. Someone who can work on enhancing existing projects and designing new projects. This position will be responsible for leading, designing, modeling, and tuning data architecture solutions within the Comcast Messaging Platform (CMP) ecosystem. CMP delivers millions of email and SMS messages monthly to Comcast customers.

The Data architect will work closely with architects and developers within the team to ensure the designs are apt, scalable, high performing within agreed upon service levels. The position also will oversee data product solutions adhere to standards and best practices. This position will work closely with business product owners, other architects and other development teams across the enterprise following an agile delivery method and scrum principles. The position desires multi-disciplinary skills with software engineering background.

The Data architect is responsible for managing, gathering, and processing information related to overall solution architecture, data architecture and identity management. Leads and delivers solution engineering, project coordination, business requirements analysis, requirement specification, and project documentation. Ensures programs are envisioned, designed, developed, and implemented across the enterprise to meet business needs. Manages every phase of the project lifecycle from intake through delivery. Provides mentoring and guidance to one or more junior team members. May be responsible for leading a team, but does not directly manage people.

Core Responsibilities:

-Work with business partners in understanding and translating business requirements into solution designs

-Take initiative and ownership to provide business solutions on time

-Profile, design, and model data and provide data product solutions using multiple data platforms.

-Lead and provide suggestions and best practices for end to end data delivery

-Design and architect with the right balance of performance, scalability, ease of consumption

-Design and architect data to support operational efficiencies and meet Service Level Agreements

-Design and architect data solutions with the mindset of "data as a product"

-Design and architect to accommodate data quality, security, and privacy

-Design and architect to integrate multiple, complex data sources that are transactional and non-transactional, structured and unstructured data

-Deliver clear, well-communicated and complete design documents.

-Manage data standards and best practices related to end to end data process

-Analyze and solve problems and recommend improvements to existing systems and processes.

-Maintain data dictionaries and data lineage

-Work with peers in administration to tune code and plan for capacity needs

-Mentor and educate teams on standards and best practices

Other responsibilities will include

-Tracks and documents requirements for enterprise development projects and enhancements (e.g. architectural functional requirements).

-Assists in the planning and design of new or upgraded systems.

-Assists in the evolution of enterprise product and system roadmaps.

-Collaborates with departments to implement improvements in processes and with cross-organizational teams to determine Business Support System/Operations Support System support for business requirements.

-Promotes the effective use of the information management systems throughout the Company.

-Develops software cost estimates by analyzing the business requirements and viable design solutions.

-Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

-Create reference architectures on data and data quality and help with documenting our data store inventory

-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills

-Strong experience in end to end data management-data acquisition, data model, data storage, data access-with various tools and technologies

-Solid job experience with Data Modeling tools such as PowerDesigner, ERwin, etc.

-Strong experience in data management and architecture in RDBMS. SQL based tools-with hands on experience

-Experience with large implementations of both relational and dimensional reporting systems

-Teradata implementation and design experience (especially with an LDM) is critical

-Strong SQL skills for data validation, analysis, and troubleshooting

-Strong experience in real time data acquisition in a data warehouse environment

-Participate in group meetings to present and defend design decisions

-Experience in data management and architecture in Hadoop tools and technologies: Hive, Pig, HBase, Sqoop, Kafka or other data

Work Experience

-3+ years of Data Management, Architecture, Modeling

-BS or Masters in Computer Science or equivalent work

-3+ years of hands-on Tableau, Oracle, or other RDBS implementation experience

-Works well in team environment



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Eng 4, Software Dev & Engineering at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast's Technology & Product organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards.



Job Overview:

Comcast is in the process of constructing an in-house Virtual Assistant utility for use by Comcast customers across multiple channels. The XFINITY Virtual Assistant (code name "aiQ") will transform Comcast's customer experience by using machine intelligence and natural language understanding to deliver informed, personalized customer service solutions while reducing cost and increasing efficacy.

Job Summary:

Within the context of the aiQ program, this role will be responsible for architecture, planning and development of the services that comprise the Virtual Assistant back office platform. Analyzes, tests, and assists with the integration of new applications. Oversees the documentation of all development activity. Trains non-technical personnel. Assists with tracking performance metrics. Integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities. Acts as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment. May lead teams or projects and shares expertise.

Core Responsibilities:

- Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements. Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.

- Designs new software and web applications, supports applications under development, and customizes current applications. Develops software update process for existing applications. Assists in the roll-out of software releases.

- Trains junior Software Development Engineers on internally developed software applications.

- Oversees the researching, writing, and editing of documentation and technical requirements, including evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, and formal recommendations and reports.

- Keeps current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products. Reviews literature, patents, and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.

- Provides technical leadership throughout the design process and guidance with regards to practices, procedures, and techniques. Serves as a guide and mentor for junior level Software Development Engineers.

- Assists in tracking and evaluating performance metrics. Ensures team delivers software on time, to specification, and within budget.

- Works with Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specification and technical requirements.

- Displays expertise in knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, and skills and their application in the area of specified engineering specialty.

- Displays expertise in process design and redesign skills. Presents and defends architectural, design, and technical choices to internal audiences.

- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills:

- Java

- Spring and Spring Boot

- Hibernate and/or JPA

- Relational/SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)

- NoSQL (Couchbase, MongoDB, etc.)

- Messaging (JMS, Kafka)

- Agile/Scrum Experience

Recommended Skills:

- PaaS (Cloud Foundry) a plus

- Public Cloud (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) a plus

- Experience integrating with AI/ML or NLP (such as API.ai) solutions a big plus

Education Level: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent

Field of Study: Engineering, Computer Science

Years Experience: Generally requires 7-11 years related experience

Compliance: Comcast is an EEO/AA/Drug Free Workplace.



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Engineer 2, Incident Management at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Job Summary:

The Engineer 2, Incident Manager is a member of the Production Support team. They will be responsible for developing and sustaining processes in relation to Incident Management. This includes but is not limited tocontributing in project teams, troubleshootingoperational issues, providing technical solutions to operationalproblems, new product implementation, implementing existing products andservices, and the overall upkeep and maintenance of designated areas ofengineering. Acts in compliance with industry and Company technicalrequirements, standards, policies, and procedures.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Lead the definition and execution of existing and new product in relation to XHome
  • Monitor Service Levels and Adherence to them
  • Monitoring Strategies, Tools and Procedures
  • Triage Procedures (including enhancing exiting triage procedures)
  • Production support readiness documentation.
  • Actively manage relationship with key stakeholders, markets and resolver groups.
  • Respond to service-level issues and work to restore normal service operations as quickly as possible
  • Identify and lead the implementation of creative process and technology solutions within the team
  • Provide mentorship and team development opportunities
  • Assist in representing Production Support to the organization ensuring that high-availability and the ability to identify customer-facing issues is included in the development or deployment of new products and services.
  • Identify and recommends opportunities for "clean-slate" process improvement with regards to incident management, fault monitoring, triage procedures and issue escalation
  • Develop procedures for incident triage and management, metric and measure creation, management and administration of monitoring tools
  • Oversee the timely execution of scheduled and repeatable processes such as periodic system validations, daily triage, system monitoring and event log management
  • Work with architecture, development and engineering teams to identify root cause for recurring incidents and create an action plan for resolution.
  • Monitor systems and services for most efficient operation, identifying fault conditions as well as opportunities for further optimization
  • Maintain escalation and contact lists for mission critical systems and services
Job Specification:
  • Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
  • Engineering, Computer Science
  • Generally requires 2-5 years related experience


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Senior Designer, Look Ahead Product Design- Xfinity Mobile at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Senior Designer, Look Ahead Product Design

Senior Designer Leads on Xfinity Mobile are versatile UX + Ui Hybrids, strong communicators, and have a deep understanding of design trends and technology platforms. Our Senior Design Leads partner directly with Design Technologists and Product Managers to conceptualize and define new customer and service experience from pitch to pixels. This role requires a hands-on approach in shaping our innovation roadmap and long-term new feature development.

As key role on the Look Ahead team, you'll be challenged to use the full extent of your skills. You'll learn and build new ones. Along the way, you'll have the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, while having a lasting impact on some exceptional and unconventional product experiences.

You are the kind of person that harnesses their passion and curiosity to make brilliant ideas come to life. You will flex your diverse skill set to create meaningful artifacts that lay the groundwork for scalable MVP solutions across multiple platforms. You are a born self-starter: passionate about conceptualizing, iterating, and proving new ideas worthy of being invested in as new solutions. You are natural team player: responsible for evangelizing and aligning partners around bold decisions to deliver stunning product and service design concepts, rooted in breaking industry conventions and delivering on the unmet consumer needs.

The ideal candidate:
- Has in-house product side experience, startup experience, and/or innovation lab experience
- Deep experience in mobile application interface and interaction design (android, iOS, Responsive Web) is required.
- Experience with industry standards for building user interface (accessibility, responsive design, grid, performance)
- Understanding the design process in modern software organizations (wireframes, click-throughs, mocks, prototypes of all levels of fidelity)
- A deep passion for both technology and creativity
- Expert level skills with Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Keynote, and Creative Suite.

This role specifically requires
- 5-8+ years of related experience
- Creative skill and experience that are both broad and deep: Graphic, UI, Visual, Storytelling, Motion.
- Brainstorming with internal and external teams to develop ideas and potential solutions product experiences and service solutions.
- Contribute and at times author compelling arguments and persuasive pitches for new initiatives.
- Rapidly convert ideas into working prototypes, mashing together solutions/capabilities that exist internally or externally.



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Data Engineer at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Data engineering and data science skills combined with the demands of a high volume, highly-visible analytics platform make this an exciting challenge for the right candidate.

Are you passionate about digital media, entertainment, and software services? Do you like big challenges and working within a highly-motivated team environment?

As a Data engineer in Data Platform Engineering and Research (DPER) team, you will research develop, support and deploy solutions using real-time distributed computing architectures. You will also employ your skills to deliver insights into customer and network behavior on a rapidly-growing video-over-IP platform. The DPER data team is a fast-moving team of world-class experts who are innovating in end-to-end video delivery. We are a team that thrives on big challenges, results, quality, and agility.

Who does the data engineer work with?

Data software engineering is a diverse collection of professionals who work with a variety of teams ranging from other software engineering teams whose software integrates with analytics services, service delivery engineers who provide support for our product, testers, operational stakeholders with all manner of information needs, and executives who rely on data for data based decision making.

What are some interesting problems you'll be working on?

Develop systems capable of processing millions of events per second and multi-billions of events per day, providing both a real time and historical view into the operation of our wide-array of systems. Design collection and enrichment system components for quality, timeliness, scale and reliability. Work on high performance real time data stores and a massive historical data store using best-of-breed and industry leading technology. Design, develop, and apply advanced statistical methods and Machine Intelligence algorithms.

Where can you make an impact?

Comcast DPER is building the core components needed to drive the next generation of data platforms and data processing capability. Running this infrastructure, identifying trouble spots, and optimizing the overall user experience is a challenge that can only be met with a robust data architecture capable of providing insights that would otherwise be drowned in an ocean of data.

Success in this role is best enabled by a broad mix of skills and interests ranging from traditional distributed systems software engineering prowess to the multidisciplinary field of data science.

Responsibilities:

  • Analyze massive amounts of data both real-time and batch processing
  • Prototype ideas for new tools, products and services
  • Employ rigorous continuous delivery practices managed under an agile software development approach
  • Ensure a quality transition to production and solid production operation of the software
  • Lead and mentor junior engineers
  • Work collaboratively to deploy and operate our systems
  • Help automate and streamline our operations and processes
  • Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our dev, test and production environments

Here are some of the specific technologies we use:

  • Spark (AWS EMR), AWS Lambda
  • Spark Streaming and Batch
  • Avro, Parquet
  • Kafka
  • MemSQL, Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, RDBMS
  • Caching Frameworks(ElasticCache)
  • Elasticsearch, Beats, Logstash, Kibana
  • Java, Scala, Go, Python, R
  • Git, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins
  • Rancher, Puppet, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Hadoop (HDFS, YARN, ZooKeeper, Hive), Presto

Skills & Requirements:

  • 3+ years programming experience
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Statistics or related discipline
  • Experience in software development of large-scale distributed systems including proven track record of delivering backend systems that participate in a complex ecosystem
  • Knowledge in data related technologies and open source frameworks preferred
  • Good current knowledge of Unix/Linux environments
  • Knowledge of network engineering and security
  • Test-driven development/test automation, continuous integration, and deployment automation
  • Enjoy working with data analysis, data quality and reporting
  • Good communicator, able to analyze and clearly articulate complex issues and technologies understandably and engagingly.
  • Great design and problem solving skills
  • Adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership
  • Keen attention to detail and high level of commitment
  • Comfortable working in a fast-paced agile environment. Requirements change quickly and our team needs to constantly adapt to moving targets

About Comcast DPER (Data Platform Engineering and Research):

Data Platforms Engineering and Research (DPER) is a result driven, data platform research and engineering team responsible for the delivery of multi-tenant data infrastructure and platforms necessary to support our data-driven culture and organization. DPER has an overarching objective to gather, organize, and make sense of Comcast data with intention to reveal business and operational insight, discover actionable intelligence, enable experimentation, empower users, and delight our stakeholders. Members of the DPER team define and leverage industry best practices, work on extremely large scale data problems, design and develop resilient and highly robust distributed data organizing and processing systems and pipelines as well as research, engineer, and apply data science and machine intelligence disciplines.



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Senior Data Engineer at Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Data engineering and data science skills combined with the demands of a high volume, highly-visible analytics platform make this an exciting challenge for the right candidate.

Are you passionate about digital media, entertainment, and software services? Do you like big challenges and working within a highly-motivated team environment?

As a Data engineer in Data Platform Engineering and Research (DPER) team, you will research develop, support and deploy solutions real-time distributing computing architectures. You will also employ your skills to deliver insights into customer and network behavior on a rapidly-growing video-over-IP platform. The DPER data team is a fast-moving team of world-class experts who are innovating in end-to-end video delivery. We are a team that thrives on big challenges, results, quality, and agility.

Who does the data engineer work with?

Data engineering is a diverse collection of professionals who work with a variety of teams ranging from other software engineering teams whose software integrates with analytics services, service delivery engineers who provide support for our product, testers, operational stakeholders with all manner of information needs, and executives who rely on data for data based decision making.

What are some interesting problems you'll be working on?

Develop systems capable of processing millions of events per second and multi-billions of events per day, providing both a real time and historical view into the operation of our wide-array of systems. Design collection and enrichment system components for quality, timeliness, scale and reliability. Work on high performance real time data stores and a massive historical data store using best-of-breed and industry leading technology. Design, develop, and apply advanced statistical methods and Machine Intelligence algorithms.

Where can you make an impact?

Comcast DPER is building the core components needed to drive the next generation of data platforms and data processing capability. Building data products, identifying trouble spots, and optimizing the overall user experience is a challenge that can only be met with a robust data architecture capable of providing insights that would otherwise be drowned in an ocean of data.

Success in this role is best enabled by a broad mix of skills and interests ranging from traditional distributed systems software engineering prowess to the multidisciplinary field of data science.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead development for new products
  • Analyze massive amounts of data both in real-time and batch processing
  • Prototype ideas for new tools, products and services
  • Employ rigorous continuous delivery practices managed under an agile software development approach
  • Ensure a quality transition to production and solid production operation of the software
  • Raise the bar for the Engineering team by advocating leading edge practices such as CI/CD, containerization and TDD
  • Enhance our DevOps practices to deploy and operate our systems
  • Automate and streamline our operations and processes
  • Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our development, test and production environments

Here are some of the specific technologies we use:

  • Spark (AWS EMR)
  • Spark Streaming and Batch
  • Avro
  • Kafka
  • MemSQL, Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB
  • Caching Frameworks(ElasticCache)
  • Java, Scala, Go
  • Git, Maven, Jenkins
  • Rancher, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Linux
  • Hadoop (HDFS, YARN)

Skills & Requirements:

  • 5+ years programming experience
  • Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Statistics or related discipline
  • Experience in software development of large-scale distributed systems including proven track record of delivering backend systems that participate in a complex ecosystem.
  • Experience in data related technologies and open source frameworks preferred
  • Proficient in Unix/Linux environments
  • Test-driven development/test automation, continuous integration, and deployment automation
  • Enjoy working with data analysis, data quality and reporting
  • Excellent communicator, able to analyze and clearly articulate complex issues and technologies understandably and engagingly
  • Great design and problem solving skills
  • Adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership
  • Keen attention to detail and high level of commitment
  • Thrives in a fast-paced agile environment. Requirements change quickly and our team needs to constantly adapt to moving targets

About Comcast DPER (Data Platform Engineering and Research):

Data Platforms Engineering and Research(DPER) is a result driven, data platform research and engineering team responsible for the delivery of multi-tenant data infrastructure and platforms necessary to support our data-driven culture and organization. DPER has an overarching objective to gather, organize, and make sense of Comcast data with intention to reveal business and operational insight, discover actionable intelligence, enable experimentation, empower users, and delight our stakeholders. Members of the DPER team define and leverage industry best practices, work on extremely large scale data problems, design and develop resilient and highly robust distributed data organizing and processing systems and pipelines as well as research, engineer, and apply data science and machine intelligence disciplines.



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Data Center Infrastructure & Services Engineer II at Comcast (Northlake, IL)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Job Summary

  • Develop the floor, rack, overhead infrastructure, and fiber and copper connectivity layouts for multiple sites with technical design and evaluation services for owned, leased, and collocation data center facilities.
  • Project Management, Vendor Management, Project Coordination & Reporting
  • Responsible for the racking, cabling, and troubleshooting of equipment within the Data Center
  • Responsible for the operational inventory of all Data Center equipment in DCIM Tools (Aperture & DC Track)
  • Installs, maintains and troubleshoots Data Center IT Assets and Cabling Infrastructure
  • Knowledge and experience of providing Tier I / Breakfix Server & Network Support
  • Ability to provide remote leadership and direction within conference bridge environments
  • Interface with & guide vendors to troubleshoot and install related server & network equipment
  • Ensure all equipment is labeled in compliance with DCI&S standards
  • Maintain work tools, copper, fiber and power cord inventory
  • Monitor & Coordinate security access within the data center and raised floor environment
  • Continued focus on streamlining Methods and Procedure for equipment deployment and implementation.
  • Minimal direction required for job duties and high performance at all times
  • 50%+ Travel Required / Properly manage company credit card & travel standards
  • Be available to support 24 x 7 shift schedules

Core Responsibilities:

  • This is a critical role to ensure the efficient and cost effective use of company resources
  • Solid technical skills relative to HSD and Voice network engineering, planning and management including experience with IP routers, switches and CMTS equipment
  • Advanced understanding of the IP protocol suite (e.g. ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, SNMP)
  • Strong grasp on server administration (i.e. Unix, Linux and Windows platforms)
  • Strong understanding of AC/DC power configurations and HVAC related thermal architecture
  • Data Center planning and engineering
  • Solid abilities using Microsoft Office, Aperture, DC Track, Power IQ, Visio
  • Proven Data Center analytical skills & forecast planning
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Must be an effective communicator, both orally and in writing, and be able to discuss both cabling and networking issues with network users, administrators, consultants, architects and electrical engineers and make recommendations and set forth design proposals based on current and future network requirements.
  • Effective leadership skills to resolve conflicts and retain high morale amongst internal team as well as vendor teams.
  • Ability and willingness to adapt and accept change with strong decision-making skills to complete project successfully.
  • Strong team working skills; Develop and maintain excellent leadership skills including proactive, customer service oriented working relationships with all appropriate levels inside and outside the company.
  • Personal qualities to include integrity, respect for others, personal responsibility, and a passion to approach all aspects of the job with enthusiasm.
  • This is a critical role to ensure the efficient and cost effective use of company resources
  • Solid technical skills relative to HSD and Voice network engineering, planning and management including experience with IP routers, switches and CMTS equipment
  • Advanced understanding of the IP protocol suite (e.g. ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, SNMP)
  • Strong grasp on server administration (i.e. Unix, Linux and Windows platforms)
  • Strong understanding of AC/DC power configurations and HVAC related thermal architecture
  • Data Center planning and engineering
  • Solid abilities using Microsoft Office, Aperture, DC Track, Power IQ, Visio
  • Proven Data Center analytical skills & forecast planning
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills


Qualifications/Experience:

  • Minimum of three (3) years' experience in cabling infrastructure and network design of copper and fiber-optic cabling infrastructures.
  • Possess a demonstrated understanding of fiber-optic and copper cabling technologies and the ability to successfully integrate the components of new and existing network infrastructures.
  • Five plus years of experience in deployment and installation of switches, routers and servers
  • Five plus years of experience in High Speed Data, Voice, IP and Data Networking.
  • Knowledge of all aspects of power generation and power distribution including facility and cabinet based PDU's, ATS's, and UPS's.
  • Five plus years of DCIM Virtual Data Center Design, to include Server & Network Placements as well as Rack & Network Infrastructure builds, augments, future growth planning.
  • Diverse knowledge of HVAC dynamics.
  • Proven experience to effectively plan project installations and forecast infrastructure growth-including ordering supplies, maintaining inventory control, and documenting processes.
  • Strong background in vendor management, managing installation teams and familiar with industry standards.
  • Advanced knowledge of all current types of networking and server hardware.
  • Demonstrated experience documenting policies and procedures.
  • Proven analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
  • Strong personal computer & IT skill sets, including but not limited to MS Office, Workfront, DCIM Tools, Engineering Design Tools such as VISIO, AUTOCAD and others.


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Eng 3, Software Dev & Engineering at Comcast (Mount Laurel, NJ)

Comcast's Technology & Product organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards.



Summary:

Responsible for planning and designing new software and web applications. Edits new and existing applications. Implements, testing, and debugging defined software components. Documents all development activity. Works with moderate guidance in own area of knowledge.

Core Responsibilities:

- Analyzes and determines integration needs.

- Evaluates and plans software designs, test results and technical manuals.

- Reviews literature, patents, and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.

- Programs new software, web applications and supports new applications under development and the customization of current applications.

- Edits and reviews technical requirements documentation.

- Works with Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specification and technical requirements.

- Displays knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, skills, and their application in the area of specified engineering specialty.

- Displays knowledge of, and ability to apply, process design and redesign skills.

- Displays in-depth knowledge of, and ability to apply, project management skills.

- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Technical Skills:

- High degree of technical expertise in Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Oracle, SQL

- Reasonable experience of working in Cloud Foundry, Mongo DB, Tableau, Kafka

- Agile methodology

Education Level:

- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent experience

Experience:

- Telecommunications order management; order orchestration



Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex or any other legally protected category.


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Architect 3, Software Architecture at Comcast (Englewood, CO)

Comcast's Technology & Product organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards.



Summary

Responsible for promoting the use of industry and Company technology

standards. Monitors emerging technologies/technology practices for

potential use within the Company. Designs and develops updated

infrastructure in support of one or more business processes under

supervision. Helps to ensure a balance between tactical and strategic

technology solutions. Considers business problems #end-to-end#:

including people, process, and technology, both within and outside the

enterprise, as part of any design solution. Mentors, reviews codes, and

verifies that the object oriented design best practices and that coding

and architectural guidelines are adhered to. Identifies and drives

issues through closure. Has in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in

own discipline. Usually determines own work priorities. Acts as

resource for colleagues with less experience.

Core Responsibilities

-Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration

-Experience with automation/configuration management using either Ansible, GoCD or an equivalent

-Ability to use a wide variety of open source technologies and cloud services (experience with Cloud Foundry is preferred)

-NoSQL experience is a plus

-A working understanding of code and script (Python, Perl and/or Ruby)

-Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-available service

-Ensures services are envisioned, designed, developed, and implemented across the enterprise to meet business needs.

-Interfaces with the enterprise architecture team and other functional areas to ensure that most efficient solution is designed to meet business needs

-Presents solutions to senior architects.

-Ensures solutions are well engineered, operable, maintainable and delivered on schedule.

-Tracks and documents requirements for enterprise development projects and enhancements.

-Monitors current and future trends, technology and information that will positively

affect organizational projects. Applies and integrates emerging technological trends to

new and existing systems architecture.

-Assists in the development of solution architecture (both tactical and strategic) to fully manage/support enterprise needs, services, systems and technology management.

-Assists in the planning and design of new or upgraded systems.

-Interacts with departments to implement improvements in process.

-Mentors team members in relevant technologies and implementation architecture

-Develops, documents and ensures compliance with best practices including but not limited to the following coding standards, object oriented designs, platform and framework specific design concerns and human interface guidelines.

-Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

-Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education Level

- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent

Field of Study

- Engineering, Computer Science

CertificationsTechnologies/Skills

- Ansible

- Puppet

- Python

- Java

- Ruby

- Cloud Technologies (AWS, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, etc)

- Networking Technologies & OSI Model

Years of Experience

- Generally requires 5-81-5 years related experience



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Data Center Infrastructure & Services Engineer II at Comcast (Ashburn, VA)

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.



Job Summary

  • Develop the floor, rack, overhead infrastructure, and fiber and copper connectivity layouts for multiple sites with technical design and evaluation services for owned, leased, and collocation data center facilities.
  • Project Management, Vendor Management, Project Coordination & Reporting
  • Responsible for the racking, cabling, and troubleshooting of equipment within the Data Center
  • Responsible for the operational inventory of all Data Center equipment in DCIM Tools (Aperture & DC Track)
  • Installs, maintains and troubleshoots Data Center IT Assets and Cabling Infrastructure
  • Knowledge and experience of providing Tier I / Breakfix Server & Network Support
  • Ability to provide remote leadership and direction within conference bridge environments
  • Interface with & guide vendors to troubleshoot and install related server & network equipment
  • Ensure all equipment is labeled in compliance with DCI&S standards
  • Maintain work tools, copper, fiber and power cord inventory
  • Monitor & Coordinate security access within the data center and raised floor environment
  • Continued focus on streamlining Methods and Procedure for equipment deployment and implementation.
  • Minimal direction required for job duties and high performance at all times
  • 50%+ Travel Required / Properly manage company credit card & travel standards
  • Be available to support 24 x 7 shift schedules

Core Responsibilities:

  • This is a critical role to ensure the efficient and cost effective use of company resources
  • Solid technical skills relative to HSD and Voice network engineering, planning and management including experience with IP routers, switches and CMTS equipment
  • Advanced understanding of the IP protocol suite (e.g. ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, SNMP)
  • Strong grasp on server administration (i.e. Unix, Linux and Windows platforms)
  • Strong understanding of AC/DC power configurations and HVAC related thermal architecture
  • Data Center planning and engineering
  • Solid abilities using Microsoft Office, Aperture, DC Track, Power IQ, Visio
  • Proven Data Center analytical skills & forecast planning
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Must be an effective communicator, both orally and in writing, and be able to discuss both cabling and networking issues with network users, administrators, consultants, architects and electrical engineers and make recommendations and set forth design proposals based on current and future network requirements.
  • Effective leadership skills to resolve conflicts and retain high morale amongst internal team as well as vendor teams.
  • Ability and willingness to adapt and accept change with strong decision-making skills to complete project successfully.
  • Strong team working skills; Develop and maintain excellent leadership skills including proactive, customer service oriented working relationships with all appropriate levels inside and outside the company.
  • Personal qualities to include integrity, respect for others, personal responsibility, and a passion to approach all aspects of the job with enthusiasm.
  • This is a critical role to ensure the efficient and cost effective use of company resources
  • Solid technical skills relative to HSD and Voice network engineering, planning and management including experience with IP routers, switches and CMTS equipment
  • Advanced understanding of the IP protocol suite (e.g. ARP, IP, TCP, DNS, SNMP)
  • Strong grasp on server administration (i.e. Unix, Linux and Windows platforms)
  • Strong understanding of AC/DC power configurations and HVAC related thermal architecture
  • Data Center planning and engineering
  • Solid abilities using Microsoft Office, Aperture, DC Track, Power IQ, Visio
  • Proven Data Center analytical skills & forecast planning
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills


Qualifications/Experience:

  • Minimum of three (3) years' experience in cabling infrastructure and network design of copper and fiber-optic cabling infrastructures.
  • Possess a demonstrated understanding of fiber-optic and copper cabling technologies and the ability to successfully integrate the components of new and existing network infrastructures.
  • Five plus years of experience in deployment and installation of switches, routers and servers
  • Five plus years of experience in High Speed Data, Voice, IP and Data Networking.
  • Knowledge of all aspects of power generation and power distribution including facility and cabinet based PDU's, ATS's, and UPS's.
  • Five plus years of DCIM Virtual Data Center Design, to include Server & Network Placements as well as Rack & Network Infrastructure builds, augments, future growth planning.
  • Diverse knowledge of HVAC dynamics.
  • Proven experience to effectively plan project installations and forecast infrastructure growth-including ordering supplies, maintaining inventory control, and documenting processes.
  • Strong background in vendor management, managing installation teams and familiar with industry standards.
  • Advanced knowledge of all current types of networking and server hardware.
  • Demonstrated experience documenting policies and procedures.
  • Proven analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
  • Strong personal computer & IT skill sets, including but not limited to MS Office, Workfront, DCIM Tools, Engineering Design Tools such as VISIO, AUTOCAD and others.


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Technical Lead at Motorola Solutions (Kraków, Poland)

Department Description


The department specializes in developing public safety telecommunication software. Our products are critical components of  Apco25 and Tetra standards-based communication infrastructure networks. We specialize in call processing focused real time software development, using latest Linux and virtualization platforms. Key areas include IP transport network programming.

We are fast-paced, highly motivated team collaborating across multiple locations in the world. We have adopted Agile and SAFe as working methodologies.




Job Description


We are looking for passionate engineers who are interested in developing their skills related to call processing and interconnectivity within an international team of experts.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Cooperation with system designers, software engineers and product marketing to create product that meets functional and service (performance, scalability, extensibility etc.) requirements. 

  • Ownership of product’s architecture, review and creation of product’s technical roadmap including improvements.

  • Overseeing  design, development and testing of product/software in our communication systems solution. The candidate will be responsible for providing direction and mentoring to engineers. 


  • We are looking for people who are passionate about technology and results-driven, who thrive in an international and diverse work environment.


Specific Skills:



  • Bachelor degree required; masters degree preferred in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, 

  • Computer Science or relevant technical discipline 

  • 7 years of relevant software development experience

  • Proven knowledge of software engineering.

  • Proven ability to design and develop real time Linux based server application

  • Knowledge of networking protocols and IP programming on Linux

  • Knowledge of databases

  • Technically competent and a strong communicator.

  • Ability to collaborate across different teams

  • English language skills


  • Additional Skills:



  • Knowledge of architecture and functionality of Two-Way Radio Systems, particularly based on Tetra and/or P25 standards.

  • Strong collaboration skills

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C/C++ Robot Brain Engineer at Aeolus Robotics, Inc (South San Francisco, CA) (allows remote)

Job Responsibilities


Work with experts developing, iterating and testing robot algorithms, in one or more of these areas:


- Robot motion planning and control


- Visual modeling and perception


- Language understanding


- Grasp planning


- Firmware programming for HW/SW systems


- Other amazing robotics-based challenges!


About you


You are looking for the place to stretch yourself, able to work within a senior, highly performant product team, and aren’t afraid of a challenge.  You are a self-starter with the motivation and skills needed to effectively operate on your own time in your own way while being responsive to the needs of your teammates and the team as a whole.



You love working on the metal and/or deep in low-level or scaled algorithmic code.  You are effective at quickly understanding and operating on algorithms taken from research in AI, Robotics, and Vision, or you have have experience with sensors, motors, and other devices.  You are comfortable working alongside experts in these areas, or are an expert yourself. You have a proven track record of delivering ideas into working prototypes at high velocity.  You have commercial/agile development teaming experience.  You've architected some serious systems and may have even been a team lead.



Flexible Hours & 100% Remote Work


These roles permit flexible working hours and are 100% remote.  You will work in a scrum-based agile development cycle. Whether you prefer contract work or a permanent position, we can accommodate you. You will be working alongside founders, researchers, and engineers to design and build first-generation robotic solutions for mass consumer adoption.


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Software Developer at Source Allies (Urbandale, IA)

Opportunity. Team. Innovation. Trust. These are just some of the words our teammates use to describe working at Source Allies.


We believe that close-knit teams will always outperform a loose collection of individuals. Our skilled teammates have each other's back, and encourage each other to seek mastery of our craft.


We are currently looking for a talented developer with experience/interest in Java. Someone well-versed in object-oriented programming and excited to seek creative solutions with our team. We develop applications for our clients, and provide solutions using the best tools for the job.


We'd like you to have:



  • 3+ years of experience in software development


We strive to have:



  • Clean, testable code

  • Expertise in a variety of languages

  • Challenging and exciting projects

  • Self-managed teams


You should join us because:



  • Full Time Opportunity

  • Competitive Salary & PTO

  • 401K with immediate vesting

  • Health, Dental, Vision Term Life and Long Term Disability Benefits

  • Team Outings (happy hours, lunches, trips to Adventureland)

  • Your own choice of slippers!


Local to Des Moines and wondering why we wear slippers? Send us your resume, and find out why!


Source Allies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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Mobile Application Developer at APN Software Services, Inc (Davenport, IA)

A minimum of 4 years professional software development experience.


Technical Requirements: Advanced knowledge and experience with several of the following technologies (note that expertise in all is not required): Microsoft .Net development using C#, ASP.Net MVC web applications
RESTful WebAPI web services
Mobile application development using Xamarin tools
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) development experience
Familiarity with mobile application lifecyclesMicrosoft Team Foundation Server for source control

Desirable skills also include:
Advanced SQL and database data modeling
Oracle PL/SQLBizTalk Server development
Native Android development experience
Native iOS development experience


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UI / UX Designer (Exciting user experience opportunity with a tech company) at Pleasant Solutions (Edmonton, AB, Canada)

Not your everyday designer position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career you will look forward to every day. Work with intelligent people in an exciting environment where every month is different.


Positions Available:



  • UI/UX Designer

  • Other Positions: We are also hiring for other positions (front-end developer, digital advertising specialist, media and marketing communications, marketing project manager, business analyst, account manager, infrastructure analyst, software developer, and more). You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.



Position Overview:



  • Full time and permanent

  • Fast moving in terms of variety of work and expectations.

  • Flexible hours (for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).

  • 80% internal projects (for multiple product lines), 20% client projects

  • Gain valuable career experience with campaigns from mature departments to early stage start-up departments, and from patented disruptive products to more routine competitive sectors.

  • Gain valuable career experience in a variety of platforms (for example: web, responsive web, native mobile phone, tablet, and maybe even kiosk).

  • Gain experience with both simple and highly complex projects.

  • Responsible for ensuring a world-class user experience in terms of clarity of meaning, discovery of features, and speed of use.

  • Will get to know our brand over the long-term to produce deep insight "wow" results that continue our brand's fast growth.

  • Interviewing stakeholders to determine the purpose and goals of new software, or starting from business requirement documents.

  • Informal usability studies like watching in-person or video usage of software to discover areas needing improvement.

  • Formal usability studies (fairly rare).

  • Creating wireframes, interactive mockups, and innovative concept proposals.

  • Collaborating with the marketing team and front-end developers.

  • Engage in constructive debate to challenge designs; standing up for your choices, while being willing to use respectful criticism, with or without the sugar coating, to iterate into even better designs.

  • Does not require technical front-end development, although positions are possible for those that prefer doing both sides but still excel at UX Design.

  • Does not involve a focus on consistency or lengthy design standard documents: we want to push new boundries, not be repeatedly tied to previous design decisions.

  • This is not a role created due to UX hype and with no understanding of its function or value: this role will be an integral part of many projects.



Requirements:



  • Highly intelligent

  • Superb spatial reasoning

  • Deep appreciation for how different platforms involve different usage patterns.

  • Gets deeply involved with challenges and will persevere at length to achieve victory.

  • Passionate about user experiences.

  • Takes pride in work.

  • No specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit and potential rather than formalities.



Nice To Have:



  • Experience with both web and mobile UX design.

  • Ability to see opportunities for improvement everywhere.

  • Pragmatic approach to balancing perfectionism with getting the job done.



About The Work Environment:



  • Friendly, non-threatening, and non-political environment.

  • Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.

  • We are a great environment for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).

  • We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for natural light and to have plenty of plants throughout the office; we care about employee health.

  • Free onsite massage therapy.

  • Private nap rooms for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.

  • Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.

  • Social events worth remembering (fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training, robotics club coming soon, etc).

  • An example of our culture: Lunch together is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.

  • Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)

  • Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.

  • Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.

  • Fast paced

  • Consistent work/life balance: mandatory overtime is very rare.


Applying:



  • What do you have to lose by exploring the possibility? Applying does not take long and we keep your application confidential (never disclosed to existing employer).

  • Apply online today at http://ift.tt/26h8tkn

  • Even if you don't have your resume updated or ready to go, apply anyways, we want to hear from you!

  • Please do not apply via email, use only the http://ift.tt/26h8tkn link to apply.


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Adwords Specialist (Exciting opportunity: great variety) at Pleasant Solutions (Edmonton, AB, Canada)

Not your everyday marketing position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career you will look forward to every day. Work with intelligent people in an exciting environment where every month reaches new heights.


Positions Available:



  • Digital Advertising Specialist (PPC, search engines, video campaigns, etc.)

  • Additional positions for various types of marketers. Tell us your strengths in your cover letter, and we’ll go from there.

  • Other Positions: We are also hiring for other positions (technical-project manager, business analyst, sales, IT, software developers). You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.


Position Overview:



  • Full time and permanent

  • Flexible hours (for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).

  • Fast moving in terms of variety of tasks and expectations.

  • Get to know our multiple brands over the long-term to produce deep insight "wow" results that continue our brands' fast growth.

  • 80% internal marketing projects (for our 5+ technology offerings), 20% client billable marketing projects.

  • Gain valuable career experience with campaigns from mature departments to early stage start-up departments, and from patented disruptive products to more routine competitive sectors.

  • Gain experience with both small and large projects.

  • Responsible for the success of digital campaign spending, and the quality of the KPI metrics and measurement methodology.

  • Use many techniques such as platform selection, keyword analysis, competitive analysis, landing pages, A/B testing, data crunching, and lots of iteration to optimize.

  • Using many platforms such as Google, Facebook, Bing, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, DoubleClick, private marketplace (PMP) negotiations, and more.

  • Wordsmithing advertising headlines.

  • Participate in brainstorming and planning of marketing endeavours, especially for early stage departments.

  • Occasionally assist with other forms of demand generation marketing, such as email campaigns and SEO, particularly helping architecting the metrics, structure for measuring, and iterating.

  • Provide reports and feedback to marketing project managers, UX designers, department managers, and others.

  • Learn about departments from stakeholders, extracting precise information from them.

  • Does not involve wasteful bureaucracy or wasteful processes.

  • Does not involve constant time-constrainted projects for clients where the budget does not allow for amazing "wow" results.


Requirements:



  • Highly intelligent.

  • Superb written English communication skills.

  • Gets deeply involved with challenges and will persevere at length to achieve victory.

  • Takes pride in work.

  • Hard working.

  • Good instincts for analyzing data to extract meaning, and distinguishing valuable metrics from irrelevant ones.

  • No specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit and potential rather than formalities.


Nice To Have:



  • Experience with PPC, video campaigns, and/or split testing.

  • Ability to see opportunities for improvement everywhere.

  • Pragmatic approach to balancing perfectionism with getting the job done.


About The Work Environment:



  • Friendly, non-threatening, and non-political environment.

  • Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.

  • We are a great environment for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).

  • We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for natural light and to have plenty of plants throughout the office; we care about employee health.

  • Free onsite massage therapy.

  • Private nap rooms for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.

  • Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.

  • Social events worth remembering (fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training, robotics club coming soon, etc).

  • An example of our culture: Lunch together is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.

  • Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)

  • Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.

  • Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.

  • Fast paced


Applying:



  • What do you have to lose by exploring the possibility? Applying does not take long and we keep your application confidential (never disclosed to existing employer).

  • Apply online today at http://ift.tt/26h8tkn

  • Even if you don't have your resume updated or ready to go, apply anyways, we want to hear from you!

  • Please do not apply via email, use only the http://ift.tt/26h8tkn link to apply.


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Senior iOS Developer at Grassroots Technologies, Inc (San Bruno, CA) (allows remote)

(fyi for this role we favor an initial contractor status with conversion potential but will consider full time candidates at the start as well.  client is based in Sunnyvale, GRT is in New York City and role could be onsite with either or remote only)


GRT is carefully searching for a new Senior Level iOS Developer/Architect to join a highly experienced and established team.  GRT’s search for this new person is focused with all of our past success factors in mind. We are looking for a solid foundation of technology understanding/potential and work experience; we are also equally interested in well rounded communication skills and confidence within client environments.


Skills & Requirements



  • 4+ years experience in iOS Engineer role

  • Strong grasp of UI design including layouts, animations and transitions

  • Experience in dealing with iOS frameworks, design patterns and software architecture.

  • Natural interest in agile development processes and exposure to full development project lifecycle.

  • Academic and proven implementation knowledge of Swift (and Objective -C).

  • Some experience integrating with remote services (REST, JSON, HTTP)

  • Some confidence with automated testing (unit tests/integration tests/etc)

  • Github, Stack Overflow and other activity a plus.


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Software Developer / Programmer (Exciting and great variety) at Pleasant Solutions (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Not your everyday software developer position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career you will look forward to every day. Work with intelligent people in an exciting environment where every month is different.


Positions Available:



  • Multiple positions ranging from intermediate up to team lead level (based on skill, regardless of the amount of experience or education), opening up immediately and throughout the year.

  • Additional positions for specialists (for example, Android programming, user interface programming, etc). Tell us your strengths and we’ll go from there.

  • Other Positions: We are also hiring for other positions (software tester, business analyst, project manager, graphic designer, and front-end GUI designer). You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.


Position Overview:



  • Full time and permanent.

  • Fast moving in terms of variety of work and expectations.

  • Flexible hours (for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).

  • Gain valuable career experience in the newest highlevel technologies (C#, .NET 5, Java, MVC7, WCF, web services, SOA, Swift/Objective-C, Xamarin, F#).

  • Gain experience with many advanced software engineering tools and techniques (code generation, object relational mappers, advanced .NET reflection, etc).

  • Gain experience with both small and large projects, with involvement throughout the product life-cycle.

  • Opportunities to be involved with higher level architecture and design.

  • Mentoring from experienced software architects and some of the smartest peers in the country, on exciting projects that you can really sink your teeth into.

  • A blend of programming methodologies (deliberately part way between agile, Kanban, and waterfall plus occasional extreme and pair programming methodologies).

  • Does not involve a lot of boring technical support or fixing broken legacy applications.

  • Most of the learning is through hands-on trying and doing and collaborating. Meetings and formal training are minimized.

  • Rarely requires meeting with a client for those who prefer not to.

  • Environment allows for some privacy at your workstation as well as time to concentrate without distractions when you need it.


Requirements:



  • Highly intelligent.

  • Fast learner and enjoys learning.

  • Passionate about making software and very good at it.

  • Gets deeply involved with challenges and will persevere at length to achieve victory.

  • Takes pride in work.

  • A deep appreciation for reusable code and the benefits of object oriented design.

  • No specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit rather than formalities.


Nice To Have:



  • Ability to see opportunities for improvement everywhere.

  • Experience with .NET or mobile development.

  • Pragmatic approach to balancing perfectionism with getting the job done.


About The Work Environment:



  • Friendly, non-threatening, and non-political environment.

  • Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.

  • We are a great environment for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).

  • We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for natural light and to have plenty of plants throughout the office; we care about employee health.

  • Free onsite massage therapy.

  • Private nap rooms for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.

  • Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.

  • Social events worth remembering (fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training, robotics club coming soon, etc).

  • An example of our culture: Lunch together is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.

  • Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)

  • Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.

  • Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.

  • Fast paced


Applying:



  • What do you have to lose by exploring the possibility? Applying does not take long and we keep your application confidential (never disclosed to existing employer).

  • Apply online today at http://ift.tt/26h8tkn

  • Even if you don't have your resume updated or ready to go, apply anyways, we want to hear from you!

  • Please do not apply via email, use only the http://ift.tt/26h8tkn link to apply.


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Director of Technology at LEO Learning (Brighton, UK)

Reporting to the LEO Managing Director, The Director of Technology will lead the development of the company's technical strategy & offer, placing LEO firmly at the cutting-edge of the marketplace; continue growth of internal capability in order to deliver on the strategy; and act as a key strategic architect for major programmes of work.


This requires envisioning the company’s technology offerings, leading implementation of applications and tools to meet business and strategy goals, and planning for risk and growth.


This requires envisioning the company’s technology offerings, leading implementation of applications and tools to meet business and strategy goals, and planning for risk and growth.


Responsibilities


Strategy & Planning



  • In partnership with the management teams, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.

  • In partnership with the management teams, review and implement best practice project methodology for different types of development project (for example waterfall vs agile), and disseminate and implement as appropriate.

  • In partnership with the management teams, review current and future skills requirement and input into talent attraction and competency frameworks.

  • Identify technology trends and evolving social behaviour that may support or impede the success of the business.

  • Continuously evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.

  • Act as a key stakeholder for sister company gomo, representing LEO in the development and delivery of the product roadmap.

  • Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritising development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services.

  • Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support company organisational needs.

  • Establish a governance process that meets government, partner, and company expectations for customer information privacy, and GDPR in particular.

  • Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide information security plan that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company’s data and servers.

  • Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

  • Communicate the company’s technology strategy for investors/board, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.

  • External support and consulting to make best use of and recommendations on how to adopt & implement technology through consulting and pre-sales.


Implementation


General



  • Collaborate with the management teams and potential customers to develop use cases (or user stories) and specifications that describe the implementation of the company’s services.


Talent



  • Collaborate with the management teams and HR to define current and future skill requirements.

  • Collaborate with the management teams and HR to define job descriptions and competency frameworks.

  • Inspire and lead LEO’s technical studio: software engineering, QA and DevOps andHosting teams.


Innovation, Propositions and Product



  • Generate ideas and participate in the innovation process and product and propositions teams to suggest new product ideas and methods of future learning, communications and knowledge delivery.


Software Development & R&D



  • Continuously, enhance the company’s software development methodology.

  • Establish a specification conformance and testing regimen based on user stories and the User Experience design.

  • Promulgate coding conventions and documentation standards.

  • Continuously enhance the company’s software development process, setting short-term objectives and assessing progress as defined by the selected software development methodology.

  • Continuously enhance and monitor performance profiling tools and procedures.

  • Continuously enhance company’s development releases.


Internal/External Services



  • Continuously enhance the company’s web-based internal communications systems, such as a wiki, blog, chatroom, project management, and bug tracking systems

  • Continuously enhance the company’s secure extranet for client access to share upload/download resources

  • Internal thought leadership


Sales & Marketing



  • Support sales bids/pitches as required

  • Work with account teams to develop technical strategies for key accounts

  • Work with marketing team to develop the external technical voice of company - social media, conferences and speaking engagements


Knowledge & Experience



  • University degree in the field of computer science, business administration, or another rigorous discipline.



  • Demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that meet consumer needs or solve business problems.

  • Hands-on experience coding in more than one currently popular web application framework.

  • Familiar with more than one software development methodology.

  • Ability to discern user requirements and develop specifications.

  • Knowledge of web standards.

  • Experience with Linux system administration and web server configuration.

  • Knowledge of Internet protocols and RFC standards, database management systems, and version control systems.

  • Familiarity with technical requirements of Internet marketing and search engine optimization.

  • Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.

  • Familiarity with consumer privacy and payments industry compliance requirements.

  • Exposure to business theory, business process development, governance processes, management, budgeting, and administrative operations.

  • Ability to work in a fast paced high energy environment

  • Experience in strategic planning and execution

  • Ability to apply IT to solving business problems

  • Experience in IT planning, organization and development

  • Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations as they relate to IT


Personal Attributes



  • Proven leadership ability.

  • Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and strong people orientation.

  • Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.

  • Keen attention to detail.

  • Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Exceptional service orientation.

  • Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.


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Sr. C# Front Office Developer ($70.00 - $100.00 p/h) at GuardX (Raleigh, NC)

About us


GuardX is a fast-growing startup that provides Proprietary Big Data, Cybersecurity Products, Consulting Services, and External Recruitment Solutions. 


Since inception the organization has quickly gained a strong reputation in the industry by providing, efficient, cost-effective, and pragmatic solutions in all three areas transversely for its clients. “Empowering Talent + Analytics” is our Ethos.


Why Apply?



  • Long term 2-year project, ongoing with a Global, stable Investment Bank

  • Great time to join since the bank is building out trading technologies for the future

  • Opportunity to work on proprietary trading technologies across the FinTech space built in-house

  • Work with highly intelligent and passionate people in a close-knit team in an exciting fast paced environment.


Our search


We are looking to add a Senior, hands on C# .NET Developer that is seeking to work in a FinTech, Front Office environment building out new functionalities across large distributed systems for our Global Investment Banking client. This is an exciting long-term (2 year) project with an expediential opportunity to take lead and also look at growing a team.


Our requirements


To be successful in this role, applicants must know basic concepts very well, such as; C# .NET frameworks. Aligned to the basic concepts, applicants must have a deep understanding of collections, (.NET collections), algorithms, multi-threading network communications and performance optimization.  


Business domain knowledge


People coming from a Pricing and Trading background that understand Order Flows, or have worked in Equities/Options will be highly suitable for the role, however people without a finance background are strongly encouraged to apply.


Skills required



  • Minimum of 8 years’ hands on coding experience with C#

  • Extremely strong basic concepts knowledge at Expert level in C# .NET Frameworks

  • Strong knowledge of collections, algorithms (time & complexity)

  • Strong Multi-threading experience

  • Experience working in a fast paced environment

  • Pricing, Trading Front office, Equities/Options background desirable

  • Innovative and entrepreneurial mindset

  • Looking to learn and embrace new modern technologies with a proactive approach

  • Team player must be able to collaborate and work as a unit

  • Problem solver, you've got to be able to work things out and make things happen!  


This position is only available to people residing within the United States or Canadian Citizens. 


For a complete job description or confidential discussion, please feel free to call Anthony directly on 917.602.7578 or email anthony@guardxinc.com Click "Apply Now"


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