Senior software engineer description:
Company - The HealthCentral Network (
www.healthcentral.com)
- Work within a profitable and well-funded, late stage start-up environment funded by VC luminaries like Sequoia, Polaris Ventures, The Carlyle Group, and Allen and Co
- Be part of a small team that has a passion for coding and software development
- Work in a casual, fun environment that values creativity and alternate ways of doing things
- Build the technology needed to create and sustain online consumer health sites that provide consumer health services in a unique and differentiated way
- Gain exposure to both leading edge technology and the business that's driving its use
- All the free soda and coffee you can drink!
Responsibilities
- Execute development, implementation, and refinement of systems supporting our online sites including content management and publishing, blogs, search, content syndication, and video delivery
- Work within small development teams driving concepts through wireframes, engineering, test, launch, and ongoing iteration
Qualifications
- 5 - 8 years of software engineering experience
- Bachelors in computer science or related engineering discipline preferred
- Strong web development skills including familiarity and experience with Java (JSPs, servlets, and JMS in particular) and PHP
- Familiarity with AJAX, XHTML, and CSS
- Understanding of Apache web server, Tomcat, and the PHP module
- Understanding of XML and other W3C standards
- Comfortable working on Linux
- Highly flexible and extremely efficient, doesn't mind multiple iterations on the way to the right answers.
- Comfortable working closely with developers in small team environment on tight deadlines
- Familiarity with agile methodologies such as Scrum, Extreme Programming, or UP a plus