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