Development

Knowledgeworx – Junior Developer – Linux/Open Source

Toronto, ON

Hi – I’m Brent Ashley, independent DemoCamp sponsor and Ajax Pub Nite host. I am a Senior Developer and one of the founding partners at Knowledgeworx.

Knowledgeworx (http://www.kwx.ca) is a leading provider of wireless
infrastructure services, technology asset management and networked device monitoring to the retail sector. Our products and services are built with Microsoft Sharepoint and custom C#/.NET/MSSQL code combined with a rich and powerful back end toolset consisting of Linux/BSD, Nagios, Mysql, Apache, FreeRadius, PostgreSQL and many other Open Source elements.

We are looking to employ two junior developers, one with a Microsoft/.NET focus, one with a Linux/OpenSource focus. We are a small shop so there will be lots of opportunity for overlap and cross-learning.

For the Open Source focused position, we want someone with knowledge and experience with as many of these elements as possible:

Debian Linux
apt package management – building custom packages, repositories
Unix Scripting – bash/perl a must, python/ruby nice to have
Web development – LAMP, Rails, CSS, Ajax
understanding of IP routing and networking
familiarity with SNMP and networked device monitoring
building Web Services (client and server)

Our ideal candidates will have a passion for technology, demonstrated participation in the technology community, and a voracious capacity to learn and grow. You will be eager to work with our intermediate and senior staff who have years of experience and in-depth knowledge to share.

We are currently accepting resumes via email to [email protected]

Knowledgeworx – Junior Developer – Microsoft/.NET

by davidcrow

Toronto, ON

Hi – I’m Brent Ashley, independent DemoCamp sponsor and Ajax Pub Nite host. I am a Senior Developer and one of the founding partners at Knowledgeworx.

For the Microsoft focused position, we want someone with knowledge and experience with as many of these elements as possible:

C# and the .NET 2.0 framework
WSS / MOSS
MSSQL
building Web Services (client and server)
CSS/Design
Javascript/Ajax

We are currently accepting resumes via email to [email protected]

markET – Web Developer

by davidcrow

Toronto, ON

markET is looking for a Web Developer. To qualify you must be passionate about technology, exude curiosity and code at blinding speeds. You enjoy challenge and seek to grow into more senior roles over time. Your initial contract will be to develop our new website. Subsequent contracts, leading to full-time employment, will be the development and renovation of our customer’s websites. You will also become the company’s IT resource and be exposed to the latest tools and techniques associated with the automating of marketing and sales; such as Reputation Management, Demand Generation, Customer Relationship Management (Sales force automation), Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing.

Responsibilities

Using a supplied design and marketing brief, design the web technology architecture for our own website, and then code, test and publish the site. Working from a design brief, renovate our client’s existing websites or code, test and publish new ones. You will also learn the technical aspects of the various online marketing and sales tools we use as part of our service, and then offer technical support to our internal users and clients.

Education

A college diploma is a minimum requirement.

Experience

A minimum of 3 years experience developing web applications.

Skills

Experience with a blogging platform such as WordPress is mandatory, along with a knowledge of Javascript, HTML and CSS. Good spoken and written English communication skills are essential. A working knowledge of graphic design programs is also needed (please your specify your skill set in your application).

Assets

Additional skills in SEO, Java, .NET, PHP and SQL are nice-to-haves.

Apply

Position has been filled.

Please submit an application in writing and an on-line portfolio.

Direct Leap – Developer

by davidcrow

We are a small but established company building telephony applications with Ruby and Asterisk. Our products are specifically designed for national, non-profit customers. Our growing, long-term customer base have used the products we develop to achieve startling progressive election victories.

Our key product is a part-Rails, part custom distributed network application with an AJAX+Comet interface. We are an Agile/Scrum shop, and do test driven development.

We’re looking to add two permanent full time developers to our growing team. We work hard, but give everyone a minimum one month per year paid vacation. Our office is in a converted textile factory at Queen and Spadina. Direct Leap is chartered as a social enterprise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship).

Interested?

Send your résumé to [email protected] with a bullet point list of your skillsets. Please describe what has helped you to be a better listener, and explain why you feel Direct Leap would be a fit.

Clouds gathering

by davidcrow

Photo by Reini68

Charles Cooper has an interesting post about cloud infrastructure and the impact it has on developers and IT professionals.

"So you’ve got a whole generation of start-ups that are basically just a couple of programmers with a couple of laptops, and they upload everything into the Amazon cloud. It’s pay-by-the-drink like utility. So all of a sudden, you have this whole new wave of Internet start-ups getting started for practically no money, right? So there is a level of innovation."

Amazon has done a fantastic job of building the foundation for the next generation of software infrastructure. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides basic services in the cloud. EC2 for computation on Windows, Linux, and OpenSolaris. Database support including Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL. Application development in .NET, Java, Ruby. The AWS platform includes computation, storage, querying and indexing, queuing, payments, and a basic CDN. More importantly, AWS is the beginning of how the next generation of developers and IT professionals will build and manage applications in the cloud.

Dana Gardner explains why the IBM-Amazon deal is about enabling the best enterprise IT channel. For IBM it’s the perfect combination of services, technology and deployment. For Amazon, it provides an additional way to monetize their investment in infrastructure for their retail business. Brilliant!

Microsoft, Adobe, Google, Mozilla and Apple are fighting for the client. Microsoft, Linux and Java are fighting for the server. Oracle, Microsoft, MySQL and PostgreSQL are fighting for the database. Amazon is not alone, there are competitors including GoGrid, RackSpace, ElasticHosts, Google and others (MediaTemple and Joyent come to mind).

One small step for…

Where is Microsoft in the fray? Microsoft building Azure (my previous post on Azure). Azure is interesting because like Amazon’s AWS to get the most out of the platform, you have to architect applications for the new services provided by cloud providers. Azure unlike EC2 does not have an easy way to upload your existing applications onto cloud/virtualized hardware. The real benefit of the Rackspace/GoGrid/Amazon infrastructures are the ability for developers to very easily move their applications to the cloud offering at a reduced cost without having to re-write, re-architect everything from scratch.

I wonder if this transition state for developers and IT professionals is the real innovation. Being able to adopt the cloud as a lower cost infrastructure alternative is extremely compelling. The opportunity to optimize your application, learn new development tools, application design patterns and underlying architecture that provides an ongoing personal investment in bettering your application and your skills.

ChickAdvisor – Developer

by davidcrow

ChickAdvisor is Canada’s leading women social media company helping thousands of women find the advice they’re looking for. We’ve grown to become a leader in multi-channel social media programs with our website, local events, video, and product review club.

We’re recruiting developers who enjoy a good challenge and want to innovate. ChickAdvisor is about to build out our web services platform including integration into third party services such as Facebook and Amazon.com. This will be an opportunity to see the immediate impact of your work within our existing community.

As a Senior Programmer you will be required to develop, test, and maintain website applications on LAMP stack.

Qualifications

Strong communication skills
Reliability and responsiveness
Ability to work with and update code written by other developers
Must be able to reasonably estimate working time at the outset of a project and meet established deadlines
Must be able to work independently from your own fully equipped workstation

Techical Requirements

4+ years of OOP/MVC PHP development.
3+ years using JavaScript frameworks such as YUI
MySQL5 and query optimization.
API: Experience using third party API’s such as Amazon Web Service is a plus.
FBML experience a plus
Front End: XML/XSLT, CSS cross-browser compatibility
Preferred; OS: Linux (Debian), Web Services: Apache, Memory Optimization: Memcache, Source Control: Subversion

If you’re interested please contact us email [email protected] with your CV and work related examples that you think are relevant.