[vox-jobs] Fwd: REferral and Job Opportunity [Box.net, Palo Alto, Sr SW Eng & Sr Web Dev]

[Bill Kendrick]

Marni asked me to post this to LUGOD's jobs list. (It's different
from the one the other day.)

-bill!

----- Forwarded message from Marni Mires <Marni at Questgroups.com> -----

Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:48:40 -0800
From: "Marni Mires" <Marni at Questgroups.com>
Subject: REferral and Job Opportunity
To: "Bill Kendrick" <bill at newbreedsoftware.com>

Bill,

Good morning.  I wanted to follow up with you I am doing some work for
a company called Box.net (www.box.net).  They are located in Palo
Alto, CA and looking for both a Senior Software Engineer (C++/PHP) and
a Senior Web Developer.  Below is more information on the company and
the job description.  If you know of anyone who would be interested,
feel free to forward this along as we have a $1000 referral fee. If
you are interested, please send me your updated resume. Thanks and I
look forward to hearing from you.

Box.net (www.box.net)

LOCATION: Palo Alto, CA

FOUNDED: 2005

INVESTORS: Draper Fisher Jurvetson and U.S. Venture Partners.

DETAILS:is a leading provider of tools for managing and sharing data
online. The service enables users to share, access, and collaborate on
files of any type from anywhere. Box.net is the first web-native
system for access and collaboration which allows a broad array of
functionality. With over 2 million users, over 1 million files served
every day, and more than 1000 developers in the Box Enabled Network,
the service is used by individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 1000
companies

1.) Senior Software Engineer



Founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, the fast-growing team
has established Box.net as one of the most popular and trusted web-
based services for accessing and sharing content from anywhere. Today,
more than 2 million individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 1000
companies around the world use Box to easily connect with the content
and people that matter most.



Box.net has an immediate opening for an experienced Senior Software
Engineer.  You should have extensive experience in web development
frameworks and back-end systems that give you the know-how to design
and execute projects which work seamlessly in Box's environment of a
massive storage cloud over multiple datacenters.  You'll work closely
with a team of smart, dedicated, passionate engineers, who are
committed to improve the way people collaborate.  You should thrive in
a dynamic start-up environment which develops features on fast-paced
timelines, continually outpacing the competition and delivering for
our customers.  All this among frequent opportunities to expand and
enhance your technical and leadership skills.



You will focus on the following job responsibilities:

- Develop the Box architecture for massive scaling and distribution

- Implement new product features in C/C++, PHP, and MySQL in an Apache/ Linux environment

- Design and implement features at all levels, from architecture to algorithm

- Participate in product feature reviews

- Provide technical guidance to other team members

- Enhance and maintain existing product capabilities

- Provide project schedule estimates and milestones





Skills and Experience required:

- Solid experience with all aspects for the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack

- Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve performance issues throughout the technology stack

- Proficient in C/C++ and PHP;  Knowledge of JavaScript/CSS a plus

- Familiarity with MVC architecture

- Solid understanding of object-oriented software design

- BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering


2.) Web Developer

Founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith, the fast-growing team
has established Box.net as one of the most popular and trusted web-
based services for accessing and sharing content from anywhere. Today,
more than 2 million individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500
companies around the world use Box to easily connect with the content
and people that matter most.



Box.net has an immediate opening for an experienced Web Developer.   

You should have extensive experience in web development frameworks and
high-traffic consumer websites that give you the know-how to design

and execute projects which work seamlessly in Box's environment.   

You'll work closely with a team of smart, dedicated, passionate  

engineers, who are committed to improve the way people collaborate.   

You should thrive in a dynamic start-up environment which develops
features on fast-paced timelines, continually outpacing the
competition and delivering for our customers.  All this among frequent
opportunities to expand and enhance your technical and leadership
skills.



Responsibilities:

- Implement new product features in PHP, MySQL, Javascript and CSS in
an Apache/Linux environment

- Enhance and maintain existing product capabilities

- Provide project schedule estimates and milestones

- Design and implement features at all levels, from architecture to algorithm

- Participate in product feature reviews

- Provide technical guidance to other team members



Skills and Experience required:

- Solid experience working with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack

- Proficient in PHP object-oriented implementations; knowledge of Java
or C/C++ a plus

- Extensive experience using and optimizing AJAX/Javascript/CSS on a
high-traffic site

- Familiarity with MVC architecture

- Solid understanding of object-oriented software design

- BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering


Marni Mires
 Recruiter
 Quest Groups 
Marni at questgroups.com



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