Overview
We are a rapidly growing, well funded startup in Redwood City, CA, with an experienced executive team with significant backgrounds in Internet search, online advertising, consumer businesses, and online marketing. We’re changing the way the world thinks about online advertising with a service that’ll kick the current accepted models to the curb.
We are looking for a member of technical staff for our Applications team. The candidate will also get broad exposure to the business side, and have an active role in requirements process. This engineer will work and help us lead the effort in designing and implementing the critical features in our state of the art front-end that supports our advertisers, publishers and internal business users. If you’re passionate about applications that deliver real value, high impact business front-ends, look and feel, latest web technologies, and are interested in joining a world class engineering team you might well be the person we’re looking for. This hands-on role contributes to the organization's success through experience in web-based front-ends, application programming, and critical business systems. Qualified individuals will have a solid background in the fundamentals of computer science, applications building and high availability web front-ends.
Because we are a small team, your ability to communicate technical ideas effectively, in oral and written forms, and solve complex problems in a team environment will also be considered.
To apply for this position, please send your resume to jobs@turn.com. Please put “Applications Engineer” in the subject field. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Responsibilities
Build web-based applications – Work with latest front-end technologies to make the features come to life. We practice continuous development with releases going out every week.
Database applications – Work with a group of engineers to help design and implement business and consumer based database applications. This will support large-scale, online application infrastructure in a 24x7 environment.
Collaboration on requirements – Work with the Engineering, Product Management and Sales teams to come up with features that would help us and our clients be more productive and improve the bottom line
Experience
1-3 years of relevant experience
Skills
Must be hard working, team oriented, bright, creative, cooperative, and an exceptional problem solver
Must be able to quickly understand business logic and be able to translate into technical implementation
Experience with Java, C++ or C# is a must.
Implementation experience with web technologies is a must
Solid understanding and working knowledge of relational databases a plus
Working knowledge of latest web technologies (AJAX, Velocity) a plus.
Education
• A degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (BS) is a must.
Compensation
DOE