UI Software Developer (.Net)

Imagekind is developing one of the fastest growing online art/photo e-commerce sites. We've recently partnered with Flickr, Snapfish, Walgreens and Costco to provide innovative new products and we've got more partnerships and cool features yet to go.

We're looking for someone that is creative and thrives in a start-up environment, and has the experience to build for scale. You'll work with an experienced management team from Expedia, Microsoft and Ask.com and have the benefit of experienced investors and advisers behind the company.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering customer-facing application infrastructure and user interfaces, and integrate with middle-tier and back-end systems
• Develop bleeding edge new shopping and product features for the existing Imagekind Site
• Develop innovative new features and consumer experiences to support third party partnerships with leading Photosharing and Art Sites
• Develop and enhance web-based back-end administrative tools to better support users, customer service and order processing

Requirements

• Bachelors degree, in CS or a related field
• 4+ years of software engineering experience in a large-scale web environment
• 3+ years of experience building Rich Internet Applications (RIA)
• Experience building complex UI interfaces utilizing .NET framework and JavaScript
• Deep knowledge of various development technologies and frameworks
• Proficiency with C#, ASP.NET and the .NET Framework
• Strong JavaScript, HTML, DOM development experience
• Some experience with JavaScript Libraries (Prototype, YUI, etc.)
• Experience in building rich web applications with AJAX, HTML, CSS, Javascript, XML and developing for high-throughput, fault-tolerant, 24x7 availability
• Knowledge and high degree of comfort with development of presentation layer, and integration with other application tiers
• Commitment to quality and a pragmatic approach to getting things done
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working well with other smart, motivated people
• Must be highly motivated and self-managed
• Enjoy entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where serious effort gets rewarded

Sr. Database Developer (MS SQL Server)

Imagekind is developing one of the fastest growing online art/photo e-commerce sites. We've recently partnered with Flickr.com, Snapfish, Walgreens and Costco to provide innovative new products and we've got more partnerships and cool features yet to go.

We're looking for someone that is creative and thrives in a start-up environment, and has the experience to build for scale. You'll work with an experienced management team from Expedia, Microsoft and Ask.com and have the benefit of experienced investors and advisers behind the company.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of the data architecture including translating business requirements into conceptual data models, logical design, and physical design
• Participating with the engineering team in all activities including architecture, design, software development, QA, performance benchmarking and optimization, as well as deployment
• Development of Stored Procedures, UDFs and other database objects
• Responsible for all aspects of the database subsystem including database development, database administration, query optimization, performance tuning, scalability, and fault tolerance
• Designing performance benchmarks and leading activities related to performance benchmarking and improvement of the database subsystem

Requirements

• Bachelors degree, in CS or a related field
• Strong SQL Server development experience; schema design, T-SQL & stored procedures
• 5+ yrs experience in designing complex database models
• 3+ years of database engineering experience in a large-scale web environment
• Experience as DBA, including maintenance plans, performance tuning and replication
• Expertise with configuring, implementing, and supporting high availability strategies with SQL server systems including MS clustering and replication
• Experience with data warehousing, data mining, Analysis Services
• Deep understanding of integration between MS SQL Server 2005 and Asp.Net, and building a SOA
• Strong knowledge of indexing, partitioning, and fragmentation strategies
• Commitment to quality and a pragmatic approach to getting things done
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working well with other smart, motivated people
• Must be highly motivated and self-managed
• Enjoy entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where serious effort gets rewarded

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Imagekind is developing one of the fastest growing online art/photo e-commerce sites. We've recently partnered with Flickr, Snapfish, Walgreens and Costco to provide innovative new products and we've got more partnerships and cool features yet to go.

We're looking for someone that is creative and thrives in a start-up environment. As we continue our rapid growth in the consumer space, we remain committed to delivering our innovative solutions with the highest degree of quality, meeting or exceeding the expectations of our customers and partners.

You'll work with an experienced management team from Expedia, Microsoft and Ask.com and have the benefit of experienced investors and advisers behind the company.

Responsibilities:

• Manual and automated testing of customer-facing application infrastructure and user interfaces
• Testing of Web Services Interfaces (API) and databases and administrative tools
• Work with peers in development and product management to ensure product requirements are met
• Create test plans and optimize test matrices to reduce required testing time
• Debugging and triaging bugs
• Gather, analyze, and communicate test results and proactively report test cycle progress and blocking issues to project stakeholders
• Review end user documentation for completeness and accuracy

Requirements

• Bachelors degree (in CS or a related field preferred)
• 3+ years of testing/development experience, preferably more
• Experience testing multi-tier, large-scale, consumer facing websites
• Proficiency with C#, ASP.NET and the .NET Framework
• Some SQL Server experience; ability to write queries and execute stored procedures
• Experience with software configuration management and release process
• Knowledge of software testing standards and methodologies, and the product development cycle
• Experience testing Rich Internet Applications (RIA), including JavaScript and AJAX
• Knowledge of web application security and penetration test tools/techniques is a plus
• Knowledge in load and performance testing tools and methodology is a plus
• Commitment to quality and a pragmatic approach to getting things done
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working well with other smart, motivated people
• Must be highly motivated and self-managed
• Enjoy entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where serious effort gets rewarded

Technical Program / Product Manager

Imagekind is developing one of the fastest growing online art/photo e-commerce sites. We've recently partnered with Flickr, Snapfish, Walgreens and Costco to provide innovative new products and we've got several more partnerships and cool features yet to go.

As a program/product manager you will own and drive the entire life cycle of new features and products from high level concept design to operational delivery and beyond. We are looking for someone that is creative, passionate about technology and innovation, and thrives in a start-up environment.

You'll work with an experienced management team from Expedia, Microsoft and Ask.com and have the benefit of experienced investors and advisers behind the company.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, research and define overall product strategy
• Managing the product cycle end-to-end including planning, execution, and release.
• Work with development, design, test, operations and executive leadership to define, develop, and deploy new product features, create custom business logic, and integrate with new systems to meet business needs
• Take ownership in driving new feature development through every stage of the product lifecycle
• Gather detailed functional requirements, collaborate with UI designers, software developers and software testers to identify feature details and document them in a functional specification
• Effectively manage trade-offs between cost/schedule versus customer benefit.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience as a program or product manager, ideally in an online environment
• Ability to creatively solve challenging business and technology problems
• Experience gathering business requirements and turning them into detailed functional design specifications
• High degree of competency with project management including: issue and risk identification and management, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communication of overall project status
• Proven ability to work cross functionally to drive the implementation of new features as well as resolve operational issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working well with other smart, motivated people
• Enjoy entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment where serious effort gets rewarded
• BS in CS or related discipline preferred