Friday, October 26, 2012

Senior Developer (Ruby on Rails)



Change Anything is a web and mobile platform that helps people make significant
personal lifestyle changes. We are launching a new product, Coach Alba, which is an
automated text messaging-based personal assistant that helps people overcome the
difficult moments that derail their good intentions to change.
We’re looking for an exceptional and motivator senior developer to help us build our
product line.

What you’ll be doing:
Design, implement, and test new features and maintain existing components
using Ruby on Rails framework
Work with other developers to troubleshoot, re-factor and assist one another
Checkout, rebase and merge git repository branches
Assist in production configuration, deployment, monitoring and troubleshoot

Applicants should have:
Strong knowledge and professional development experience with Ruby on Rails
Professional experience with OO design and programming
Experience with Test Unit framework such as RSpec
Familiar with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery
Understanding of web service technologies such as HTTP and REST
Familiar with version control systems such as SubVersion or Git
Experience with Agile development techniques
Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle
Superb analytical skills, self directed, excellent communication skills
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent

What you will get:
Opportunity to join an exciting tech-startup company with a mission to
meaningfully better people’s lives
Competitive salary and benefits including stock options

How to Apply:
Send an email to Vince at vince@changeanything.com and briefly describe
your background
Attach a recent copy of your resume formatted as a .PDF
Visit our blog (blog.changeanything.com) and sign up to receive our weekly email

Internship


Job DescriptionAvalanche Studios is a Disney Interactive Development Studio based in Salt Lake City, UT. We are focused on the creation of video games based on Disney intellectual properties as well as the creation of new properties. We are looking for a programming intern to help with subtitle implementation!
Responsibilities• Write code to support in-game subtitles during voice-over moments
• Work closely with our user interface team to enhance our localization tool set
• Reliably create high quality and performance-sensitive C++ code
• Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications• Proficient with C++ with at least 1 year of experience
• Experience with Flash and ActionScript a plus
• Experience with scripting language such as Lua, Python, or Perl a plus
• Experience with C# a plus
• Self-starter with a healthy curiosity and drive
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
• Ability to dive into new code and learn quickly
Required EducationTo qualify as an intern, applicants must be currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or graduated within the last 12 months.
Job Posting IndustriesGaming
Additional InformationThis position is with the legal entity Disney Interactive.

Avalanche Software (Salt Lake City, UT) is a video game development studio focusing on the creation of games based on Disney intellectual properties in addition to the creation of new properties. In early 2009, Fall Line and Avalanche merged to become one studio. The new organization combines the best practices and experience of the two studios. They work together to continue to expand their strong relationship with Pixar, and strive towards creating the highest quality games to include feature film titles, as well as original IP.

COMPANY OVERVIEW -- Disney Interactive, the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company, creates immersive, connected, interactive experiences across console, online, mobile and social network platforms to entertain and inform audiences around the globe. Disney Interactive mission is to deliver Disney content to fans, whenever and wherever they want it, through numerous interactive media platforms. Disney Interactive operates five global product groups:

Disney Core Games produces console and handheld video games for the Nintendo Wii™, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®Portable, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment systems, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and the personal computer.

Disney Interactive Media produces Disney.com and a portfolio of leading lifestyle websites for families, including Family.com

Disney Interactive Worlds develops online virtual worlds, providing connected game-play experiences for children around the globe

Disney Mobile Games brings the best of Disney content to the mobile web, smart phone applications, and mobile games; in addition, Disney Interactive manages a Disney-branded mobile phone service in Japan in association with Softbank

Disney Social Games produces best-in-class content for the rapidly growing platform of casual games on emerging platforms and social networks such as Facebook and MySpace.

All five product groups work together to create a variety of connected, multi-platform entertainment experiences.

Technical Program Manager


O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.

As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If web and mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.

We’re creating a new Technical Program Management practice. A Technical Program Manager at O.C. Tanner is part solution designer, part project manager, part business analyst, part metrics manager, and part technical business manager. Technical Program Managers incessantly push for clarity on the who, what, why, how and when of our work. The Technical Program Manager is the leader who relentlessly organizes and guides our product development teams to exceed our business objectives, nail our customer’s needs and delight and empower the people who use our products and services.

Responsibilities
Our Technical Program Managers partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, Front-End Engineers, Back-End Engineers, Mobile Engineers, QA Engineers and others to do the following:
•             Clearly understand and prioritize business objectives and customer needs
•             Design, build and deliver solutions that will meet or exceed the objectives and needs
•             Measure and report actual performance against baseline measures
•             Work continuously to improve performance against the objectives and needs
•             Help define and execute standards and practices that enable our development teams to do this as quickly and effectively as possible
•             Create an environment that attracts, empowers and retains technical people of the highest caliber

Applying candidates must have each of the following:
•             Strong technical breadth in web application development
•             A passion for delivering user experiences that delight and empower
•             A passion for building web apps
•             The ability to represent customers in a development team
•             Exceptional problem-solving skills
•             Exceptional communication and facilitation skills
•             The ability to lead through influence
•             Strong project leadership skills
•             A relentless drive for results
•             A passion for measuring those results

Exceptional candidates will have done one or more of the following:
•             Practiced the Lean Startup approach
•             Worked on a team that does Test-Driven Development and Continuous Delivery
•             Designed a user experience for a web app and/or mobile device
•             Coded a web app that runs on Heroku or a similar PAAS
•             Started a business
•             Contributed to an open source project
•             Worked on a large-scale, international, multi-million user web app
•             Hand-coded the HTML/CSS for a Responsive website
•             Developed and published a mobile app for iOS and/or Android devices

Apply here - http://www.octanner.com/about-us/jobs

iOS Engineer



O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.

As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.

We need highly skilled iOS engineers who have a passion for creating delightful, useful and usable mobile experiences and a gift for writing clean, standard code.

Requirements
•             Advanced knowledge of iOS and development tools
•             Experience building and releasing mobile apps in the app store
•             Experience building localized and globalized mobile apps
•             Strong communication skills

You should be passionate about:
•             Building great products
•             Working on multi-million user apps

You excel if you:
•             Can lead, motivate, and inspire people
•             Have worked with REST and JSON
•             Have published multiple apps in the app store
•             Can write well
•             Are proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks
•             Are familiar with Git or Svn
•             Are familiar with Node.js, Ruby or Python

http://www.octanner.com/about-us/jobs

Android Engineer


O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.

As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.

We need highly skilled Android engineers who have a passion for creating delightful, useful and usable mobile experiences and a gift for writing clean, standard code.

Requirements
•             Advanced knowledge of Android and development tools
•             Experience building and releasing mobile apps
•             Experience building localized and globalized mobile apps
•             Strong communication skills

You should be passionate about:
•             Building great products
•             Working on multi-million user apps

You excel if you:
•             Can lead, motivate, and inspire people
•             Have worked with REST and JSON
•             Have published multiple apps in the Google Play store
•             Can write well
•             Are proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks
•             Are familiar with Git or Svn
•             Are familiar with Node.js, Ruby or Python.


Apply here http://www.octanner.com/about-us/jobs

Ruby on Rails Engineer


O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.

As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If web and mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.

We’re actively adopting the practice of separating front-end and back-end processing across our application stack.  A Ruby on Rails engineer is responsible for creating the services required to feed our Front-End apps that span the web, mobile, voice and any other great ideas we come up with.

Our Ruby on Rails Engineers work closely with Technical Program Managers, Product Managers, Front-End Engineers, Mobile Engineers, QA Engineers and others to do the following:
•             Creates domain and web services using Ruby on Rails and other technologies for deployment in the cloud
•             Defines, creates and maintains the data structures required to feed these services including relational and NoSQL products such as PostgreSQL and Cassandra
•             Ensure 100% code coverage by automated testing -- we take test-driven development seriously here
•             Clearly understand business objectives and customer needs
•             Design, build and deliver solutions that will meet and often exceed the objectives and needs
•             Help define and execute standards and practices that enable our development teams to do this as quickly and effectively as possible
•             Foster an environment that attracts, empowers and retains technical people of the highest caliber

Applying candidates must have each of the following:
•             Great experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
•             Strong technical depth and breadth in service development
•             Deep knowledge of data management issues including storage, secure transmission, encryption and transactions
•             Comfortable with continuous deployment
•             A passion for delivering a bullet-proof services infrastructure
•             A craving for high performance code
•             Keeps it as simple as possible

Apply here http://www.octanner.com/about-us/jobs

Front-End Engineer


O.C. Tanner develops employee recognition and rewards programs that help companies appreciate people who do great work.

As part of that effort, we build large-scale, international, multi-million user web and mobile applications used by companies like FedEx, Texas Roadhouse, Home Depot, and American Express. And we’re doing it with technologies like Heroku, iOS, Android, Rails and Node.js. If web and mobile apps are your thing, we’ve got that.

We need highly skilled front-end engineers who have a passion for creating delightful, useful and usable web experiences and a gift for writing clean, web standard front-end code.

Requirements
•             Advanced knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS
•             Experience building and releasing web apps
•             Experience building localized and globalized web apps
•             Strong communication skills

You should be passionate about:
•             Web standards
•             HTML5 and CSS3
•             JavaScript
•             Mobile Web
•             Building great products
•             Working on multi-million user web apps

You excel if you:
•             Can lead, motivate, and inspire people
•             Dream in browser-transforms and elaborate multi-stop gradients
•             Have contributed to an open source project
•             Are experienced with mobile web app development
•             Can write well
•             Are proficient with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks
•             Are familiar with Git or Svn
•             Are familiar with Node.js, Ruby or Python.

Apply here http://www.octanner.com/about-us/jobs

Coder needed


Tru-Friends is a start up company, Social Media with Business Applications focus.  Our CSS/HTML skinner on the project had a death in the family and he's out of the loop till end of Nov.  We need someone to come in and finish up the work he started and complete the finishing touches needed to make our target launch date of Nov. 1, 2012

If you are interested in getting involved in what could potentially be the next big thing, and have sufficient time to help us complete the projects skinning and clean up requirements by Nov 1, please contact Don Horton:  jobs@tru-friends.com  (include your CV, and number of years experience with CSS/HTML coding to skin websites and or applications, and any sample sites / projects you've worked on).

To gain insight into what is left to be done, feel free to go to:
Passcode: 123456

Please do not make any changes. Just look around to see what you can see that needs to be cleaned up so you can help us launch our offerings to market delivering and end user experience from which our members will be favorably pleased.

NOTE: ONLY THE CLEAN UP to our WEBSITE, SNM and MINGLE apps are the target focus and scope of the Nov 1 deadline requirements.  If all goes well, we may hire you to skin the CONTESTS app for us as well.  But for Nov. 1, the Contests app will just need a “Coming Soon” Pop up when clicked on so completion work for it can be done on or before the November 30th.

Friday, October 19, 2012

The Next Game Boss

We are currently accepting applications for IGN's competition show "The Next Game Boss".  We are specifically looking for indie developer's who are looking to make it big in the game industry.  

I am hoping to open up our casting efforts to University of Utah's Entertainment Arts & Engineering students.  If any of your students are interested, please feel free to pass the information on. 

Also - Here is the link to the show The Next Game Boss, Season 1.

All submissions or inquiries can be emailed to  gamebosscasting@authentictv.com

hackNY Fellows program

We're writing to ask your help getting the word out to students (both undergraduate and graduate) about the hackNY Fellows program, which is now receiving applications NOW for the class of 2013 hackNY Fellows.

The hackNY Fellows program, now entering its fourth year, is an intense,structured internship program designed to introduce students to NYC’s startup ecosystem by pairing the best technical minds with great New York startups. Local startups are carefully selected for the program and have demonstrated evidence of a mentoring environment, committing to:
   (i) a specific person (CTO, lead dev, or other technical mentor) to work with the Fellow;
   (ii) a specific place allocated for the Fellow to work; and
   (iii) a specific technical problem for the Fellow to conquer during the program.

The hackNY Fellows program includes a paid summer internship at a great NYC startup, with free housing as well as a pedagogical lecture series covering all aspects of founding or joining a tech startup. The 2013 class will be the fourth year of hackNY Fellows. Previous Fellows have come from all over the US and Canada, majoring in a variety of subjects. The key criteria for eligibility are strong ability to code and enjoyment of building. There is no requirement regarding major, and previous students have included undergraduates, graduating seniors, MS and MFA students, and PhD students. These students have worked on front-end web development, back-end software engineering, data science and machine learning, and design and UX/UI.

At the end of the 10-week program, students have the option to present their work --- either work performed with their host startups or projects on which the students have worked individually.

The program is organized by faculty from Columbia and NYU, and is advised by a board of advisors which includes academics, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

Applications will be considered as they are received at
   http://apply.hackny.org/.

For fullest consideration students should apply before 11:59 PM NYC time Dec 15, 2012.

For a brief introduction to the program, please see this video created by the class of 2011 hackNY Fellows:
   http://bit.ly/hackNY2011vid , or this description of Why You Should Do hackNY by a member of the class of 2012 hackNY Fellows:
   http://hackny.org/a/2012/08/students-heres-why-you-should-do-hackny/.

For more information about the program, please see:
   http://hackNY.org ;
or feel free to email info@hackNY.org.

We look forward to working with you!!!

-Team hackNY


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CollegeAmerica Services Inc

Company Overview
CollegeAmerica Services Inc. (CASI) is a privately held company that has been under the same ownership for nearly 20 years. CASI operates for-profit Colleges and owns Stevens-Henager Colleges in Utah and Idaho (including Independence University); CollegeAmerica in Colorado, Arizona, and Wyoming; and California College San Diego. CASI is accredited by a national accrediting commission recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. CASI is a degree-granting institution and offers degrees in Computer Science, Graphic Arts, Business/Accounting, Medical Specialties, Nursing, and Healthcare Administration.
Database Developer III
This Position will be responsible for building reports using SQL Reporting Services (SSRS 2008), Ad-Hoc reports from Microsoft SQL databases (SQL 2005/2008), third party data mining tools, and creating PDF or other electronic forms for information services. Additional work includes SQL Integration Services, database maintenance, performance monitoring, third party data integration, and SQL Agent Job administration.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
· Ability to design and execute complex queries in Microsoft SQL.
· Create reports using Microsoft SSRS 2008.
· Create and maintain Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services packages.
· Design, write or re-engineer database scripts to enhance information services.
· Create PDF or other electronic forms.
· Ability to define and implement solutions with minimal guidance.
· Monitor SQL Agent activities.
· Integrate with third party data sources.
· Help design effective Information Services processes.
REQUIRED TECHNOLOGIES:
· 5 years SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS 2008)
· 7 years writing Ad-Hoc queries, procedures, and functions in a Microsoft SQL 2005/2008 server environment.
· 1 Years SOAP development experience
· 1 year SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) development
· 1 year web services development
· 1 year C# development including web services
· 1 years XML experience including XMLHTTP/AJAX
· 2 years creating and maintaining data warehouses.
· Strong understanding of database concepts including normalization, optimization, etc.
JOB SKILLS:
· Excellent time management skills.
· Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients and customers.
· Ability to multi-task assignments.
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
· Self-starter, creative, reliable, and dependable.
· Strong analytical skills a must.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES/TECHNOLOGIES:
· JSON
· ORACLE
Company Culture
We are People-Focused - We respect the intelligence and potential of each staff member. We provide a working environment that permits freedom to think, speak, disagree, innovate, create, and initiate. We value and admire ambitious, productive people; and we protect them, encourage them, and create a climate in which they flourish. We love, recognize, and reward producers and performers. In return, we require our employees to have a strong work ethic and be productive. We recruit broadly and select the highest caliber people available-ambitious, knowledgeable, and talented managers, instructors, admissions consultants, and administrators.
Sound Values and Virtues - The ethical conduct of our employees is of supreme importance. We hold the following as values and virtues: rationality, purpose, innovation, productiveness, profit, honesty, integrity, justice, and pride. These values are the core of our ethical code. To be ethical means to apply, to work by, and to live by these values and virtues.
CREDO - We are dedicated to helping our students graduate and get a much better job sooner. This is our mission. We pledge to provide the finest career education possible and to graduate satisfied students who have greater knowledge, skills and self-esteem in the shortest possible time. Our education is high value, clear, and interesting and achieves the highest level of learning and achievement for students. We want to deliver twice as much in half the time.
Equal Opportunity Employer - We are an equal opportunity employer. No employee, or applicant for employment, shall be discriminated against in any term or condition of employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or sexual orientation. We are constantly striving to make our colleges the best they can be. As an employee, you become part of that mission. We expect a commitment that you will be the best you can be.

Please forward resume to Shamus.walljasper@collegeamerica.edu

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Velocity Software Engineer





Program Overview: 
The Velocity Software Engineer Training Program is designed to help new associates develop the skills and capabilities necessary to be successful Software Engineers. During training associates will gain an understanding of Cerner technologies and gain exposure to tools that will allow them to be instrumental in the development and support of Cerner's leading edge clinical and management information systems. 



Responsibilities: 
Cerner’s Velocity Software Engineers are responsible for fully understanding user requirements, providing input to functional design, developing applications, testing, and troubleshooting across Cerner's entire family of solutions. To accomplish their work, they use a variety of languages, including (but not limited to) Java, C#, C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, JavaScript, .Net, HTML, SQL using Oracle. 



Requirements: 
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Proficient programming knowledge

Minimum 2.8 Cumulative GPA 
Relocation to Cerner's World Headquarters in the Kansas City metropolitan area 
Interest and/or experience in the healthcare industry preferred 




Company Overview 
Cerner is transforming health care by eliminating error, variance and waste for health care providers and consumers around the world. Our solutions optimize processes for health care organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries, for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and for the field of health care as a whole. Our solutions are licensed by more than 9,000 facilities worldwide. 

Health care is too important to stay the same 
We invite you to join us in our quest to make health care become all it should be. Since our company began, we have been committed to transformational change in the vital task of keeping people well. Now more than ever, our focus is on developing the innovations that will help improve the entire health care system. Ultimately, as our CEO Neal Patterson has said, “health care is personal.” Because in the end, nothing matters more than our health and our families. 
Applicants for U.S. based positions with Cerner Corporation must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. 

Cerner Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace. 



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Programmer - Internships

Polevault Media is looking for programmers.

If you are familiar with HTML, CSS, PHP JQuery, Javascript and Magento please apply.

This is a learning environment. Here you will learn all areas of web development, gain experience,  and build your portfolio.

Apply today -

http://www.polevaultmedia.com/the-crew/how-to-apply


Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Programmer Needed


Help with creating a new database front end using Java Script to replace an existing Macintosh database.

Interested please contact:

Richard richardr@xmission.com
University Pharmacy

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Allegiance seeking Software Developer

Allegiance, a leading provider of voice-of-the-customer (VOC) solutions that help companies capitalize on customer and employee engagement, is looking for a Software Developer to enhance our existing software development team. Your primary role will be working with our customer experience team implementing specific customer requests and implementations to our software products. Our product modules are developed using primarily Visual C# and ASP.NET.
Essential Responsibilities
  • Helping to implement advanced customer requests
  • Assisting in fulfilling customer requirements
  • Assisting in determining product requirements that customers are requesting
  • Estimating time to implement new product requirements from customer requests
  • Breaking down new product requirements into smaller development tasks
  • Writing code to fulfill new product requirements
  • Fulfilling testing of new product requirements
  • Refactoring existing code
  • Debugging and troubleshooting existing code
  • Assisting with pre-sales engineering for large accounts
  • Attending meetings with customers to gather feedback on product
Specialized Knowledge & Skills
  • Demonstrated proficiency working with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and ASP.NET
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work under the constraints of strict deadlines and short turnaround times, including extended work weeks when necessary
  • Ability to take instruction and criticism
  • Working knowledge of productivity software (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Working knowledge of relational databases (MS-SQL) and database programming
Education
  • BS in Computer Science/Computer Information Systems or equivalent degree/experience
Application Procedure
Please email a cover letter and resume to jobs@allegiance.com and reference the Software Developer position.

Casting for "The Next Game Boss" TV show

We are currently accepting applications for IGN's competition show "The Next Game Boss".  We are specifically looking for indie developer's who are looking to make it big in the game industry.  

I am hoping to open up our casting efforts to University of Utah's Entertainment Arts & Engineering students.  If any of your students are interested, please feel free to pass the information on. 

Also - Here is the link to the show The Next Game Boss, Season 1.

All submissions or inquiries can be emailed to  gamebosscasting@authentictv.com

iOS/iPhone Developer - Medized


Dates: Accepting Resumes starting: October 04, 2012

Go to the link for job posting-

http://www.cs.utah.edu/outreach/iOSdev.pdf