Can you change the thrust washers on a 1971 MGB Roadster? Have you ever fabricated an espresso machine from twigs and bubble gum? Can you play the spoons? If so, congratulations: You have no specific qualifications to join the Center'd team, but you sound like fun. In fact, if they made a prime-time adventure show about you, we'd definitely set the TiVo.
However, if you can code like the wind, weave dreams out of pixels, or build and maintain lifetime relationships with our partners, we'd like to hear from you. Center'd is a company that is obsessed with creating a remarkable experience. We want to help people by giving them tools to connect to people, find the best places, and create plans from a quiet dinner to a large event requiring volunteers and coordination. We need like-minded team members who can create these tools. We need scary-smart, scary-creative people who will not think of this as ‘just a job’. It isn't for everyone. But it may be for you.
If you think it is, send an email to jobs@centerd.com. Bonus points if we enjoy reading it. Bonus points if we see links to your work or passions. We'd like a resume, and hope you don't waste that opportunity with just a standard 'History, Qualifications, References available upon request' resume. You aren’t like everyone else, so we hope your resume isn’t like everyone else’s.
Awesome. We look forward to hearing from you.
Current Job Listings:
You are an absolute front end superstar. You have plenty of companies throwing themselves at you, right? Why would you be interested in Center’d? Well...
We have the best characteristics of a startup:
·Fast, dynamic, exciting environment
·Encouragement of creativity and truly innovative solutions
·Have your creations live on the site THAT DAY
·Smart, hungry teammates
·Company equity
And the best characteristics of an established player:
·Experienced, industry-renowned leadership
·Funding
·External interest
·A real business plan
·Industry connections
And, some icing:
·Gym membership and team workouts
·All the beverages and snacks you can consume
·Training and encouragement to try new things
·A site you can show your friends with pride
Incredibly advanced backend with a differentiated social graph and all the right touches seeks a face to match. Can you bring the heat? Can you sort through the lame and meld the best of CSS/XHTML/JS/AJAX and client-side APIs/Frameworks into something worth writing home about? Can you do it today? Hmm... Maybe we should talk.
Responsibilities:
-Work closely with our product and design team to build something different. The good kind of different.
-Work closely with our engineers to hook it all up
-Do it today, do it well, and do it again tomorrow
Your Specialties:
-CSS, HTML/XHTML/W3C DOM
-AJAX/JavaScript (Object Oriented JavaScript)
-XML/XSLT
The Foundation:
-Higher-level academic learning, with a degree to match
-You know your way around ASP/ASP.NET
-You also know a bit about C# and Microsoft .NET Framework
-You’ve done this before with flair, and have the portfolio to prove it
-Oh, and what you don’t know, you can learn with a quickness
Interested? Take a look at the top of the page and respond accordingly. Operators are standing by...
The Head of Business Development will report directly to the CEO and will be responsible for building and managing Center'd’s
relationships with partners as well as forecasting and owning key financial metrics. The ideal candidate will have a strong
track record of creating successful partnerships and have existing relationships in the local and/or internet advertising space.
A positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast paced, high energy environment are critical.
Responsibilities:
Identify, negotiate and close smart, strategic deals with partners in the following areas:
·Revenue-generation
·Content/data licensing
·Marketing & distribution
·Platform/developer partnerships
Manage ongoing relationships to develop long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships
Forecast and own quarterly revenue targets, creating and launching new business agreements/models as needed to hit goals
Set goals and measure/report on key financial & operating business metrics
Derive business insights through analysis of user data and competitive & partner understanding and provide actionable recommendations for business decisions
Communicate and collaborate with a broad range of internal and external constituents
Hire and manage star players as the team grows over time
Qualifications:
BA/BS required; MBA preferred
8+ years of experience in Internet business development, preferably in the local and/or online advertising sectors
Highly motivated, independent individual who can autonomously identify, pursue and close new opportunities and develop client relationships
A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
Excellent communicator who can represent the company in front of senior executives at partner companies as well as with media, analysts, etc.
Ability to balance competing priorities and manage multiple time-sensitive projects/deals with minimal direction
Strategic thinker with very strong quantitative, qualitative and analytical skills
Ability to remain flexible and nimble in a constantly-changing market environment
Dynamic, engaging and confident presence
Strong written and verbal skills, including great presentation capabilities
We are offering
an opportunity for career growth for a hands-on, technically strong, service
oriented systems engineer to join our production team as a senior systems
engineer, who wants to build an IT organization as the company grows. The
successful candidate will understand current and future company needs, and have
the ability to not only maintain, but also implement solutions to the company's
growing production systems.
Responsibilities:
Planning and implementation of large
scale web application
Assist in the design of, and to
implement scalable solutions as the company grows
Research/recommend/handle purchasing of necessary
hardware and software
Set high standards for efficiency and
service to the company
Develop colocation plan, with attention
to cost efficiency
Schedule regular updates for production
systems. perform regular maintenance
Ensure data security, backup and
recovery
Recommend hardware and software with an
eye to cost savings and efficiency
Provide service-oriented help desk and
day-to-day production operations
Requirements:
Expert knowledge in both Windows and Linux platforms
Familiarity with modern data center
design
Knowledge of current router, load
balancer, firewall, server technology
Understanding of cost, power, density,
bandwidth constraints
Solid scripting skills (Ruby, Python,
Perl, C#)
Solid Windows/Linux troubleshooting
skills
Strong Project management skills
We are looking for
superstar C#/Java developers who have a proven track record of shipping
scalable and robust internet applications using Web technologies. You must be
capable of designing and developing significant new functionality as well as
consistently producing on-going sustaining maintenance releases.
If you are a
creative thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, consumer-driven environment, Center'd
is the right place for you.
Requirements:
BS or MS in Computer Science, Information
Systems, or equivalent
3+ years of multithreaded server-side
Web Application programming experience
Strong foundation in C#/Java, OO Design,
Microsoft SQL Server/MySQL
Strong experience with HTTP/SOAP and
related protocols
In-depth knowledge of HTTP Servers such
as IIS or Apache
Solid track record of delivering functional
features
Excellent organization, communication
and interpersonal skills
Familiarity with scrum/extreme
programming/agile methodologies
Focus on reusability, and test driven
development
Strong customer orientation or professional
services background
Community, Social Networking, Web 2.0
experience is a plus
Does working
with terabytes of data over the internet excite you? Do you dream about
managing the long-tail of user generated data? Do you get excited about
delivering that data in a variety of applications to end users? You'll
find all of these challenges and more at Center'd!
Center'd is hiring
passionate and driven engineers, who have experience in working with large
terabyte storage systems, data delivery networks, advanced data indexing
algorithms.
If you are a
creative thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, consumer-driven environment, Center'd
is the right place for you.
Responsibilities:
Participate in design of large scale
data management systems
Build APIs that support both legacy data
sources and in house databases
Interact with web application
programmers to optimize data access patterns
Work with IT staff to optimize server allocation
Requirements:
BS or MS in Computer Science, Information
Systems, or equivalent
3+ years of multithreaded server-side
Web Application programming experience
Strong foundation in C#/Java, OO Design,
Microsoft SQL Server/MySQL
Strong experience with HTTP/SOAP and
related protocols
In-depth knowledge of HTTP Servers such
as IIS or Apache
Hands-on experience with defining and implementing
the release process
Solid track record of delivering functional
and maintenance releases
Excellent organization, communication
and interpersonal skills
Familiarity with scrum/extreme
programming/agile methodologies
Focus on reusability, and test driven
development
Strong customer orientation or professional
services background
Community, Social Networking, Web 2.0
experience is a plus
The Lead QA
Engineer will be responsible for testing our Web applications, providing
technical leadership and evaluating QA tools. Candidate must be hands-on with a
passion for finding problems and deficiencies in products under development
following a methodical and repeatable full-coverage test process. This person
is a self-starter who can work effectively on their own as well as a member of
a team. Their work is thorough, well-organized and well documented. Customer
satisfaction and product quality are key values. The position requires 3-5
years of professional software QA experience.
Responsibilities:
Build
test automation framework, black box and white box testing
Release management, performance and
security analysis
Participate in design and code reviews
to help assure testability in the product
Develop, execute and maintain test
scripts, test cases, automation tests
Report on product quality
Challenge yourself to find & reproduce
unique and hard to find bugs
Perform regression, usability, stress,
performance, security testing as appropriate
Conscientiously track bugs using bug
tracking system
Participate in product design review
Document test plans
Requirements:
BS Software Engineering or equivalent
degree
Strong analytical skills, decisive and
detail oriented
3-5+ years of QA experience
Experience working in Agile development
environment
Experience testing multiple tier enterprise
software
Programming languages such as XML, Java
& AJAX, C# is a strong plus
Thorough understanding of Web technology
(HTTP, cookies, headers, sessions, etc.)
Experience using tools such as
WinRunner, Silk, SQA Team test, Silk Performer, etc.
Excellent written and verbal
communication skills required
Be able to document and follow processes
Self-directed and highly motivated, with
demonstrated teamwork ability