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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:


Front End Guru

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...


Head of Business Development


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


Senior Systems Engineer


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


Software Engineer (Web Services)


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


Software Engineer (Data)


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


Lead QA Engineer


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


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Think you qualify? We would love to hear from you. Send us an e-mail at jobs@centerd.com