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Hydra LLC is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Lead Programmer to lead a small team in the development of a variety of in-house, enterprise-level marketing applications.

Job Description:
- Lead and mentor a small team of programmers in the development of highly scalable, robust web applications;
- Work with software architects during the design phase to offer insight for proposed solutions;
- Utilize experience to determine best methods for implementation of a particular software design;
- Ensure defined development standards and best practices are consistently being utilized by developers on your team by managing peer code reviews and other techniques;
- Handle merging of code from various development branches using CVS.

Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional developer experience within a team-oriented environment, including previous team leader experience and the ability to effectively motivate the team members;
- 3+ years of solid OO PHP5 experience utilizing a web application MVC framework architecture;
- Solid experience in developing high-performance (millions of transactions) and high-availability (zero downtime) web applications;
- Solid understanding of web application MVC frameworks is important, but dependency on any particular framework brand is not; the ability to quickly adapt to a proprietary framework setup is critical;
- Solid experience in traditional LAMP environments and other tools such as CVS;
- Advanced knowledge of Javascript technologies such as AJAX, JSON, YUI Library;
- Knowledge of cross-browser development techniques and hurdles;
- Solid understanding of software design, coding and testing patterns;
- Strong ability to always find solutions to challenging and often unique development obstacles;
- Experience in the online advertising industry - specifically CPA/CPC models - is a major plus;
- Excellent logic, analytical, and organizational skills with an uncompromising attention to detail;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with all department levels;
- Available to work in Beverly Hills, CA and able to work in the office five days a week; tele-commuting is not available for this position.

Compensation: $80,000 + (depending on experience)

Please respond with your resume, a brief introductory statement and your salary requirements.

Email it-jobs@hydranetwork.com to apply.

Hydra also offers excellent benefits, a casual work environment, and is known for taking care of our employees. Benefits include 401K with matching company contributions, health insurance, and more. We are a fast-growing company of over 70 individuals, including recognized and award-winning talents in the Internet and advertising space. We operate from a great location in the heart of Beverly Hills. Hydra is an equal opportunity employer.

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Award-winning, state of the art visual effects facility based in Santa Monica
seeks a programmer.

We need a mid to high level programmer who is proficient with Unix/Linux
systems and the command line in a linux workflow.

Other strong suits must include:
-HTML
-CSS
-AJAX
-PHP
-MySQL
-Python

Must be able to work onsite, available full time and weekends as needed.
Previous VFX Facility experience a plus.

Please send your resume, examples of previous work and salary requirements.

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System Administrator

Mailshell http://www.mailshell.com

Over 20 million end-users use our security software. We are rapidly expanding and looking for additional superstar System Administrators. Our company has enjoyed double-digit annual growth, in revenues and profits, for the last five years. We are privately owned, we offer generous compensation including stock options, 401k, medical coverage, flextime, and performance-based bonuses. Mailshell is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome H1B applicants and offer relocation assistance.

What We Are Looking For:
- History of excellence.
- Ability to create clear and well-reasoned proposals and aggressive goals.
- Willing and able to work independently or in groups.
- Willing to work hard, learn new skills and techniques as well as easily able to adapt to new ways of approaching projects.
- Fluency in foreign languages is a plus.
- 3+ years experience with solid references and a genuine desire to help people are required.

Technical Experience:
- Experience installing/maintaining/troubleshooting Linux and Windows servers.
- Experience with Apache. Installing and maintaining high traffic websites
- Programming languages: Perl, shell scripting, PHP, C.
- Knowledge of SQL and MySQL.
- Experience performing backups.
- Experience with imap/pop/smtp servers (Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix)
- Experience with DNS servers (Bind, tinydns, rbldnsd)
- Knowledge of virtualization software. (VMWare, Xen)
- Experience installing/maintaining/troubleshooting TCP/IP networks.
- Performing routine audits of systems and software
- Knowledge of system performance tuning.

Job Description:
- Start or grow your career in system administration
- Learn software development best practices
- Enjoy break-through technical achievements
- Be generously rewarded for contributing significantly to the company's success
- Lead the company's system infrastructure design and development
- Participate in product/software design and architecture
- Be recognized for solving industry challenges

Position Based in either Santa Clara or San Francisco, CA.

We are accepting applications for full-time employees only.

If you think you are a fit, please email us your resume.

Apply Online: http://www.mailshell.com/mail/client/oem2.html/step/jobs_engineering

For more information: http://www.mailshell.com/jobs_process

Will Steve Jobs announce his retirement? Will Windows 7 launch? Don Reisinger looks ahead to 2009, and asks you to share your own predictions.

On January 24, 1984, the Macintosh came into the world, starting a revolution in personal computing. Now, all attention is turned to what Apple will introduce next.

The Chinese government has approved licenses that will permit high-speed mobile phone network services, a move expected to help bring higher-end services.