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Pragmatic is a data modeling company seeking a proficient, energetic web developer who exhibits strong skills with PHP, model/view controllers, database integration as well as Ajax/Web 2.0. Our web applications are hosted on Linux and may use Postgres, mysql or Oracle. If you are a pragmatic thinking problem solver, we want to hear from you. Pragmatic is an emerging technology company in the area of multi-player online video games. We have a great location and a highly motivated development team.

What will you be doing?
Developing applications that handle content aggregation, apply basic NLP techniques for classification, relevancy algorithm application, and machine learning methods. All applications will run on AWS technologies (EC2, SDB, SQS) so any experience with AWS is a plus. And in general, making a significant contribution to our small and growing company, product set and customer experiences.

Must-have skills:
• Python
• Relational and Key/Value Databases
• TurboGears2, CherryPy, Twisted
• Ability to work independently
• Creative problem solving

What will really set you apart:
• AWS Experience (EC2, S3, EBS, SDB, SQS, etc)
• Linux Administration Experience
• Strong work ethic

Why should you be interested?
LOUD3R’s small team environment provides extra responsibility per person, placing you in a role where you can participate directly in the making of pivotal decisions. We work on a hybrid version of Agile development, always seeking ways to adapt to the current situation. You'll get to work on technologies involving NLP and machine learning techniques, as well as explore building real-time applications; all-in-all an incredibly exciting and fast-paced technical environment. LOUD3R just closed a multi-million dollar Series A financing round which provides both a financial stability and the necessary capital for real growth and upside.

What is LOUD3R?
LOUD3R is a real-time content aggregation platform that finds, filters and publishes the best news, blogs, photos, videos and tweets about any topic. We license our technology and content feeds to publishers, marketers, journalists who want to find, track and publish the hottest, freshest, most relevant content on the web.

To Apply: Please email resume and portfolio examples to jobs@loud3r.com.

What will you be doing?
Creating new real-time consumer, prosumer and editorial applications built on the LOUD3R API. The first project is a comprehensive overhaul of our editorial toolset. And in general, making a significant contribution to our small and growing company, product set and customer experiences.

Must-have skills:
• PHP
• MySQL
• CSS/Javascript
• MVC Frameworks
• Ability to work independently
• Creative problem solving

What will really set you apart:
• CodeIgniter Experience
• MySQL Administration Experience
• Linux Experience
• Strong work ethic

Why should you be interested?
LOUD3R’s small team environment provides extra responsibility per person, placing you in a role where you can participate directly in the making of pivotal decisions. We work on a hybrid version of Agile development, always seeking ways to adapt to the current situation. You'll get to work on technologies involving NLP and machine learning techniques, as well as explore building real-time applications; all-in-all an incredibly exciting and fast-paced technical environment. LOUD3R just closed a multi-million dollar Series A financing round which provides both a financial stability and the necessary capital for real growth and upside.

What is LOUD3R?
LOUD3R is a real-time content aggregation platform that finds, filters and publishes the best news, blogs, photos, videos and tweets about any topic. We license our technology and content feeds to publishers, marketers, journalists who want to find, track and publish the hottest, freshest, most relevant content on the web.

To Apply: Please email resume and portfolio examples to jobs@loud3r.com.

We seek a Technical Writer to join our team. The position is located on site, in our Woodland Hills, CA office.

The Technical Writer will be responsible for developing, writing, and editing materials for items such as user manuals, online help, outreach documents for the technical community, and other technical documents.

Responsibilities:

• The Technical Writer supports the engineering and technical staff in documenting research, hardware and software designs, and preparing briefings, operating procedures, business logic, business rules, and programming code and manuals.
• Specifically, this position creates, develops, plans, writes, and edits operational, instructional, maintenance or test procedures for paper, multimedia or web-based publication.
• Conducts interviews with various users and technical staff to gather data for documentation.
• Researches and translates technical information into manuals and/or web-based documents for nontechnical and technical users.
• May document engineering processes and specifications.
• Recommends formats responsive to technical and customer requirements.
• Produces products that conform to the company documentation and quality assurance standards.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of two(2) years of technical writing experience;
• Skilled in documenting research, hardware and software designs, and preparing briefings, operating procedures, and manuals;
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office Products.
• Working knowledge of PHP and LAMP (you will be tested on these as part of the interviewing process).

Education and Experience Required:

• Ability to work independently – must be a self-starter;
• Excellent technical writing skills (samples requested);
• Previous experience writing user documentation (reference guides, user manuals, online help);
• Experience developing and converting documents for online web display (web development/HTML skills);
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Please submit your application via email: careers@localpages.com, along with your compensation history and expectations. Thank you.

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