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We are working exclusively with a great interactive company in Long Beach, California. We are recruiting for senior people who are smart, current with the latest technology, have user sensibilities and have some strength in math, physics and programming.

Needs include:

- Senior / Lead C# dot.net Developer (2 openings)

- Senior / Lead Flash Actionscript Developer (2 openings)

- Senior Systems/Security/Network/DBA / IT Manager (1 opening)

- Project Coordinator / Jr. Project Manager (1 opening)

- PhP/HTML Developer (1 or 2 openings)

- Java Programmer (1 or 2 openings)

and more....

The company has been around 12 years and is very successful and profitable. It has continued to grow and has never had a down year. Privately held with headquarters in Long Beach, California. They also have a remote office on the East coast.

(Job openings can be for either location)

Exciting stuff with online multi-user games, Facebook apps, and a bunch of other projects in the works wihch also includes online advertising. They plan to do quite a bit of hiring this year and beyond. They work on state of the art technology producing quality products from very smart passionate people who do excellent work. They also have fun together like taking company trips, cruises, and having other fun events. It is a casual environment with some flexible hours but they expect the highest levels of professionalism and quality. Great place to work.

If you are passionate, strive to be the best, dig until you find the answer and want to be challenged then read further.

Follow these instructions:

1. Submit a word.doc or Word 97 resume to me at this email address recruiter@topresourcescorp.com with a job title in the subject line
2. Give me some idea about salary. Must provide numbers. Do not make me reply asking you about your salary.
3. Please provide a link to your portfolio and best samples of your work (if applicable).
4. Please indicate your availability (to interview and begin working).
5. Please list your best 5-7 skill sets wth years of experience.
6. Please indicate in a brief bullet how much work experience you have with online game and/or social media or other highly available customer facing website.
7. Please indicate if you could work either Long Beach, CA or Maryland area locations.

Your ability to follow instructions is a critical element of this search.
Please submit your response in a neat and orderly format.
Someone will respond to you within 2-3 business days.

Thanks.

We are working exclusively with a great interactive company in Long Beach, California. We are recruiting for senior people who are smart, current with the latest technology, have user sensibilities and have some strength in math, physics and programming.

Needs include:

- Senior / Lead C# dot.net Developer (2 openings)
- Senior / Lead Flash Actionscript Developer (2 openings)
- Senior Systems/Security/Network/DBA / IT Manager (1 opening)
- Project Coordinator / Jr. Project Manager (1 opening)
- PhP/HTML Developer (1 or 2 openings)
- Java Programmer (1 or 2 openings)

and more....

The company has been around 12 years and is very successful and profitable. It has continued to grow during that time and has never had a down year. It is privately held with headquarters in Long Beach, California. They also have a remote office on the East coast. (Job openings can be for either location)

They do exciting stuff with online multi-user games, Facebook apps and a bunch of other projects in the works wihch also includes online advertising. They plan to do quite a bit of hiring this year and beyond. They work on state of the art technology producing quality products from very smart passionate people who do excellent work. They also have fun together like taking company trips, cruises, and having other fun events. It is a casual environment with some flexible hours. Great place to work.

If you are interested in a full-time positions please follow these instructions:

1. Submit a word.doc or Word 97 resume to me at this email address recruiter@topresourcescorp.com
2. Give me some idea about salary. Must provide numbers.
3. Please provide a link to your portfolio and best samples of your work (if applicable).
4. Please indicate your availability (to interview and begin working).
5. Please list your best 5-7 skill sets wth years of experience.
6. Please indicate in a brief bullet how much online game and/or social media experience you have
7. Please indicate if you could work either Long Beach, CA or Maryland area locations.

Your ability to follow instructions is a critical element of this search. Thank you.

Please submit your response in a neat and orderly format. I will respond to you within 2-3 business days.

Thanks.

PS - This is an on going search for the "right fit" therefore please accept my applogies if I have already contacted you in the past. Also, feel free to ask any questions.

Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
Job Category: Production and Technology
Company: Fox Audience Network (FAN)
State: California
City: Santa Monica


About the Fox Audience Network:
Fox Audience Network (FAN) provides customized solutions to complex challenges in support of major advertising technology initiatives. FAN is an independent business unit of News Corporation.

Current products include:
• Ad serving and optimization, including real time bidding
• Ad workflow management and operations
• User segmentation and ad targeting
• Self-service system for advertisers
• Enterprise-class data warehouse
• Advertiser reports and business intelligence
• Publisher reports and insights
• Ad inventory forecasting
• Publisher Portal
• Internal integration of tools such as bug tracking, enterprise wiki, code review, build management, and document repository
• Exploration of future monetization technologies


Job Description:
Quality Assurance Engineer will work closely with the project management, product and development teams to review requirements and develop and execute test to ensure that products are working correctly and are error free.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
• Review requirements for new products and modifications of existing products.
• Develop and execute test cases on staging and production environments.
• Execute sanity tests to validate software builds.
• Work closely with automation team to gather requirements and design tests.
• Document and communicate issues, risks and concerns to stakeholders, developers, sponsors.
• Collaborate closely with product, project and development teams to identify and resolve technical, business, and process related issues.

Skills & Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree, preferably in CS or other Engineering field.
• 1 to 3 years of Software QA experience.
• Web application testing experience.
• Functional automation testing experience (prefer Selenium RC).
• Excellent communication skills (spoken and written).
• Computer programming experience.
• Familiarity with Java.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• SQL (introductory to intermediate level).
• API testing experience using SOAP UI or equivalent.
• Experience with web application automation testing tools (examples: Selenium, FitNesse).
• Familiarity with basic Internet concepts (http, html, client / server model, GET, POST, request / response, etc…).
• Familiarity with performance testing and benchmarking concepts.
• Able to work on multiple projects on a flexible schedule.
• Ability to work in a deadline driven project environment.
• Able to work in an Agile development environment.

Preferences:
• Selenium RC (intermediate or higher level level).
• FitNesse (intermediate or higher level level).
• Java (intermediate or higher level).
• XML (introductory to intermediate level).
• Unix / Linux (introductory to intermediate level).
• SQL (intermediate or higher level).
• SOAP UI or equivalent (intermediate or higher level).
• Familiarity with web advertising networks.
• Experience testing web advertising networks and software.
• Knowledge of Web 2.0 tools and technologies.


Please apply online at www.foxcareers.com

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