Idea Crossing, Inc.

Idea Crossing is a high growth technology startup founded in 2002. We believe the collective minds of many will always be better than those of a few. Through our Skild software platform, Idea Crossing facilitates intelligent competitions for major corporations, creative agencies, universities, foundations and government organizations. We have powered prizes, awards and competitions ranging from $5K to $2.2MM in prize money for companies such as Red Hat, Hilton, American Express, Harley-Davidson, Google, Sprint, IBM, etc., government organizations such as Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company and forward-thinking non-profits and philanthropic organizations.

We are offering a software engineering position to an innovative individual to become part of our development team. Working independently and with a team, the candidate will experience all facets of a Software Development environment. The team is comprised of local developers and offshore developers. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience, to learn, and to provide additional capabilities to the team while training to become a senior level engineer.

Primary Skills
* Java web development (MVC, J2EE)
* Web application development using JSP, Java, and MySQL
* HTML/CSS/JavaScript
* Skill at working with remote objects and web services
* RDBMS experience (MySQL)

Additional/Desired Skills
* FLEX (ActionScript) is a BIG PLUS
* Experience with BlazeDS
* jQuery
* Subversion
* Development in both Linux and Windows environments
* Linux Administration
* Apache Tomcat
* Apache HTTP Server
* Experience with Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA)
* Ability to prioritize responsibilities, work to deadlines, and meet project goals
* Readiness to work effectively, both independently and as a member of a team
* Support product migration to various environments
* Participate in and support platform upgrades

Requirements
* BS in Computer Science or related area
* At least one (1) year industry experience programming in Java

About Oversee:
Oversee.net® is the leader in Internet real estate, specializing in monetizing, registering, selling and developing domain names. The company's unique optimized technology connects consumers and advertisers with highly relevant advertisements.

The company provides an array of managed services to domain investors, corporations and individuals across more than ten million web sites.

Oversee owns one of the largest portfolios of domain names in the world.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company's core brands include DomainSponsor®, SnapNames®, Moniker®, and LowFares.com™.

To learn more, please visit http://www.oversee.net.

Drupal Front End Developer - Contractor

The Emerging Business team is looking for an mid-level Drupal Front End Developer Contractor to work 10-20hr/week handling site assembly and maintenance for a series of affiliate websites.

Responsibilities:
• Site assembly

Requirements:
• Extensive Drupal and module Experience (Drupal, 4 or 5).
• Must have experience with HTML, CSS, and PHP
• Strong knowledge of web/database integration
• Knowledge of Dreamweaver and Photoshop preferred
• Ability to work in a team environment with “can do” attitude
• Ability to work under deadline
• Excellent communication skills

** Prefer contractor to work in-office.
**Please send links developed in Drupal along with resume.**


Click here to apply directly for this position. Please attach resumes and send salary requirements (resumes without a salary requirement will not be considered).

About Oversee:
Oversee.net® is the leader in Internet real estate, specializing in monetizing, registering, selling and developing domain names. The company's unique optimized technology connects consumers and advertisers with highly relevant advertisements.

The company provides an array of managed services to domain investors, corporations and individuals across more than ten million web sites.

Oversee owns one of the largest portfolios of domain names in the world.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company's core brands include DomainSponsor®, SnapNames®, Moniker®, and LowFares.com™.

To learn more, please visit http://www.oversee.net.

Senior PHP Developer
Are you smart, and looking for a stable and fun opportunity? Oversee.net is looking for a talented and passionate PHP Developer with strong Drupal experience to join our Emerging Businesses development team. Come be a part of a group of motivated and intelligent individuals, and collaborate on technologies that help shape the future of how we build websites in the travel and financial spaces. Thinking “out of the box” and having a passion for your craft is an absolute must! The successful candidate will own development for one of Emerging Businesses major travel sites. You will work closely with the Product team and Engineering Manager on the development of consumer-facing web applications, as well as extending the functionality of internal platforms and tools.

Responsibilities:
• Engineer and implement new product features for PHP applications, both web-based and those that do offline processing.
• Optimize and enhance web applications with high volume page requests, data logging/processing, and high performance requirements
• Integration of 3rd party APIs
• Contribute PHP, Drupal and software engineering expertise to code reviews and assist in mentoring of junior developers
• Implement and architect Drupal sites, including using and extending contributed modules, developing custom modules, creating and modifying themes, implement performance enhancing features, and upgrade modules and Drupal sites.
• Maintain consistent documentation between code, web pages, and product PRDs
• Contribute architecture input to new system components, rewrites of legacy systems
• Work with Product team to develop consistent usability standards across product line

Requirements:
• 2-3 years Drupal Experience, including creation and editing of modules and themes. Views, CCK (Fields), and Ubercart experience. Uprading procedures of Drupal sites and modules a plus.
• 3-5 years of PHP
• MySQL, XML and Apache application server knowledge
• Log parsing and basic data analysis
• Experience with developing web services applications
• Experience with HTML, CSS, and AJAX/Javascript (knowledge of JQuery is a plus)
• Excellent written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills
• Strong initiative - capable of working on a self-sufficient basis and able to identify areas of potential technical improvement
• Self-management - capable of prioritizing and executing tasks
• Problem solving - ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues
• Ability to work in a team environment with “can do” attitude

Preferred:
• MVC implementation experience
• Scrum/Agile development
• Active member of the Drupal community.
• Experience with other programming languages (Perl, Java, Python, etc…)
• Version Control and Linux a plus
• Experience with social APIs (Facebook, Twitter)
• BS/MS degree

Company Benefits:
• Competitive salaries and generous bonus programs aligned with company goals
• Excellent health, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Flexible schedules
• Paid company holidays and paid time off (PTO)
• Friendly work environment
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• Company paid group-term life insurance
• Flexible spending account plan
• Company stock options plan
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Free garage parking or commuter allowance
• $5,000 Employee Referral Bonus program
• Relocation allowance for eligible new hires
• Enjoy friendly competition in our game rooms
• Catered lunches, complimentary soft drinks, Peet’s coffee, food and snacks
• Oversee.net is located in brand new and state-of-the-art creative office space at the City National Building located at 515 S. Flower Street, Suite 4400, Los Angeles, CA 90071



Click here to apply directly for this position. Please attach resumes and send salary requirements (resumes without a salary requirement will not be considered).

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