[socal-piggies] socal-piggies Digest, Vol 87, Issue 5

[Mel Raab]

Hey Jathan,

You hosted a meeting in Beverly Hills, didn't you?  So does this mean 
you've made the move to AOL's Santa Monica office?   Thanks for the 
reference to Userplane.  I hadn't heard about it before.  I know a 
project that can benefit from it, and I'll let them know.

Mel



On 5/31/2012 12:00 PM, socal-piggies-request at lists.idyll.org wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:03:43 -0700
> From: Jathan McCollum<jathan at gmail.com>
> Subject: [socal-piggies] AOL's Userplane team is hiring a front-end
> 	web	developer in Santa Monica!
> To: SoCal Python Interest Group<socal-piggies at lists.idyll.org>
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>
> Hello all-
>
> AOL's Userplane team is hiring! I share the office with the team in AOL's
> Santa Monica office, and can attest that they are smart, fun, and focused
> on innovation. These folks really have a great product and I truly believe
> in their mission.
>
> Userplane is a real-time social application development platform focused on
> text, audio, and video chat. Their applications are built on top of our SDK
> that utilizes XMPP to provide an extensible multi-protocol transport for
> real-time communication between mobile&  desktop web clients.
>
> Website:
> http://userplane.com
>
> Developer Portal:
> http://www.userplane.com/docs/
>
>
> DETAILS
>
> Userplane is seeking a front-end engineer with a passion for creating
> amazing real-time messaging solutions and experience building sophisticated
> JavaScript applications. This position will be primarily focused on
> innovation on the components and APIs that comprise the Userplane SDK as
> well as development of white-label (unbranded) experiences across the
> publisher community.
>
> In this role, you will work on our existing chat applications as well as
> creating a new multi-user, multi-room, video-enabled chat experience. The
> ideal candidate should have a keen understanding of web standards and
> technologies. Experience with the JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, ANT, AS3 is
> strongly desired. Experience with server technologies such as Linux,
> Apache/httpd, proxy servers, Node.js, WebSockets, SQL, among others are a
> plus. Experience with distributed web applications is preferred.
>
>
> THINGS TO NOTE
>
> - This is a senior-level position; 3-5 years experience preferred.
>
> - We are looking for fun, interesting, creative, motivated people.
>
> - If web dev is "just your day job", this is probably not the job for you!
>
> - This is a temp-to-perm position, so it would be hourly to start.
>
> - Once hired full-time, there is a $100k base salary with extra perks
> depending on the candidate.
>
>
> CONTACT
>
> If you are interested, please send your resume to me at
> jathan at gmail.comand I will forward it along to the hiring manager.
> Please feel free to pass
> along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be a good fit.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> jathan.
>