Careers•
on June 26th, 2011•
Wanted: A Talented and enthusiastic website designer who wants to help build the next generation of the Internet
At Left of the Dot Media, we’re an emerging company that is building and marketing a new domain monetization program for high-quality, million-dollar domain names. This is achieved by leasing out sub-domains and websites direct to end users (e.g. Luxury.Villa.com) and building real businesses onto the primary domain name. To help us grow and meet demand for our services, we need some passionate and driven website developers and a few website designers to help grow our new platform and our business.
Our office is waaaay out here in Maple Ridge. The way we see things. . . Maple Ridge is a growing, vibrant community filled with talented technologists and creative professionals who are sick and tired of wasting 500+ hours on the West Coast Express every year. And if you are like the company’s founders, who are Maple Ridge locals, you would like to use those the time you would have spent commuting on perfecting a work/life balance, or on building some really cool websites that have the potential to transform the Internet at its very core. If you are from Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Coquitlam, Surrey, Langley, etc. . . you owe it to yourself to explore the opportunity and save months every year on your commute.
So if this sounds intriguing and want to try and build something spectacular, then keep on reading.
About you. . .
Personality:
> You must be a risk taker who has a passion for entrepreneurism
> You must love to design, build, and execute on a project
> You must be a self starter and able to manage yourself and your projects
> You could be fresh out of school, or been around the block a few times. . . either way, you are enthusiastic and driven to make things work
> You should be someone who gets carried away simply by building something really cool, only to emerge in a couple of years and say, “Wow! Look what we’ve built together”
> You must want to work in a startup
> You must believe in the mantra of “work hard, play hard.”
> You are not satisfied with “It’s OK I guess”, but understand that sometimes you just got to “Fish or cut bait”
> You must be able to laugh at yourself and roll with the punches
Essential Skills
> 3 to 5 years of website design or website application development
> Either practical design or technology training, plus practical experience
> Very good at the latest web design techniques and programming, including AJAX, CSS, HTML, XHMTL, JavaScript
> A good understanding of PhotoShop, Illustrator, or other design environments
> Experience working in a structured development environment a plus
> Able to make WordPress sing and dance by programming custom templates, themes, & widgets
> Able to work collaboratively with other programmers whether at the next desk or around the world
> Understanding of best practices for web-based architecture, design, and SEO friendly code
> Understanding that it is not always the fanciest design that works best for customer conversions and usability.
Useful Things
> Knowledge/curiosity of DNS and Web Architecture
> Knowledge/curiosity of Domain Names and Internet Marketing
> Knowledge (and willingness) that sometimes it requires we work around the clock — not because someone is poking you with a sharp stick, but because you want to.
> Knowledge that you don’t know everything and that we don’t know everything, but if we put our heads together, we can probably figure it out.
About the Job
> Designing websites and building in hooks to our back end platform
> Designing the front end and user interface to our web applications
> Being the front end to our back office web application team
> Implementing/building widgets used across our growing network of websites
> Creating/modifying templates within WordPress templates to be used by our small business customers
> Jack/Jill of all trades when it comes to web design and web application development
> Help build really cool stuff that you will be proud to show off to your friends and family
Compensation & Next Steps
> While your salary will be competitive and based on your experience, we believe that as we build this out together, we can all share in the upside and increase compensation as revenues increase
> If you are on EI and FutureWorks eligible, then this may be a perfect fit
> If you are interested in charting out into the unknown, then please send us a recent resume with portfolio highlights (online link is fine) along with your salary expectations to careers [at] leftofthedot.com
Thanks in advance for considering us, and while we thank all those who apply, only those who are being considered may be contacted.
Learn more about us at www.LeftOfTheDot.com
Careers•
on June 25th, 2011•
Wanted: Talented and enthusiastic website developers who want to help build the next generation of the Internet
At Left of the Dot Media, we’re an emerging company that is building and marketing a new domain monetization program for high-quality, million-dollar domain names. This is achieved by leasing out sub-domains and websites direct to end users (e.g. Tuscany.Villa.com) and building real businesses for the primary domain name. To help us grow and meet demand for our services, we need some passionate and driven website developers and web application specialists to help grow our new platform and our business.
Our office is waaaay out here in Maple Ridge. The way we see things… Maple Ridge is a growing, vibrant community filled with talented technologists who are sick and tired of wasting 500+ hours on the West Coast Express every year. And if you are like the company’s founders, who are Maple Ridge locals, you would like to use those the time you would have spent commuting on perfecting a work/life balance, or on building some really cool websites that have the potential to transform the Internet at its very core. If you are from Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Coquitlam, Surrey, Langley, etc… you owe it to yourself to explore the opportunity.
So if this sounds intriguing and want to try and build something spectacular, then keep on reading.
About you…
Personality:
- You must be a risk taker who has a passion for entrepreneurism
- You must love to code and execute on a project
- You must be a self starter and able to manage yourself and your projects
- You could be fresh out of school, or been around the block a few times… either way, you are enthusiastic and driven to make things work
- You should be someone who gets carried away simply by building something really cool, only to emerge in a couple of years and say, “Wow! Look what we’ve built together”
- You must want to work in a startup
- You must believe in the mantra of “work hard, play hard.”
- You are not satisfied with “It’s OK I guess”, but understand that sometimes you just got to “Fish or cut bait”
- You must be able to laugh at yourself and roll with the punches
Essential Skills
- 3 to 8 years of website or website application development
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent technology program, plus practical experience
- Good understanding of PHP and modern application development
- Able to make WordPress sing and dance by programming custom templates, widgets, and data bases
- Great at building mashups and connecting APIs together with scripts and magic
- JavaScript + jQuery; Ajax
- XHTML, CSS
- MySQL
- Strong familiarity in Object Oriented Programming / Software Engineering
- Agile Development methods
- Able to work collaboratively with other programmers whether at the next desk or around the world
- Understanding of best practices for web-based architecture, design, and SEO friendly code
Useful Things
- Knowledge of GitHub and Yii Frameworks
- Knoweldge of WordPress
- Knowledge/curiosity of DNS and Web Architecture
- Knowledge/curiosity of Domain Names and Internet Marketing
- Knowledge/curiosity of Website Design (not essential as this is usually done by a professional)
- Knowledge (and willingness) that sometimes it requires we work around the clock — not because someone is poking you with a sharp stick, but because you want to.
- Knowledge that you don’t know everything and that we don’t know everything, but if we put our heads together, we can probably figure it out.
About the Job
- Coding in PHP on the back end of our website monetization platform
- Implementing/building widgets used across our growing network of websites
- Jack/Jill of all trades when it comes to coding and technology
- Help build really cool stuff that you will be proud to show off to your friends and family
Compensation & Next Steps
- While your salary will be competitive and based on your experience, we believe that as we build this out together, we can all share in the upside and increase compensation as revenues increase
- If you are on EI and FutureWorks eligible, then this may be a perfect fit
- If you are interested in charting out into the unknown, then please send us a recent resume (online link is fine) along with your salary expectations to careers@leftofthedot.com
- Thanks in advance for considering us, and while we thank all those who apply, only those who are being considered may be contacted.
Learn more about us at www.LeftOfTheDot.com
Careers•
on October 15th, 2010•
Wanted: One geek with a penchant for web development, entrepreneurism, and network infrastructure.
We’re a Vancouver-area, angel-backed startup who needs a lead technologist to join our early stage venture. Still in closed Beta, we are launching a new domain monetization program for high-quality, generic domain names. Learn more about us at www.LeftOfTheDot.com.
If you want to join a company in the early days while we try to build something spectacular, then keep on reading. If this does not sound like you, then best of luck in your drab, gray cubicle and somewhat boring existence. With us, you won’t have a cubicle. While we have an office that we use occasionally (Gastown), you will have the flexibility of telecommuting from your home as long as we see you once or twice or as circumstances dictate.
While we feel the opportunity and upside is enormous, your day-to-day responsibility will be:
- Planning our technology roadmap and future products
- Coding in PHP, Java, or other languages (hey you tell us… you’re the technologist!)
- Managing offshore resources who complement your skills and take on some of the “busy” work
- Automating tasks and workflows to help us build a repeatable, scalable business model
- Building out our web application and client dashboard
- Working within our network infrastructure, DNS configurations, and data center to ensure that we are up and running at all times
- Living and breathing internet technologies and business operations. You will be the guy/gal that we turn to when things go wrong or when an opinion on what to do next is required. You should be a Jack /Jill of all trades
- Provide overall technical guidance, leadership, and insights
- Help build really cool stuff that you will be proud to show off to your friends and family
Personality
- You must want to work in a startup. Previous startup experience is desired
- You must be a risk taker who has a passion for entrepreneurism
- You must love to code and execute on a project
- You must be a self starter and able to manage yourself and your projects
- You should be someone who gets carried away simply by building something really cool, only to emerge in a couple of years and say, “Wow! Look what we’ve built together”
- You must be able to laugh at yourself and roll with the punches
Essential Skills
- Senior-level PHP 5.2+
- Able to make WordPress sing and dance by programming custom templates, widgets, and data bases
- JavaScript + jQuery; Ajax
- XHTML, CSS
- MySQL
- XML, APIs, DNS, SEO, JKLMNOP
- [Note: We would have inserted another cool acronym here if we already had a Lead Technologist to tell us what we needed]
- Strong familiarity in Object Oriented Programming / Software Engineering
- Able to communicate technical requirements to programmers around the world in ways that they can understand
- Fluency in best practices for web-based architecture and design
Useful Things
- Knowledge of Domain Names and Internet Marketing
- Knowledge of Website Design (not essential as we currently outsource this)
- Knowledge of content management systems and web development frameworks
- Knowledge (and willingness) that sometimes it requires we work around the clock — not because someone is poking you with a sharp stick, but because you want to.
- Knowledge that you don’t know everything and that we don’t know everything, but if we put our heads together, we can probably figure it out.
Compensation & Next Steps
- See first paragraph where we mentioned the words “early stage”, “start-up”, and “beta” more often than necessary. However, we also mentioned “angel-backed”, which means that we have some funds, though not a lot. As we build this out together, we can all share in the upside and increase compensation as revenues increase. If you are on EI and FutureWorks eligible, then this may be a perfect fit
If you are interested in charting the unknown, then please send us a recent resume (online is fine) along with your salary expectations to careers@leftofthedot.com
Thanks in advance for considering us, and while we thank all those who apply, only those who are being considered may be contacted.
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