Check out the job listings below. To inquire or apply, please contact jobs@wetpaint.com
- Editor
- Developer Evangelist
- Technical Integration Manager
- Online Advertising Sales Director
- QA Engineer
- Software Engineer
- UI Designer & Information Architect
- UI Developer
Wetpaint is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Wetpaint
Wetpaint is a Web 2.0 startup developing a publishing platform that makes it fun and easy to create click-and-type wiki communities. Focusing on ease of use, Wetpaint’s technology is revolutionizing the way people share their passions and interests online. We want to be THE online community platform and since the company’s June 2006 debut, more than 600,000 user-created community sites have been created. Wetpaint has also partnered with prominent consumer brands within the key categories of entertainment (ABC, CBS, FOX, BET, and Viacom), technology (Dell, T-Mobile, HP, Oracle, and HTC), and lifestyle (Food & Wine, Executive Travel, Better Homes & Garden) to launch wiki communities around their brands and products.
Located in a funky loft space in the historic Pioneer Square district of Seattle, we are a small company where collaboration and innovation are championed. Funded by the same venture capital firms backing Facebook and Photobucket, Wetpaint is well positioned to change the way people interact on the internet.
Position Description
Wetpaint is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer responsible for working closely with product management and other developers designing Wet Paint’s platform architecture and product features. As Software Engineer you will create design specs and implement application functionality using object-oriented design and standard-based development practices.
The ideal candidate is passionate about shaping the future of online collaboration. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to work with both business, creative, and technical teams in a rapidly evolving environment. The Software Engineer must be a change-agile, motivated self-starter who has the ability to work collaboratively in a close team environment, has the ability to manage his or her own projects, work independently with minimal supervision, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-productivity environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in applications development from requirements and design to implementation using Java, Ruby, Web Services, and standards-based development practices.
- Act as a subject-matter expert on building and scripting capabilities and limitations, contributing this expertise throughout the company as needed.
- Participate in developing use cases and feature requirements. Contribute to task identification, work estimates, and schedules for development related activities.
- Lead and participate in departmental technical design and code reviews.
- Debug and unit-test developed software components as needed.
- Contribute to recommendations on how the company can best leverage web and other emerging technologies.
Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of software development experience with an emphasis in OOD, Java, Ruby, and standards-based development.
- Experience working with multi-threaded, distributed systems using Service Oriented Architectures.
- Experience with J2EE and OR Mapping technologies including JDO and Hibernate.
- Strong understanding of HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XSLT, Javascript, JSP, JDBC, Struts, Spring, Web Services (SOAP/REST) and other leading-edge web technologies.
- Strong experience with a variety of database technologies. MySQL experience preferred.
- Release management and quality assurance experience a plus.
- Strong patterns-based design and coding with solid debugging skills.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment.
- Excellent communication skills.
To Apply
Submit your résumé and salary requirements to jobs@wetpaint.com.