LargeSmall Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Developer position. Interested candidates should have significant experience building web-based applications using Ruby on Rails. Experience working with Java is also strongly desired.

Requirements

• minimum 5 years professional software development experience
• significant Ruby on Rails development experience
• skill at solving problems and getting things done
• team-oriented and a pleasure to work with
• Unix/Linux environment experience

Technologies we work with (experience with these preferred, interest in these required)

• Ruby on Rails
• JavaScript, CSS, HTML / AJAX
• PostgreSQL
• Lucene/Solr
• Hadoop/MapReduce

LargeSmall Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Developer position.  Interested candidates should have significant experience building web-based applications using Java. Experience working with Ruby on Rails is also strongly desired. The duties of this position include working on a web-crawling/content scoring engine (in Java) and the application user interface (using Ruby on Rails).

Requirements

• minimum 5 years professional software development experience
• significant Java development experience
• skill at solving problems and getting things done
• team-oriented and a pleasure to work with
• Unix/Linux environment experience

Technologies we work with (experience with these preferred, interest in these required)

• Hadoop/MapReduce
• Lucene
• Nutch
• Hibernate
• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL

LargeSmall Systems has an immediate opening for a User Experience Designer/Technologist to lead design of the user experience for a web-based software application. Interested candidates should have strong visual design and information architecture skills and expert knowledge of relevant web standards and technologies, including XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Experience working with Ruby on Rails and AJAX is strongly desired.

Primary Responsibilities

• creating a compelling user experience
• advocating the needs of users
• hands-on design and coding of templates for the application interface
• directing the UI-related work of contract/permanent designers and developers

Requirements

• demonstrated talent in software user interface design
• skilled at solving problems and getting things done
• passionate about simple, purpose-driven modern web design
• team-oriented and a pleasure to work with

LargeSmall Systems has an immediate opening for a Senior Content Manager to lead the creation and management of dynamic content sites serving multiple online communities. Interested candidates should have 3+ years of experience with online content and Web-based applications.

Primary Responsibilities

• Use LargeSmall System's proprietary technology to create and manage targeted online publications
• Monitor and improve content quality
• Identify and research leading content sources within communities of interest
• Edit and write editorial commentary

Secondary Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, and manage junior technical editors
• Research and remain up to date with relevant developments in online content
• Actively participate in site reviews and usability studies

Qualifications/Experience

• Strong problem solving/analytical skills
• Software testing experience
• Experience with content selection/media gathering
• Experience writing for the Web - bloggers preferred!
• "Power user" - used to working with and understanding web based software
• Strong project management skills (detail-oriented, multi-tasking, driving diverse issues to completion, organization and communication skills)
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced startup environment
• Basic knowledge of HTML, Web feeds (RSS)
• High level of integrity; commitment to excellence
• Effectively interact and coordinate with cross-functional teams

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with social media applications: blogging, syndication, community building, user generated content, and Internet advertising
• Advanced HTML/CSS
• Search engine marketing and optimization techniques