Careers at TextMarks

Marketing Manager

2007-09-10T17:26:09Z

TextMarks is an early stage company focused on making text messaging more powerful and more accessible. With TextMarks Communications Services, groups of mobile people can stay up to date and always feel close by. TextMarks Mobile Application Services Platform empowers enterprises and web developers to effortlessly mobilize their data and applications. TextMarks is an equal opportunity employer looking for passionate and talented individuals to help fulfill its mission.

www.textmarks.com and www.reactee.com

We are looking for an energetic and dynamic individual to market and promote the TextMarks service. This is a great opportunity to work with an experienced entrepreneur at a very early stage.

Responsibilities include:
- Help define future product direction (features, target markets)
- Optimize web site from a marketing/conversion standpoint
- Develop and implement marketing plan, including such aspects as,
- marketing programs
- PR
- promotion
- SEO
- Explore partnership opportunities

Candidate should have experience with some of the following (the more the better):

- online marketing.
- social networks.
- free web based services.
- targeting the 15-25 demographic.
- the mobile space.
- working with small companies with limited resources.

Junior Web/Application Engineer

2007-09-07T16:23:26Z

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Title: Junior Web/Application Engineer

SUMMARY:

San Francisco-based startup seeks highly motivated Junior Web/Application Engineer to help build next generation high traffic text messaging infrastructure, applications, and web sites. We are looking for someone who is a versatile big picture thinker who can also sit down and get the job done quickly. Competitive salary and options commensurate with experience. Report to CTO. Work closely with experienced entrepreneurs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Design and implement feature-rich and maintainable web sites for public access.
- Utilize DHTML, JavaScript, and CSS to produce modern friendly interfaces.
- Use AJAX and XML-RPC to integrate with internal APIs.
- Design data models and integrate with databases from web applications and related utilities.
- Create and integrate internal monitoring tools/reports.
- Contribute to and maintain code within core applications.
- Create offsite applications (e.g. on Facebook) to expand on core products.
- Create, maintain, and make available clear documentation on areas of responsibility.
- Assist with system administration and network infrastructure planning.
- Coordinate and execute periodic load testing and security audits.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 1+ years building web applications and associated technologies.
- Organized, good communicator, with strong hands-on technical skills.
- Team player who can self-task, schedule, prioritize, and clearly report on progress and issues.
- Linux, Apache, PHP5 OOP and MySQL database programming and optimization knowledge.
- Knowledge and experience using one or more scripting languages (Python, Perl, PHP, etc.).
- XML, REST, XML-RPC, AJAX, and similar RPC integrations with APIs.

www.textmarks.com

Senior Web/Application Engineer

2007-09-07T16:20:00Z

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Title: Senior Web/Application Engineer

SUMMARY:

San Francisco-based startup seeks highly motivated Senior Web/Application Engineer to help build next generation high traffic text messaging infrastructure, applications, and web sites. We are looking for someone who is a versatile big picture thinker who can also sit down and get the job done quickly. Competitive salary and options commensurate with experience. Report to CTO. Work closely with experienced entrepreneurs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Design and implement feature-rich and maintainable web sites for public access.
- Utilize DHTML, JavaScript, and CSS to produce modern friendly interfaces.
- Use AJAX and XML-RPC to integrate with internal APIs.
- Design and build APIs for exposing new components.
- Design data models and integrate with databases from web applications and related utilities.
- Create and integrate internal monitoring tools/reports.
- Contribute to and maintain code within core applications.
- Build offsite applications (e.g. on Facebook) to expand on core products.
- Author and maintain clear documentation on areas of responsibility.
- Assist with system administration and network infrastructure planning.
- Coordinate and execute periodic load testing and security audits.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years building high traffic web applications and associated technologies.
- Organized, good communicator, with strong hands-on technical skills.
- Team player who can self-task, schedule, prioritize, and clearly report on progress and issues.
- Linux, Apache, PHP5 OOP and MySQL database programming and optimization knowledge.
- Knowledge and experience using one or more scripting languages (Python, Perl, PHP, etc.).
- XML, REST, XML-RPC, AJAX, and similar RPC integrations with APIs.

www.textmarks.com

Senior Systems Engineer

2007-09-07T16:11:01Z

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Title: Senior Systems Engineer

SUMMARY:

San Francisco-based startup seeks highly motivated Senior Systems Engineer to help plan and drive the company towards growth, stability, security, and high availability. We are looking for someone who is a versatile big picture thinker who can also sit down and get the job done quickly. Competitive salary and options commensurate with experience. Report to CTO. Work closely with experienced entrepreneurs.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Design and build out scalable and secure network infrastructure.
- Configure and ensure uptime of live web and database servers.
- Maintain relationships with multiple hosting and bandwidth providers.
- Establish and execute general maintenance and backup plans.
- Coordinate and execute periodic load testing and security audits.
- Create and integrate internal monitoring tools/reports.
- Work with software engineers to ensure well-designed, maintainable end product.
- Help with application release, upgrade, and rollback processes.
- Assist in application optimization and load balancing for performance.
- Install, patch, and maintain cluster of Linux servers.
- Help administer internal servers (e-mail, wiki, source repository, etc.).

QUALIFICATIONS:

- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years administering enterprise-grade systems infrastructure.
- Organized, good communicator, with strong hands-on technical skills.
- Team player who can self-task, schedule, prioritize, and clearly report on progress and issues.
- Apache server installation, configuration, maintenance.
- MySQL database administration (installation, backup, query/index analysis, replication).
- Server-side PHP application hosting and optimization.
- Linux system administration.
- Knowledge and experience using one or more scripting languages (Python, Perl, PHP, etc.).
- Object-oriented programming experience (including PHP 5) is a plus.