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Every day Demand Media makes it possible for people to create and publish valuable content for millions of Internet users to engage around passionate communities, and for thousands of websites to grow with social media features their audiences want. Join the company that is redefining the social media landscape! As a member of the Demand Media family, you can build a career, learn and demonstrate leadership, join a group of motivated and intelligent individuals and collaborate with some of the most revolutionary leaders in the social media industry.
Demand Media employees are energized by their ability to work in a fast paced, highly flexible environment where their decisions can have a positive effect on the companys bottom line! Our employees enjoy a diverse environment with infinite opportunity. Why wait? At Demand Media, its not just a job. Its a community that makes it possible.
Were looking for ambitious, driven, self-starters who want to be on the leading edge of developing technology and the social media evolution. This position is located in Santa Monica, CA.
About eHow:
What would you like to do? Tie a tie? Kiss on a date? Lose weight? Negotiate a raise? Win Every Time in Monopoly? The eHow database of over 500,000 articles and videos can help you. It’s the world’s most popular place to find clear instructions on how to do just about everything.
Every month, over 26 million people visit our site. We have more than 300,000 articles that are professionally written with clear and concise directions on how to do things. We also have a rapidly growing library of articles created by eHow’s members.
We love sharing our knowledge with the world and have created a platform for you to share your knowledge with others. We invite you to become an eHow member, where you’ll be able to comment on articles and interact with other members through a robust set of social networking tools. You can even write your own How To articles with our easy-to-use publishing tools that let you express your knowledge through text, images, and video.
Responsibilities:
Work with a team of incredibly smart and dedicated developers in the creation of the next generation social media platform using C# on the .NET framework.
Development of our high profile web 2.0 social networking, content management and distribution systems.
Accountable for developing new applications and making enhancements to our existing platforms which power our growing portfolio of exciting content and high traffic web destinations.
The Lead .NET Software Engineer for our eHow.com property will work independently developing new applications for our high traffic website
Write Microsoft SQL Server database queries, stored procedures and functions
Responsible for designing new application features and functionality, writing APIs, scalability and maintainability improvements
Play a very active role in the architecture of our core platform tools which are all built using C# and SQL Server 2005
Requirements:
5-7 years working as a software engineer/ senior developer/ senior programmer building scalable web based public facing sites using C# and .NET
Fluency developing medium to large scale, public facing n-tier applications
The Lead .NET Software Engineer must have a thorough understanding of object-oriented (OOP) development
Must be able to work independently under limited supervision
Sense of humor seriously
About the Position:
eHow has a no-nonsense approach to getting things done. We use the latest technologies, release often and early, encourage creativity over conformity and reward initiative.
Learn from a team of industry veterans with experience working on the web’s most popular sites
Pair Programming sessions with experienced engineers to exchange ideas and learn
Challenge Yourself with exciting projects in a fast-paced, high traffic environment
Open Source friendly & encouraged
Growth and Leadership opportunities for hard working, proactive team members.
Make a Difference as you watch your work change the lives of others
What We Offer:
Competitive salaries
Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and other benefits
Energetic, focused, and collaborative work environment
About Us: The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in Austin, TX; Bellevue, WA, New York, NY; and London, UK. Among Demand Medias many web properties are: eHow.com, Cracked.com, LIVESTRONG.com, Trails.com, Golflink.com and many more. Please visit us @ www.demandmedia.com