Details: Boston
start-up, 10 week paid software engineering internship, begins June 2009 Link: http://www.groupspeak.com/jobs Company Description: Groupspeak.com is a messaging service
that organizes conversations around locations, keywords, and groups. It enables
you to pinpoint conversational areas that are otherwise unavailable through
private messaging clients or chat rooms.
In 2008, we were top winners in the I3 Harvard Innovation
Challenge, and featured in Popular Science. Job Description:
We are looking for highly motivated undergraduates or recent graduates with
Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent experience to become involved with
a start-up this summer. We have
many interesting technical challenges; from delivering mobile applications to tuning
and managing back-end systems that will handle millions of messages. Over a 10 week time period, we will be
focused on refining Groupspeak's global platform for real-time message
filtering and launching internationally. You will gain real-world software engineering experience,
learning how to build highly scalable web services on a diverse open-source
software stack. This summer, help make Groupspeak’s innovative technology
even better. Requirements: - BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience - Solid fundamentals in algorithms - Strong programming skills in Java, C, C++, and/or
object-oriented PHP Preferences: - Experience with a RDBMS (PostgreSQL preferred) - Web development experience (_javascript_, (X)HTML and CSS) - Strong Unix/Linux skills - Experience with mobile development (Java ME, Android,
Blackberry or iPhone) Java, C, PostgreSQL, Unix/Linux, Mobile, Web Contact: Please
send resume and cover letter to jobs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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