We are looking for a technical lead/Co-Founder for our start-up based on the East Coast. The two of us have math and econ backgrounds. Since our business involves heavy programming, we seek a technical Co-Founder in order to get our venture rolling ASAP. Our goal is to find the right partner to develop this business with. While equity will be the initial major compensation, a nice salary will soon complement. If you are a geek, love your freedom, and are willing to take a risk, keep on reading.
As a potential Co-Founder, you need to be the entrepreneurial, adventurous and creative. If you do have a penchant for taking risks and creating cool products that could change the world (or at least the web experience), this position is for you. You should be comfortable making executive decisions in a T-shirt and jeans. At first, your decisions will be of the cuisine variety (ie where to order delivery from) but will quickly escalate to far more significant tasks, such as building your tech team. Basically, we are looking for a leader with a passion for tech and a lack of fear.
Our business will involve creating a browser bar, so you should have an idea how that works. You also should be familiar with the social-media environment, which plays an essential role in our business.
You should possess these technical skills:
A deep understanding about how browser toolbars are created
Expert knowledge of JavaScript, with and without library code
Understanding of server programming, streaming and cloud computing
A solid understanding of CSS / HTML
CMS Systems (could be Drupal)
In-depth experience with scripting languages (probably PHP): 2+ yrs.
Object Oriented Programming & Design skills.
JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
Experience with LAMP stack, including database management systems (probably MySQL), queries and deployment.
Apache server configuration experience.
User and test-driven development methodologies
Facebook API, Ajax, Amazon S3
iPhone/Android development a bonus
Experience of building consumer/social web products a bonus
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
If you meet most of the requirements, have the personality mentioned above, and, most importantly, are curious about what we look to create, hit us up at: mshkediandtmueller [at] gmail [dot] com