June 7, 2011
Amit Gupta at Photojojo has six open positions including Product Buyer and Senior Web Developer

These jobs are worth a look especially if you’re an interesting person, but lack technical skills, or otherwise someone who wants to work from anywhere. Amit Gupta has a couple of positions to accomodate a wider range of candidates than others I typically post to this list. He needs plenty of technical people, too.

Photojojo is a very popular newsletter and store for photographers and DIY crafters (I just noticed that 560 people follow them on Svpply, plus they have 48,000 friends on FB). They’ve also published a book and invented a photo time capsule service.

Amit and I met 12 years ago when founded a service call The Daily Jolt which was the first community platform for college students — I organized the Wake Forest set of pages. I consider him one of the pioneers of the social Internet.

These jobs are special because Amit optimizes for lifestyle. You will be involved with avant-garde technology and design, though unusually, especially in these days of a new Internet klondike, in a relaxed and respectful environment that emphasizes the importance of a balanced schedule.

Interested? See these job descriptions and application details.

8:43am  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/6282960321/amit-gupta-at-photojojo-has-six-open-positions
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May 15, 2011
I need three hires: Game Developer, AR Developer and 3D Modeler/Animator

I’m collaborating with Encyclopedia Pictura to develop an augmented reality app. EP will direct artwork and gameplay, so you can count on the experience to be a stunning complement to your work. We’ll release iOS first, then Android.

We need three more folks to get started. It would be best if everyone is based in or able to immediately relocate to the Bay Area, but we’ll make telecommuting work if absolutely necessary. These are contract positions with options to continue full-time should we all like each other and work productively.

I’m keeping the requirements thin because you already know who you are.

AR Developer
Expertise with various AR toolkits including PTAM libraries.

Game Developer
 Ideally developed and published an app using Unity. Interest in developing AR, too, is a given.

3D Modeler/Animator
Generalist who can model, skin, rig, and animate in MAYA, 3DS Max, or XSI. Modeling and animation needed for various props and 1 character.  Experience with video game development workflow a must.

Please share with me links to your work.

7:58pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/5527965375/i-need-three-hires-game-developer-ar-developer-and-3d
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Filed under: sf augmented reality 
April 20, 2011
Jason Putorti at Votizen is hiring a developer in Mountain View

I finally ran into Jason at SXSW11 after years of being encouraged to meet him. He is, afterall, the original designer of Mint and praised for his heartfelt devotion to his work. He lived up to the hype.

His passion for his new project, Votizen, is refreshing, especially in the context of this klondike startup atmosphere where so many entrepreneurs are focused on quick flips. It’s clear to me that Jason’s horizon for this project is long, I admire folks that commit so effortlessly.

Votizen is a platform to make policy, voting, and elected officials more accessible. With one-click, your voting history is retrieved, your representatives are identified, and you’re provided with simple tools to share your stance with them.

They’ve assembled a deck for prospective engineers to review before applying. Most pertinent information is there.

8:43pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/4791595865/jason-putorti-at-votizen-is-hiring-a-developer-in
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Filed under: sf developer 
August 3, 2010
Kunal Shah at RentJuice is hiring a Web Developer and a Designer in San Francisco

Kunal Shah was the first technical hire at Connected Ventures, joining as Lead Developer, and ultimately rose to be VP of R&D managing 10 co-workers before he left a couple of years ago to found RentJuice in San Francisco with David Vivero. Their service makes it easy to list and rent apartments.

My favorite memory of Kunal occurred soon after he joined. Revved up by having another teammate, we set an aggressive deadline to rewrite, redesign and relaunch CollegeHumor in about 6 weeks. Halfway through, Kunal and I found ourselves staying later and later at the office, now knowing full well that the self-imposed deadline was too aggressive. Only half-kidding, he proposed a rule that for every day we exceeded the deadline, we should stay one hour later than the night before. I accepted and a week later we were at the point where we had to bring sleeping bags to our grungy little office, which inaugurated a tradition now known as “Killweek” which involves bunkering down and camping out in the office for a week of bonding over work. On this occasion, on the final night, we worked through until 7am. The sun was up, it was Saturday morning, and we drifted outside for something to eat. The streets were eerily empty and without agreeing to it we wandered to the Brooklyn Bridge. We kept walking until we were halfway over it, and I remember the orange glow of the morning and feeling so proud of what we had accomplished, and most importantly I know both of us were thinking, “What a amazing city.”

Our friendship grew out of that week and I consider it one of my favorite experiences associated with moving to NYC and starting a company.

Since then, he has proven to be brilliant, rational, obsessively committed to his responsibilities, down to earth, and big hearted. He was so popular at Connected Ventures that the company planned a roast in his honor, the first and only for a departing employee. 

You’d be fortunate to work with him and here’s your chance: RentJuice seeks a Web Developer and a Designer, both to based in San Francisco.

If you’d like me to pass along your interest, please send me a letter to share with Kunal.

7:55pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/900258271/kunal-shah-at-rentjuice-is-hiring-a-web-developer-and-a
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Filed under: SF