software engineer


Location

Oakland, California and surrounding SF Bay area.

Company

Beezwax Datatools, Inc. is a boutique development agency based in Oakland, CA, with developers working around the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. For more than 15 years we have designed custom web, database and desktop applications for organizations of all sizes, working in dialog with our clients to create powerful, elegant solutions using various technologies.

Beezwax is an extremely pro-developer firm, contributing tools and education to the wider developer community, while supporting all members of our team in leading fulfilling, creative lives. We support an amazing customer base, continually bringing in new projects as well as new clients that challenge our developers to use their full technical abilities and expand their skill sets.

Position

Ability and eagerness to learn new languages and tools is essential to this position.

This role is based primarily in the South Bay, working as part of our on-site team at one of our clients, a major computer industry leader.

The ideal applicant will be able to enthusiastically perform job functions with a minimum of structure and supervision, and be able to thrive in an informal, creative, entrepreneurial company.

Recent CS/CE grads especially encouraged to apply, but we are open to developers of all backgrounds.

You should be interested in working as part of a smaller firm, although experience freelancing or working at a larger corporation is valuable.

Both part-time and full-time positions are available. We are open to working with freelancers on a per-project basis.

Compensation

Beezwax offers compensation at competitive market rates, depending on expertise and experience.

To apply

If you are interested and available, please follow these instructions to be considered.

Email jobs [at] beezwax [dot] net with the following:

- Put “Software Engineer” in Subject line.

- In the email itself or on a cover letter, please rate yourself from 0 to 10 on the following skills (not all are required for the position):

  • AppleScript
  • C++
  • Cocoa/Cocoa Touch/Objective-C
  • CSS
  • ESS
  • FileMaker Pro (what versions?)
  • HTML
  • Java
  • JavaScript (which frameworks/libraries?)
  • JDBC/ODBC
  • JSP/ASP
  • MySQL
  • PHP (any frameworks such as CakePHP, Zend, etc.?)
  • Ruby (any frameworks such as Rails, Sinatra, etc.?)
  • SQL
  • UNIX/Linux server administration
  • XML/XSLT
  • Mac OS X
  • Mac OS X Server administration
  • Windows
  • Windows Server administration

- Attach your resume (text or PDF only, not to exceed 1MB).

- Answer the following questions (please be brief):

  • What interests you most about the prospect of working with Beezwax?
  • What’s your availability? (I.e., how many hours per week, starting when?)
  • What hourly rate / salary range are you seeking?
  • Is most of your experience with full-time employment or freelance work?
  • How often can you commute to Oakland? the Peninsula? elsewhere in the Bay Area?
  • What are some of the most interesting projects you have worked on, and why?
  • How do you estimate the hours needed for a project?
  • Describe your experience working with virtual teams.
  • Describe your experience drafting up specifications and working from specifications.
  • In what types of situations do you enjoy working on a team, and why?
  • In what types of situations do you prefer to work independently, and why?
  • After working on a problem on your own without a resolution, when is it appropriate to contact a colleague for assistance?

- If possible, attach three different code samples and/or links.

Again, If you think you’re a good fit, please contact us with this information at jobs [at] beezwax [dot] net, putting “Software Engineer” in the subject line of your email.

We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully getting a chance to work together.

No calls and no recruiters, please.