I want to keep our burn rate down, run a lean team, and hire big, flexible brains
– CEO

About the Company
The CEO you’ll be working for is both a savvy investor and pioneering entrepreneur.

Twice a venture capitalist, his portfolio companies sold for over $100 million and his resume includes the CVCA Deal of the Year award.

As an entrepreneur, he led a company to a significant purchase (by Research in Motion) at a time when many other startups simply vanished.

This project is backed by Canada’s largest venture firm and operates from a beautiful office in Toronto’s College-street area.

(This company has not launched publicly, so full details are withheld)

The Opportunity
The mark of a great leader is the ability to inspire great work from the people under them.

In this case, that means coaxing genius – and a best-of-breed web application – from a small team that includes three PhDs.

As the hands-on, sleeves-rolled leader of this academically and technically accomplished team, you’ll drive development at every level

• Initial strategic technology choices
• Architectural/component-level decisions
• Shoulder-to-shoulder guerilla coding

Great people always look to work with other great people. This is a rare opportunity to work with some of the best.

Define your career as you build an elegant application for this well-funded and ably-led company.

Perks:

(Other than the whole build-from-scratch Beautiful Mind thing)

• Performance bonus
• Stock options
• Benefits
• Education subsidy

We’ve got intense algorithms and a consumer focus… this is a big problem to tackle
– CEO

People didn’t like working for you, they loved working for you. When they hear about this project, they will want to work for you again.

You’ve managed large cross-funtional teams of but relish the thought of digging into new code.

• Strong computer science background with at least five years of experience in Java
• You dream in algorithms
• You boast Senior-level J2EE & Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) expertise—including experience with JSP, Servlets, AJAX, XML, and Web Services
• Your database experience includes MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server Strong experience designing performing, scalable and fault-tolerant systems in a high availability on-demand environment
• Familiar with UML
• Comprehensive understanding of J2EE design patterns Intensive knowledge of RIA and Web 2.0 technologies Enterprise Architect Certification (Sun) is a plus
• University degree is a must

Contact
To make an inquiry and/or to submit a resume, please contact: Heather Holmes