Anoto Inc newly funded company (21) looking for......

Please excuse the intrusion.  

 

I work with the Staffing Manager for Anoto Inc. We are a newly formed
company based in Oakland. We recently received 21M in funding from our
parent company.  Anoto is developing standards, tools, applications and
services for a revolutionary new form of computing called "pentop
computing".

 

We are building our Product Management team. I have included two job
descriptions for your review:

 

1) Our job description for Architect / Lead Web Infrastructure Engineer
& Director, Server Systems Engineering

 

2) A short paragraph about Anoto.

 

I'm hoping that you will find our product "compelling" and subsequently
you might be interested yourself or know of others who might be a good
fit for us.

 

Thanks in advance for your time,

 

MJ

 

 

 

1)  Director of Web Services :

 

Director, Server Systems Engineering

 

Description:

The Director of Server Systems Engineering is a senior web development
expert knowledgeable in scalable IT systems, database-driven web
portals, multi-tiered enterprise applications, and e-commerce systems.
As a senior architect, this person will lead the design, development and
implementation of Anoto's web portals that include but are not limited
to: multilingual web portal for the registration and management of
customers, products, and services; multilingual ecommerce portal for the
marketing, sale, registration and maintenance of Anoto's applications,
products and services; a backend ecommerce portal for Anoto's licensees,
developers and partners; a licensee's hardware and software development
site; and a content developer's site.This person should possess a proven
track record of leading large-scale web portal development through
effective leadership, collaborative work, and excellent communications
skills.

 

Responsibilities:

* Architect and deploy large-scale, fault-tolerant, business critical
applications based on WebObjects technology.

* Work closely with other departments to ensure customer requirements
are reflected in future product and system software releases.

* Direct engineering personnel in the creation and execution of unit,
integration, system, load, and acceptance test plans and scripts.

* Direct engineering personnel in the analysis of software requirements
to determine feasibility of design within quality assurance, time and
cost constraints.

* Utilize J2EE, Java, object-oriented analysis and design, and software
development methodology.

* Design, implement, and manage data center operations for Anoto's web
portals.

* Hire, manage, and lead a team of systems software engineers and IT
technicians.

* Provide strong business and technical vision.

* Provide leadership and coaching to team members as needed.

 

Requirements:

* MS in Engineering or Computer Science.

* 7+ years experience with the full development cycle of web portals,
including: design, development, deployment, administration,
configuration, management, and automation.

* Capable of writing detailed technical documentation or high-level
business proposals to management.

* Strong communication skills and high attention to detail.

* Experience with standard change management and configuration
management policies.

* Experience in the implementation of DRM solutions.

* Experience in the implementation of ecommerce solutions.

* Knowledgeable in TCP/IP networking, load balancing, firewalls,
security, and high-availability clusters.

* Expertise in object-oriented design methodology and application
development in Java and J2EE.

 

WebObjects

* 5+ years experience with WebObjects, Java, HTML, CSS, XML, Apache, and
Javascript.

* 5+ years experience with Mac OS X Server and/or other flavors of Unix.

 

.NET/Linux

* Java, JDK 1.4/1.5, J2EE, Apache, Tomcat, Javascript, servlets, EJBs,
Linux, Solaris, Windows.

* Expertise with Visual Studio, Visual Studio .NET, C#, .NET Framework,
Visual Basic, COM, JDBC, SQL, MySQL, MS SQL, JSP, ASP.

* Open source development: Ant, Eclipse, Emacs, CVS, Linux.

 

* Knowledgeable in database technology, relational data modeling, SQL,
and at least one major RDBMS system (Oracle, MySQL, OpenBase, etc.)

* Experience working with a 24x365 consumer web application a major
plus.

* Experience with Rich Internet Application development a plus(Flash,
Laszlo, DHTML / AJAX).

* Ability to work closely and collaboratively with expert interface
designers.

 

About Anoto:

 

Anoto Inc., just received 21M in funding!  Our executive team is made up
of ex-Leapfrog and Palm executives.

 

Imagine handwriting a note on paper and it instantly becomes an email!
Draw a calculator and it works!  Anoto, Inc. is the pioneer behind
Pentop Computing, an innovative platform that converts your handwriting
into digital text. You don't have to imagine anymore. 

 

We're recruiting a high-powered, world-class engineering group to work
on a variety of projects from developing new tools to implementing
standards-based applications

 

We will transform the global market by creating a new generation of
applications for business, communication, commerce, personal
productivity, learning, and entertainment. 

 

We offer a professional yet casual and fun office. It's a unique
environment; we're excited about what we do, enjoy working together,
respect and learn from one another, and value work-life balance. Our
Oakland office, with panoramic views of the SF Bay Area, is located
minutes from the Oakland Coliseum BART station. 

 

 

2)  WebObjects Architect 

 


Architect / Lead Web Infrastructure Engineer


 


Overall Summary:


 


As lead architect, you will be responsible for the architecture of our
Web Services Infrastructure.


 


Primary responsibilities:

 

*	Working with the SDK/Tools team and the PC Host application
team, help develop the high level requirements, data, dataflow and
interfaces necessary to integrate Pen, PC Host application and the
planned Web Services infrastructure. 
*	Assist in the hiring of the engineering team that will deliver
the Web Infrastructure
*	Lead and own all technological aspects of the detailed design
and architecture of the Web Services API, the database design and the
backend infrastructure to support the Pen, PC host application and the
e-channel infrastructure. 
*	Lead the development of the Web Services Infrastructure. 
*	Own, drive and develop a long term technology roadmap for the
Web Services infrastructure, working with senior management to gain
acceptance and approval for features, schedule and resources. 
*	Will develop project timelines, resources, etc. and drive the
engineering team accordingly. 
*	Will work with product management to develop products
traceability tools, infrastructure. 
*	Will work with QA to establish testing metrics, tools,
infrastructure, and build environment. 
*	Will establish coding standards for the team and the project. 
*	Research and evaluate technology directions and partnership
opportunities to enhance our systems strategic value to customers. 
*	Mentor the development team in the adoption and use of best
practices and design patterns.

 

Experience:

*	Demonstrated success with publishing widely accepted and popular
web service infrastructures / SDK.  Examples include Google Search APIs,
Yahoo and Amazon Web Services, eBay Web Services and others using
WebObjects.
*	Extensive experience developing Web Services in mixed
environments including Linux, Solaris and MS Windows. 
*	Must be an active, highly productive 'hands-on' individual
contributor as well as a technological leader and architect. 
*	Excellent OO development skills, as demonstrated by the release
of a well designed, widely accepted and respected SDK. 
*	Demonstrated ability to lead senior engineers in design and
implementation. 
*	Familiarity with modern agile development methodologies and
test-driven, component-oriented iterative development practices. 
*	Excellent written and oral communications skills 

 

Technical Skills:

 

*	Experience in developing Web Services infrastructure using
WebObjects.

*	OO design and programming in a Java, C/C++, .NET environment. 
*	Java, JDK 1.4/1.5, J2EE, Apache, Tomcat, Javascript, servlets,
EJBs, Linux, Solaris, Windows. 
*	Expertise with Visual Studio, Visual Studio .NET, C#, .NET
Framework, Visual Basic, COM, JDBC, SQL, MySQL, MS SQL, JSP, ASP. 
*	Open source development: Ant, Eclipse, Emacs, CVS, Linux.

 

Bonus:

*	Understanding of text-to-speech, handwriting recognition, Anoto
forms functionality.

 

About Anoto:

 

Anoto Inc., just received 21M in funding!  Our executive team is made up
of ex-Leapfrog and Palm executives.

 

Imagine handwriting a note on paper and it instantly becomes an email!
Draw a calculator and it works!  Anoto, Inc. is the pioneer behind
Pentop Computing, an innovative platform that converts your handwriting
into digital text. You don't have to imagine anymore. 

 

We're recruiting a high-powered, world-class engineering group to work
on a variety of projects from developing new tools to implementing
standards-based applications

 

We will transform the global market by creating a new generation of
applications for business, communication, commerce, personal
productivity, learning, and entertainment. 

 

We offer a professional yet casual and fun office. It's a unique
environment; we're excited about what we do, enjoy working together,
respect and learn from one another, and value work-life balance. Our
Oakland office, with panoramic views of the SF Bay Area, is located
minutes from the Oakland Coliseum BART station.

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