By scott
A short time ago, almost a year now, I blogged about how I was leaving Critical Mass to go and work on the Yahoo! Flash Platform team. Well, believe it or not, I am on the move again. This time I have accepted a job with the Disney Internet Group in North Hollywood. Just like Yahoo! I will be a Senior Flash Engineer working on the core technologies team. I am not sure who is more excited about me working for Disney, my son or me?What excites me the most about this opportunity is the creative environment I will be working in. Those who know me know that I thrive in a creative environment, and it doesn’t get much more creative than Disney. I love to push the envelope and one thing I have learned over the past 10 years is it takes a great creative team and environment to push development teams to the next level.
Yahoo was great, I learned a lot, met some great people, and I worked with some of the smartest people I have ever had the chance to work with. Plus I got to see Taylor Hicks in concert at the Yahoo! campus, oh wait; I am only supposed to be mentioning the good memories.
I would like to thank Yahoo for the great opportunity they gave me and everything I learned. There are some very talented people in Sunnyvale and around the world painting the internet purple. Do you Yahoo? I did and it was spectacular! (obscure Seinfeld reference for you hardcore fans). Now I must replace my Yahoo! hat with a pair of ears.
By scott
Yahoo’s Flash Platform team is looking for another member. Below is the job description, if you’re inerested apply online and you may end up sitting next to me (literally). The Yahoo! Flash Platform team is looking for an exceptional engineer to join the team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about Flash platform technologies, someone who would debate design patterns and methodology just for sport and most of all someone that is best described as omniscient when it comes to Flash.
The Flash platform team is responsible for the Flash code library and component set that will serve Yahoo!’s wide array of applications. Members of the team will also provide training and development support, as well as shape the direction of the overall platform.
You will be responsible for designing and developing the code library that will make Flash development elegant, optimal, and a pleasure to use. You will collaborate with extremely talented engineers on this team and throughout Yahoo! to make the platform a reality, and encourage best development practices throughout the organization. You must comfortable with articulating and evangelizing the platform strategy to influencers and decision-makers.
The ideal candidate will be an expert with Flash platform technologies along with 5 to 8 years of development and leadership experience. A strong portfolio of applications, including large-scale/enterprise usage of Flash, and experience with systems-level development and foundation code development are expected.
As a senior engineer, you are expected to be well-versed in: – ActionScript 2 and 3 – Flex 2 – Flash Lite – Flash security model – Flash-to-JavaScript interactions – Server interactions (socket, remoting, FCS/FMS) – Development design patterns – QA and testing practices – Internationalization – Accessibility factors
Applied knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and general Web development practices are highly desirable for this role.
