Greetings Devs, Please forward the job description below to anyone you know who is qualified and would be interested in such a position. Thank you -Joshua ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Curriki.org is a non-profit "Education 2.0" organization seeking to create a community and tools for developing, distributing and evaluating open source curricula and content Since being launched by founders of Sun Microsystems in 2006, we have grown quickly to over 35,000 registered users and have been featured in TIME Magazine, The SF Chronicle, Popular Sciences, The International Herald Tribune, Education week, and scores of blogs and articles elsewhere. We are pioneers in collaborative content creation tools and "OER"- Open Educational Resources. We're currently looking for an experienced senior Java application developer to help refine, improve and extended our open source hosted web application. We are looking for a contractor to work with us to implement new features and also improve and in some cases re-factor elements of the existing code. Experience with and an interest in open source projects, Java and the ability to learn new systems and languages quickly are all necessary attributes of the successful candidate. We are looking for a detail oriented individual who is not happy until things are just right. As a completely virtual organization, you will be expected to work remotely, independently and must provide your own development environment (Hardware and software), and broadband internet access. You will also be expected to attend virtual meetings and be generally available via IM during core working hours. RESPONSIBILITIES: . Implement features and bug fixes as assigned by the site producers and the CTO. . Evaluate and improve code in areas where problems are identified. . Review and work with the development team to more fully document the code and system and create additional unit test scripts where needed. . Take responsibility for maintenance releases for fast turn around of production issues and bugs. . Provide back-up support for build and release engineering and Unix System administration. . Work with the design team to evaluate and improve the site style sheets (CSS) and presentation layer (Velocity scripts). . Help bring the platform to a point where partners can compile and deploy the code, and provide support for partners who are working to run a Curriki server. QUALIFICATIONS: . Five or more years experience with J2EE Web application development. (Extra credit for experience working with the XWiki application - www.xwiki.org <http://www.xwiki.org/> or its key parts including Velocity, Groovy and GWT.) . Experience with as many of the following technologies and open source projects as possible: My SQL, XWiki, Sun Java App Server, Solaris 10/zones, Hibernate, Lucene, Groovy, Velocity, Google Web Toolkit, JSR-168/286, JCE/JSR-170 . Strong background and interest in Open Source software development and E-Learning technology desired but not required. . Ability to work within a distributed remote team and demonstrate strong work ethic. . Highly articulate with clear speaking and writing skills. . Extreme attention to detail and ability to QA your own work quickly. Please respond with resume and number of hours of availability per month to mailto:jobs@curriki.org. Hourly contracting rate negotiable based on experience. Joshua Marks CTO Curriki: The Global Education and Learning Community jmarks(a)curriki.org www.curriki.org US 831-685-3511