Available Jobs

About.com is a top 10 Web property that is part of The New York Times Company. We offer an exciting, start-up atmosphere with comprehensive benefits including health/vision/dental, 401(k) with a company match, employee stock purchase plan, gym membership discount and tuition assistance. Positions are located in our New York City headquarters unless otherwise noted. Below is a listing of available positions at About.com. Please use the link at the end of each job description to apply.

Product Development:

• Database Developer and Administrator
• Developer, Infrastructure (Utah)
• Developer, Membership (Utah)
• Senior Developer, Ad SystemsDevelopment

Sales Operations:

• Manager of Client Services

The New York Times Company is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, or any other protected characteristic. The New York Times Company is committed to diversity in its most inclusive sense.

Product Development:

Database Developer and Administrator

About.com a top ten Web property and one of the Internet's leading content destinations, is looking for a talented database administrator with programming skills to add to its About Operations team. An About Associate DBA builds, maintains, and operates reliable data-stores and programs in a mixed OS but UNIX-centric development environment in order to maintain the integrity of the About.network.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with web based technologies and understand the business ramifications of accurate, reliable, and easy to access and update data. This position calls for a sharp, motivated, and meticulous team player that believes both in Agile Software Development and leveraging Open Source Solutions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure for the continued accuracy, reliability, and integrity of About.com's data systems
• Work with other team members to define and implement needed new development
• Maintain and develop tools to support the smooth operation of the About Network
• Continue to proactively improve and enhance About.com's data systems
• Support the end-users of About.com's data-stores

Requirements

• Familiar with the following technologies: Web Serving, Apache, HTML, Cookies, XML, shell scripting
• Good PHP programming skills
• Strong UNIX user skills (some UNIX admin or developer skills a plus)
• Able to read and write C/C++ or Java AND the ability to quickly pick up the other
• Able to read and write Perl and modify existing code
• Good SQL skills and relational database knowledge in either Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and/or MySQL
• Strong communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, aim, face-to-face)
• Strong problem solving abilities
• Able to calmly handle production issues

To apply go to: DBA

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Developer, Infrastructure

About.com is looking for a talented software developer leader to join its team as an Infrastructure Developer. The Infrastructure Developer build highly scalable web applications, middle-ware, and back-ends to support About?s world-class, reliable, and cost effective UNIX-centric architecture.

The ideal candidate for the Infrastructure Developer will be very familiar with web based technologies and understand the business ramifications of scalable, reliable, extensible, and streamlined systems. This position calls for a motivated team player that believes both in Agile Software Development and leveraging Open Source Solutions.

This position is located in Utah

Responsibilities:

• Ensure for the continued reliable up-time of the About.com infrastructure
• Create world class, cost-effective, tools and infrastructure and web applications in a full project life-cycle environment: design, build, test, implement, support (including real-time), enhance
• Continue to proactively improve and enhance the About.com infrastructure by bringing new ideas and methods into the team
• Support and enhance high volume wen applications as needed

Requirements:

• Familiar with all of the following technologies: Apache, FreeBSD,CGI, HTML, XML, SSI, JavaScript, CSS, SQL
• 1-2 years Object oriented web programming experience Perl/Java/C#/PHP or other.
• Experience/Comfortable working in a Unix shell environment without an IDE.
• Understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience
• SQL Queries
• UNIX user skills and some UNIX developer skills, including a basic understanding of GCC and Makefiles
• Good C or C++ skills or excellent knowledge of another language and a basic understanding of C or C++
• Ruby ? Highly desirable (primary requirement though nearly impossible to find).
• XML and web services experience desirable.
• MySQL
• SOLR experience desirable or a plus
• Good PHP
• Proven ability to learn new programming languages
• Highly adaptive to change, and a promoter of change
• Good communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, aim, face-to-face)
• Excellent problem solving abilities
• BS in Computer Science or an understanding of basic Computer Science theory

To apply go to: Infrastructure

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Developer, Membership

About.comis looking for a talented software developer to add to its Membership Development team. A Membership Developer designs and builds reliable and flexible web-based content creation and management tools for internal and external clients as welll as end-users in a dynamic UNIX-based environment.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with web based technologies and an active problem solver who is able to identify and fill in missing product details and requirements. This position calls for a motivated team player that believes both in Agile Software Development and leveraging Open Source Solutions.

This position is located in Utah

Responsibilities:

• Ensure for the continued reliable up-time of the About.com service
• Create world class, cost-effective, web based tools in a full project life-cycle environment: design, build, test, implement, support (including real-time), enhance
• Continue to proactively improve and enhance the About.com tool-set by bringing new ideas and methods into the team
• Indirectly and at times directly support end-users of the About.com toolset

Requirements:

• Familiar with most of the following technologies: Apache, FreeBSD, CGI, HTML, XML, SSI, DHTML, JavaScript
• UNIX user skills
• Able to read and write Perl or PHP and the ability to learn the other? Highly desirable/required.
• C/C++ experience desirable/a plus
• 1-2 years Object oriented web programming experience Perl/Java/C#/PHP or other.
• Experience/Comfortable working in a Unix shell environment without an IDE.
• Understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript experience
• SQL Queries
• Solid understanding of CGI, Cookies and HTTP.
• Apache
• Oracle
• Good C skills
• Ability to interface with SQL based databases
• Highly adaptive to change
• Good communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, aim, face-to-face)
• Good problem solving abilities

To apply go to: Membership

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Senior Developer, Ad Systems

About.com is looking for a talented software developer to manage and work with its Ad Sales System Development team. Ad Sales System Development team builds, maintains, and operates reliable web sales and accounting support systems based on Perl, Oracle, and HTML.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with web based technologies and understand the business ramifications of accurate, reliable, and streamlined sales support systems. This position calls for a motivated and meticulous team player that believes both in maintainable, reliable code and clean, well-documented design. This is a hands-on position that requires both active long term product development management and day-to-day programming, operational and internal request support.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure for the continued accuracy and reliability of Ad Sales Support systems
• Work with other team members and divisions to define and implement needed new business systems
• Continue to proactively improve and enhance Ad Sales systems
• Support the end-users of Ad Sales Support systems
• Integrate numerous external third-party ad sales and finance systems
• Support various business units in understanding and resolving key metrics and numbers of the About service

Requirements:

• Familiar with all of the following technologies/concepts: Perl, CGI, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, XML, shell scripting, version control, object oriented design
• UNIX user skills (UNIX developer skills a plus)
• Able to read and write Perl and proficient in other programming languages
• Strong knowledge of SQL Queries and relational database concepts in either Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL
• Familiar with or demonstrated ability to learn how to interface with Financial/Accounting packages.
• Dedicated to meeting and delivering on business objectives
• Strong communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, aim, face-to-face)
• Strong problem solving abilities
• Able to calmly handle production issues

To apply go to: SOS Developer

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Sales Operations:

Manager of Client Services

The Manager of Client Services will be responsible for managing a team of Account Managers, Planners and Supervisors, with the goal of driving profitable revenue to the clients’ metrics. You will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Sales who is the type of person you will truly enjoy working with on a daily basis.

Qualifications Needed

• At least four years of online marketing experience
• Account management/ client services experience
• At least three years experience managing direct reports in a fast-paced, quality-focused client services department
• Proven history of managing a team to successfully attain or exceed aggressive goals
• Outstanding leadership skills, including lead by example management style
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field, MBA a plus.
• Strong analytical experience
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

Typical Responsibilities include:

• Setting goals for the team.
• Driving strategy within team’s accounts.
• Playing an oversight role with the team’s members.
• Up-selling existing accounts.
• Coordinating group initiatives.
• Client Communication
• Performance Reviews for Direct Reports
• Recruiting, hiring and training of new hires.
• Setting and enforcing group best practices and policies for campaign management

To apply go to: Manager

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