Daylife is growing!
We're a tight and talented group with a seasoned management team assembled from some of the best companies out there. We pay highly competitive salaries while also providing full health benefits and company equity.
We're on a mission to shake up the news industry, while having fun along the way.
Interested in any of the below positions? Great! Please contact us via email at hr@daylife.com.
Not for you? No worries. Refer someone we hire and you’ll get a new MacBook Air!
Right now we’re searching for:
Web Applications Engineer(s)
As a Web Applications Engineer based out of our downtown Manhattan office, you will be responsible for Daylife’s appearance and usability.
Responsibilities
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Applying your expertise in both HTML and CSS to implement new features and enhancements in our dynamic web application
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Utilizing your previous experience developing UI interfaces or presentation layer web applications to contribute to ongoing development
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Implementing your proactive approach to problem solving while collaborating with our on-staff UI designers and usability experts
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Learning about, or building your knowledge base of, PHP, JavaScript/Ajax, and/or Flash/ActionScript to grow into a role of prototyping and captaining larger features from design through implementation
Requirements
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4+ years experience in web application development
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Expert-level proficiency in producing lean HTML and CSS – required
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Very strong attention to detail
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Expertise in PHP is helpful, but not required
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Familiarity with Web 2.0 concepts is a big plus
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Responsibilities
As a key member of the Platform engineering team and in tandem with our Chief Architect, the Senior Infrastructure Engineer will pro-actively assess our platform's reliability, performance, scalability, and security capabilities and guide the team on improvements. With this focus, the Senior Infrastructure Engineer will play an important leadership role in assisting and coaching fellow engineers in agile, test-driven development practices including design reviews and release considerations. The right candidate will have a demonstrable track record as a developer, problem-solver, and thought-leader of multi-tier, high-volume, network-based systems and applications.
Requirements
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BS or advanced degree in Computer Science or other technical field
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8+ years experience designing and developing multi-tier, high-availability software systems
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Strong C/C++ or Java experience and strong general engineering chops – ability to learn new languages and adapt to using new technologies quickly
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Network server development, preferably on projects involving data indexing / search, or building other high-volume data access layers
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Lower level than “ SQL experience”, the right candidate has knowledge of the underlying data structures and algorithms to build scalable data access systems
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Examples of the candidate’s past projects may include: search engine or database optimization, custom data indexing, numeric analysis projects (e.g., stock prices, scientific/geographic data), or other time series data analysis. Credit card transaction process, real-time telephone billing systems, etc.
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Candidate has experience and enjoys pro-actively coaching junior engineers from design and code reviews to release and configuration considerations, perhaps in partnership with a CTO or Chief Architect
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Expert-level proficiency in Python or other dynamic programming language required If not Python, then willingness to learn
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Experience in agile development practices and iteration cycles required including test-driven development
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A track record of shipping successful online products or services required
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Linux experience
Software Engineer
Responsibilities
Daylife is looking to expand our Software Development team with proactive, self-starting, collaborative, world-class professionals who will thrive in the demanding, fluid atmosphere of a start up focused on shipping the next great thing.
Requirements
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5+ years experience in database and web application development
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Expert in multi-tier application architecture for web services required
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Expert-level proficiency in Python or other dynamic programming language required. If not Python, then willingness to learn
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Experience in agile development practices and iteration cycles required
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Knowledge and experience with HTML/ CSS, JavaScript and Ajax style are a plus
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A track record of shipping successful products or projects required
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Linux experience a plus
UI Designer
As a Web Designer based out of our downtown Manhattan office, you will work on a collaborative UI team. We are open to all levels of experience and can hire on a full or contract basis. The ideal candidate for this position is a self-motivated and talented designer who appreciates the unique opportunity to innovate in a dynamic start-up environment. You should be comfortable designing HTML and CSS based sites, with excellent visual design skills, with demonstrable expertise in designing for the Web.
Responsibilities
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Collaborate with Senior User Interface Designer and Management to design easy-to-use, innovative and differentiating user interfaces
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Continually iterate and execute interface concepts with Product Management and Engineering
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Create prototypes/mock-ups to allow sufficient user feedback prior to development
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Implement designs based on wireframes/prototypes in accordance with style guidelines
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Prepare existing design for implementation, eg. producing optimized images
Requirements
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Minimum of 5-10 years experience designing consumer-oriented websites (we’re open to years of experience as long as you’re really good)
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Must be able to work and communicate in a cross-functional development team, and discuss ideas and designs with clarity
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Understanding of web-based design and the implications of dynamic interface design
Vice President of Marketing
Based in New York, the VP of Marketing will report to the CEO. The ideal candidate will be a rock star, someone who has either created or lead successful internet properties and who has experience with publisher solutions, advertising networks, affiliate programs, cultivation of developer communities and grass roots web marketing.
Responsibilities
- Drive awareness and usage of Daylife's publisher solutions.
- Develop marketing programs to reach out to our publisher and developer community.
- Define and evolve product positioning and messaging for all Daylife constituents.
- Build equity around the Daylife brand.
- Deeply understand customer needs through primary and secondary research and translate these to product suggestions/refinement.
- Lead evangelism and guerilla marketing initiatives.
- Develop collateral that optimally positions the strengths of our products.
- Build and manage the marketing budget; evaluate ROI of marketing campaigns.
- Manage and coordinate with PR firm.
- Support the strategic partnership efforts of Daylife's sales and business development teams.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree, MBA a plus.
- Minimum 7 years experience with building an Internet product or brand, B2B2C experience a huge plus.
- Experience building and/or managing teams.
- Web-native and proven passion for technology; technical understanding of online applications a plus.
- Passion for analyzing products, customers and market dynamics.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
- A great team player, inspirer.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills.
Unix Administrator/Tools Engineer
The Unix Systems side of the position will become a critical component to maintain application and system availability. The Tools side will oversee automation efforts in application and systems deployment.
Responsibilities
- Identification and resolution of hardware and software issues as they arise.
- System design, and maintenance.
- Writing scripts/tools which perform practically the entire job you once held earlier in your career.
- Participation in on-call rotation which requires full knowledge of the infrastructure as well as off-hours work.
- Perform homegrown application troubleshooting and support.
- "Can do" attitude.
- Other duties as required.
Requirements
- 5+ years of Unix System's Administration (Linux (Redhat, Debian), FreeBSD,OpenBSD, Solaris) experience.
- Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
- Knowledge of most OS commands/utilities (system backups, file systems, job control, etc).
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP and various Internet servers (DNS, HTTP/ HTTPS, SSH, SNMP, NFS, MTA's, etc).
- Familiar with best practices, security, and server hardening.
- Intimately familiar with at least one packaging/deployment technology (rpm,dpkg's, etc.).
- Familiar with large scale configuration management.
- Knowledge of server quality hardware, and its deployment in a large 200+ server environment.
- Strong scripting ability with at least one interpreted language (perl,python, shell, php).
- Strong user of Open Source Software (OSS).
- Self motivated with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.
- Ability to work on tasks, activites, and projects with minimum supervision.
Unix/Network Administrator
The Networking side of the position will ensure network availability and redundancy to mitigate service interruptions in a 24/7 mission critical environment. The Unix Systems side of the position will become a critical component to maintain application and system availability. This position is intended for individuals with in-depth knowledge of both Unix and Cisco Networking Technologies. The ideal candidate would have held both a network administrator role as well as a unix administrator role, either in tandem or separately.
Responsibilities
- Identification and resolution of hardware, software, or architectural issues.
- Capacity planning, system design, and maintenance.
- Participation in on-call rotation which requires full knowledge of the infrastructure as well as off-hours work.
- Perform application troubleshooting.
- Other duties as required.
- "Can do" attitude.
Requirements
- 3+ years of Unix System's Administration (Linux, *BSD, Solaris) experience.
- 4+ Network Administration Experience (Cisco ios in a dynamically routed network).
- Experience in a high-volume or critical production service environment.
- Knowledge of most OS commands/utilities (system backups, file systems, job control, etc).
- Strong knowledge of TCP/IP and various Internet servers (DNS, HTTP/ HTTPS, SSH, SNMP, NFS, MTA's, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of Cisco's implementation of EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, OSPF, VLAN & VTP, QoS, GRE, IPSEC, VPN, 802.1x.
- Experience with Cisco 6500 Series Switching Hardware as well as any Load Balancing Hardware.
- Strong knowledge of system and network security as well as the tools used (snort, nessus, nmap).
- Strong understanding of IP networking and distributed computing concepts, including familiarity with the functionality, operating, and failure modes of common networking devices, and the ability to analyze network behavior, performance and application issues using standard tools like tcpdump, and be able to implement solutions.
- Strong scripting ability with at least one interpreted language (perl, python, shell, php).
- Self motivated with a strong sense of ownership, urgency and drive.
- Ability to work on tasks, activites, and projects with minimum supervision.
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