Startups – The Land of Opportunity

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posted by Mohan Belani on Friday, August 28, 2009 at 1:36pm Categories: Blog

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Update: We have added in job postings for Make Affinity

While the financial institutions crumble and the MNCs continue laying off people, startups flourish due to the large availability of talent in the open market. For example, The Economist talked about how startups flourished the year after a downturn due to layoffs etc. While the local government has done a great deal in ensuring that startups receive funding, many people still shun away from them for various reason. Chris Dixon, an angel investor and entrepreneur, wrote an excellent article on why joining a startup is far less risky than what most people think. That being said, there have been a slew of opportunities that I would like to share here. Enjoy!

Startup	Opportunity
	About MakeAffinity is a LIVE robot sharing website. MakeAffinity is about seeing, controlling, sharing, and experiencing robotics from your web browser. Imagine an Internet that is teeming with robots that you can see and interact with. Why just imagine, when you can make it happen. Looking For Software Development Location: Prince George’s Park, NUS, Singapore Remuneration: Very attractive Position Type: Software Engineers, Developers, Employee No. 1 + 2 Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time Contact: jobs@makeaffinity.com We are looking for developers with C#, .NET, ASP.NET, HTML, Javascript, CSS, Ajax, SQL, Winforms, client-server, networking, HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP, WinXP and Vista development experience of 0 to 4 years. Recent graduates and fast learners with strong motivation who is also a self-starter and believes in results are also encouraged to apply. You must like technology, software, robots and smart toys. You will be building new stuff. Be prepared to demo. Desirables: Flash, Silverlight, Java, WPF, WCF, RTP, webservices, distributed web applications, security, encryption, Linux, Moonlight, Mono, Azure, VB, C++, C, RS232, business acumen Intern Location: Prince George’s Park, NUS, Singapore Position Type: Software/Hardware Employment Type: Intern Contact: jobs@makeaffinity.com We are looking for a motivated intern to do software and a little hardware. The candidate should know C#/.NET and can use tools to prototype robots. You like to be involved with smart toys. The split will be 50/50 software development with the rest on putting physical things together (small pieces of metal/wood/screws/wires/breadboard/LEDs/remote controlled cars/train sets/toy guns).
	About iSyndica, a cloud computing startup doing online digital media distribution, is looking for coders to join its team. You would work with people with great technical skills. Seb, is a rocket scientist, has 15 patents (8 pending) from his days working at Vistaprint. Hugo, is a computer scientist and industrial engineer who helped large US foodchains like Wendy’s, Applebee’s and Sysco save millions in transportation cost by designing optimization models. Best of all, we are in Singapore and we are growing: hundreds users already. For more info, visit our site at http://www.isyndica.com Looking For * People with C#, .net, ASP and SQL experience Think you are up the challenge? Go take those two tests – C#: http://www.isyndica.com/phe-csharp – SQL: http://www.isyndica.com/phe-sqlserver Additionally, if you are a: * Great UI designers, familiar with CSS and web interfaces * Mobile development lovers: Nokia, iPhone, Symbian Then we could also find a role for you. In which case, email Hugo at jobs [at] isyndica dot com with your resume and a sample of your work.

	About Vocanic is a combination of the words “vocal” and “mechanics”. Look at us this way: We harness and amplify the conversations that consumers have about your brand, and use them to create highly effective marketing campaigns. Looking For Basically, we are looking for someone (permanent / contract) who is capable of writing Facebook applications that encompass front end UI and server side. Most of these applications would require the developer to write simple to complex interactive widgets in JavaScript to work in strict Facebook environment while data is retrieved / stored from / in our customer server thru web services / JSON / XML. Sometimes, we could be tasked to setup the data server ourselves. Our customer just provide the raw data and the data we capture is stored in our database. We can work together with the Facebook developer on the server side. Hiring link here!

	About tenCube was founded to solve the problem of people losing mobile phones. tenCube WaveSecure provides complete protection for the mobile users device, data and privacy, enabling users to remotely lock down and track down their phone to get it back, get a copy of their precious data and remotely wipe out their phone to protect their privacy. Originally developed for Police and Military use in Singapore, WaveSecure is today the leading mobile security product trusted by top consumer brands such as Nokia, Telenor and SingTel and hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. WaveSecure has also received numerous industry recognition including NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, Mobile Monday Peer Awards and Red Herring Asia 100. Looking For BUSINESS TEAM OPENINGS Compensation: Negotiable Opening: Immediate Location: Singapore -OR- India (Noida) Email: careers@tenCube.com (1) Direct Marketing (VP / Senior Manager) (Keyword: ‘DM’) Job Scope – Care for users, ability to understand their loves and hates deeply – Ambassador to direct user community, evangelist to influencers (reviewers, power users, bloggers, etc.) – Run online / mobile advertising campaigns, form marketing partnerships, SEO – Analyze marketing data and user data, develop and modify marketing strategy accordingly _____ (2) Operators & Handset OEMs, Business Development Manager (Keyword: ‘BD’) Job Scope – Develop and open new key accounts – Chart Strategic and Tactical business development plan – Deliver results! _____ (3) Junior / Senior Account Manager (Keyword: ‘AM’) Job Scope – Get the know the customers really, really well (their KPIs, hopes and dreams, favourite sports team, shoe size) – Be damn creative. Think of how to make our customers rockstars and make us successful in the process. – As a consequence of that, grow and multiply account _____ TECH TEAM OPENINGS Compensation: Negotiable Opening: Immediate Location: Singapore -OR- India (Noida) Email: techcareers@tenCube.com (1) Symbian Lead Developer (Keyword: ‘SYM’) Job Scope * Lead all Symbian development * Write kickass code * Maintain an awesome product, responsible for product for the platform * Build and lead team, manage people and projects * Have good taste _____ (2) Windows Mobile Lead Developer (Keyword: ‘WM’) Job Scope * Lead all Windows Mobile development * Write kickass code * Maintain an awesome product, responsible for product for the platform * Build and lead team, manage people and projects * Have good taste _____ (3) Server and Infrastructure Team Lead (Keyword: ‘Server’) Requirements * Has at least 3 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 o Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance – Exam 70-431 o Knows about scalable / high availability configurations o Understands Replication o Understands data backups / data integrity maintenance o Database server optimizations o Data level optimizations * Has at least 3 years of experience in Managing Windows 2003 Servers o IIS Management / optimization o Load balancing o Redundancy o Backup / recovery o Uptime monitoring o General OS maintenance * Networking o Has in-depth knowledge of networking – Protocols, Routing, Network troubleshooting o Has some proficiency / understanding of Cisco based infrastructure o Understands Network security – Firewalling, Site-To-Site tunnelling, Virus guarding _____ (4) BlackBerry Lead Developer (Keyword: ‘BB’) Requirement * Senior mobile technology professional with minimum 3 years of software development experience on BlackBerry 4.2+ platform * Experience in architecting and designing mobile software solutions. * In depth knowledge of the one or more mobile technology platforms and concepts * Completed at least 4-5 full project life cycle including design of at least 2 projects. * Excellent knowledge and understanding on OOAD, Component Oriented Software Design, Object Oriented development & design patterns. * Through knowledge of HTTP-XML based Client Server Communication. * Excellent problem solving and debugging skills. * Experience and understanding of data security and encryption algorithms will be a plus. * Good communication skills and work ethics. * Knowledge and experience of building and leading software teams, appreciation of software development processes and quality assurance methodologies.

	About HomeCamera is looking for a top-notch Web Development Engineer, based in Singapore. STRONG knowledge on Web protocols and GREAT skills on Web front-end performance tuning required. Javascript, CSS, Ajax, Linux, Java skills ideal. Very competitive pay. Looking For MUST have/be: – good knowledge of HTTP – good understanding of Security in general and Web security in particular – great skills on CSS and Javascript – familiar with web site optimization techniques – familiar with Dojo – familiar with JMeter – familiar with Apache – familiar with Tomcat Optional: – good JSP/Servlet programming skills – familiarity with J2ME / iPhone / S60 development would be a big positive, as would general programming skills (preferably Java). Good communication skills are a must as is the desire to make a difference. We’re a small company that punches WAY above its weight and we’re looking for folks with the right attitude to come in and be part of the team. Your resume MUST include a summary of projects you’ve done in the past that you’re particularly proud of and MUST indicate an understanding of HomeCamera. Your “formal” work experience – or your formal education – is not anywhere near as important as your “practical” work experience – if you’re a fresh graduate with a superlative understanding of Web development, have done outstanding work on your OWN TIME, have built and run websites, and meet the criteria stated above, you’re most welcome to apply. Important: The requirement is fairly immediate though we do understand the requirement for notice periods.