三星矽谷軟體研發中心工程師(約聘) - 加班

[北美] 三星矽谷軟體研發中心工程師(約聘)

1 Front-End Developer/Programmer for Javascript, Web APIs and services (contractor, 3-6 months and potential extend to 2014)
Position summary Technical professionals are defined by what they create. Samsung has the risk-taking corporate culture, strategic R&D investments, and global know-how to imagine, develop and market products that lead the industry. Samsung’s Advanced Technology Lab (ATL), located in San Jose, is currently recruiting world-class engineers and research scientists who share our “Innovation Through Passion” philosophy and thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
The candidate will contribute to an R&D team focusing on next generation convergence for Samsung’s connected devices and associated services. The ideal candidate will have over five years of industry experience in the areas mentioned below. The candidate should have a keen interest in using metadata in device and cloud service environments. The ideal applicant should be familiar with metadata for multimedia content as used in devices and the cloud as well as metadata extraction technologies from
semi-structured and unstructured (text) sources.
The candidate should have a strong desire to work on problems with real-world potential and impact. Implementation skills and the ability to create prototypes thru to pre-product code are also desirable. The candidate will be part of a research lab located in San Jose, CA.

Common essential duties and responsibilities
财 Very strong skills using JavaScript
财 Strengths in HTML, JSON, and AJAX
财 Experience working with popular frameworks like jQuery, a plus would be experience in TimelineJS, TimesheetsJS, and Meteor.
财 Understanding of Linked Open Data and OO concepts in JavaScript context
财 Experience with linking Web-based applications to databases using mySQL and SPARQL, web APIs and web services.
财 5+ years in web application development. Front-End Developer with Back-End Service experience.
财 Knowledge of client/ server frameworks/ structure - such as networking, web services, and XML.
财 Experience with data structures (database, caching, synchronization), including client/server data networking.
财 Expertise in the area of device-to-cloud communication using common web technologies (HTTP, etc.)
财 (Optional) Prior technical experience in dealing with semi-structured and unstructured data processing
财 (Optional) Experience on android app development is a plus

Necessary skills / Attributes
财 BS/MS CS or related field is required.
财 Expertise in one or more of the areas:
贯 Convergence (device to device communication)
贯 Multimedia applications (image, audio, video, streaming)
贯 Social Networking
贯 Cloud Computing/ web service
贯 Metadata
贯 Social Network and Cloud services
贯 NER (Named Entity Recognition)
贯 Semantic web/ ontology search
贯 LOD (Linked Open Data)
财 Excellent communication skills and willingness to deliver rapid prototypes in a short timeline.

註記:
基本上約聘是先三個月, 然後延到年底, 之後根據專案一次可能續一年. 表現好有缺有可能轉正職.
這幾年迅速擴張中不過我的組還不算大, 所以最好可能有多個領域的技能.會和 6-8+ 名同事包含博士研究者以及工程師一起工作.
OPT可(但基本只收已有相當工作經驗)/H1可.

信件標題: Apply for ATL Content Convergence Javascript Developer
希望回信確認可加註 "Reference: PTT Oversea Job, please confirm."
但受限時間可能審核完可能只簡單回覆"pass (不繼續)" "not enough related research experience" 等..

Please send resume to George Hsieh ([email protected])
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有關約聘:
在矽谷很多資深軟體工程師是約聘職的. 感覺和台灣的約聘生態不太一樣. 我們幾位約聘的資深軟體工程師平均十年以上年資. 有些人甚至比較喜歡約聘. 因為時薪通常較高而且加班有加班費. 而且約聘都是要請即戰力年資太淺一般還不要.
坦白來說穩定性當然要比正職差一點, 但就像實習一樣有入門磚, 一般約聘轉正職會比從公司外部近來容易 (看公司). 雖然約聘 OPT/H1B 也可不過個人建議沒身分的還是找正職比較穩定. 或是儘速找機會轉正職.


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