Requirements:
- Sound understanding of new technologies and enthusiasm for building highly-scalable system infrastructures
- 5+ years experience writing high-performance, web-related software
- 2+ years experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails
- Experience with Python, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.
- Expert with client/server networked applications
- Knowledge of Unix, web servers, and application servers
- Experience building highly scalable enterprise and distributed systems
- Ability to write clean, coherent code
- Ability to understand and master new technologies quickly
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Willingness to learn and to teach

Highly desired experience:
- AJAX and other "rich web" techniques
- Mobile device development
- Leadership skills are a plus

Requirements:
- Creative, self-starter that thrives in the startup atmosphere
- When a problem is encountered, your first instinct is to fix it
- Knows intuitive Web page layout and site navigation
- Has a keen balance between design elegance and code simplicity
- Believes passionately about revolutionizing education
- Has experience in information architecture, is a Fan of Edward Tufte and understands the human mind
- Can develop prototype quality Flash and HTML mock-ups
- Must have worked on complex, Web 2.0 web-sites
- Passionate about social networking
- Degree in industrial design, fine arts, graphic arts, human factors or human computer interaction is preferred
- 5+yrs of HTML/CSS
- 2+yrs Photoshop and Flash
- 2+yr JavaScript
- Ruby on Rails and .NET exposure a plus
- Leadership skills are a plus

Requirements:
- Knowledge of networking and enterprise systems architecture
- 5 yrs+ Ability to perform data modeling, logical and physical database design and systems architecture
- Strong information architecture experience
- *nix shell scripting experience a plus
- Knowledge of SQL Server and PostgreSQL tuning
- Oracle database performance tuning a plus
- Initially there will also be DB Administration tasks

Requirements:
- C#, .NET CLR 2.0 for both Mono and Microsoft VMs
- Experience in at least two other OO or functional programming languages
- Experience with XML, (X)HTML, CSS, ASP, Javascript & AJAX, PHP
- Knowledge of custom descriptors and scripting platforms
- XML, SQL, logging and tuning
- Experience working with distributed environments required
- Additional cross platform knowledge beyond Mono, Ruby, and Flash experience a plus
- Results-driven self starter (doesn't need to be totally micromanaged)
- Not afraid to pick up new skills or languages
- Capable of following a coding standard
- Capable of writing specifications
- Documents work and writes self-documenting code

Bonus points for those that submit code samples
Must be in Seattle

Requirements:
- Presentation, applications, network services and protocols
- 2+yrs AJAX, Javascript, Ruby family, Python
- 1+yrs Ruby family, Python, Perl

Requirements:
- Server farm automation and design
- Agent authoring for monitoring server farms
- Server upgrades
- 2yr+ *nix scripting
- 2yr+ sys-admin experience with Linux
- 2yr+ Debian Linux
- 1yr+ C

We are also seeking people interested in working directly with schools and school districts. If you are passionate about supporting education and education reform, this position will work directly with schools in assisting them in using our technologies in ways that support student and educator learning. This position is full-time and you will be working out of our office overlooking Pioneer Square in Seattle.

Requirements:
- 5+ years experience providing customer support using technologies
- Experience with troubleshooting and communicating to development teams
- Excellent documentation and technical writing skills
- Knowledge of schools and education organizations is helpful
- Experience building competence within schools/districts using the technology
- Ability to self-organize and manage multiple accounts independently
- Ability to understand and master new technologies quickly
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Willingness to learn and to teach

If this sounds interesting to you, please reply by email to jobs@synapticmash.com