Employment Opportunities

Job Title:	Software Developer
Location:	San Francisco, South of Market
Position Type:	Full-Time

About us:

The Weather Underground Inc., founded in 1995, is one of the most popular and comprehensive weather sites in the world, boasting over 60 languages. The wunderground.com site specializes in real-time delivery of current weather conditions, detailed forecasts, and severe weather advisories; it remains the market innovator for web-based weather delivery including historical conditions, city searches, weather stickers, personal weather stations, marine weather, astronomy, and user-uploaded WunderPhotos.

We are looking for developers who can assimilate themselves into our lithe but productive development environment. We are a cohesive unit, capable of self direction but gathered around a collective purpose and a sense of site ownership. Our philosophy involves minimal meetings, low management overhead, high creative input, and agile development practices which allow us to leanly dominate in a highly competitive market.

Responsibilities:

• Learn existing code base (C/C++ on Linux)
• Work in a team environment to brainstorm, architect, write, and debug software
• Upgrade existing features
• Build new products
• Support existing and new products

Required Skills

• Expertise in data structures and algorithms using C and C++
• LAMP Experience
• Strong UNIX/Linux background
• Understanding of code scaling and efficiency
• HTML

Preferred Skills

• 10+ years of experience
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, Javascript, and UNIX shell scripts
• Understanding of Flash, ActionScript
• Experience with MooTools, jQuery, or other JS libraries

Benefits & Information:

• Competitive salary
• Health care package
• Generous stock option program
• Fun and casual place to work

Start date: Immediate

Send a link to an HTML version of your resume to jobs@wunderground.com. If you don't have an accessible version of your resume, email a copy as an attachment. Please make sure your email has the subject of "Software Developer".

Job Title:	Technical Support Representative - Level 2
Location:	San Francisco, South of Market
Position Type:	Full-Time

About us:

The Weather Underground Inc., founded in 1995, is one of the most popular and comprehensive weather sites in the world, boasting over 60 languages. The wunderground.com site specializes in real-time delivery of current weather conditions, detailed forecasts, and severe weather advisories; it remains the market innovator for web-based weather delivery including historical conditions, city searches, weather stickers, personal weather stations, marine weather, astronomy, and user-uploaded WunderPhotos.

We are looking for a tech support representative who can work with our development and advertising staff to follow extant tech support procedures as well as create new procedures for site products and advertisements. They will also assist in the coordination of support efforts between support staff in our multiple offices, and engage with our customers and members using our suite of support tools to provide rapid resolution of issues.

Responsibilities:

• Read, research, and respond to technical support requests
• Communicate with customers and site members
• Diagnose technical problems and seek solutions with responsible staff
• Coordinate with inter-office technical support staff
• Maintain support knowledge-base
• Help monitor and maintain our online community's standards

Required Skills

• Strong problem solving abilities
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Self motivated and able to work independently
• Able to work with and gather knowledge from other team members

Preferred Skills

• Ability to read HTML
• Some Q/A experience

Benefits & Information:

• Competitive salary
• Health care package
• Generous stock option program
• Fun and casual place to work

Start date: Immediate

Send a link to an HTML version of your resume to jobs@wunderground.com. If you don't have an accessible version of your resume, email a copy as an attachment. Please make sure your email has the subject of "Technical Support Representative".

Job Title:	Lead Graphic Designer
Location:	San Francisco, South of Market
Position Type:	Full-Time

About us:

The Weather Underground Inc., founded in 1995, is one of the most popular and comprehensive weather sites in the world, boasting over 60 languages. The wunderground.com site specializes in real-time delivery of current weather conditions, detailed forecasts, and severe weather advisories; it remains the market innovator for web-based weather delivery including historical conditions, city searches, weather stickers, personal weather stations, marine weather, astronomy, and user-uploaded WunderPhotos.

We are looking for an experienced, well rounded graphic designer, with an information centric design sensibility who can take a leadership role in the direct management of our visual brand. Interested designers should possess and be able to demonstrate an evolving sense of modern web aesthetics and a love for visually representing data with an equal emphasis on form and utility. You will work with a small group of passionate developers to bring complicated information and topics to a large and diverse group of site members as well as transmit our identity visually through marketing and advertising efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Adopt, evolve, and advocate our brand's identity visually.
• Overall website design
• Design of individual site products and applications
• Design of branded marketing materials including advertising creative and printed material
• Follow existing design patterns and establish new ones
• Prepare files for HTML and Flash production

Required Skills

• 5+ years experience creating online/interactive designs
• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or related experience
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash
• Ability to juggle multiple projects
• Self motivated to improve extant site products

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of ad specifications/standards

Benefits & Information:

• Competitive salary
• Health care package
• Generous stock option program
• Fun and casual place to work

Start date: Immediate

Send a link to an HTML version of your resume to jobs@wunderground.com. If you don't have an accessible version of your resume, email a copy as an attachment. Please make sure your email has the subject of "Graphic Designer".