Employment
We are looking for talented individuals who want to make a significant difference in the lives of many, who enjoy a supportive, team oriented workplace, excellent health and other benefits including sabbaticals, and who bring experience with, or look forward to learning the Agile /SCRUM development methodology.
VisionLink's flagship customers include the American Red Cross, local United Ways, State and regional 2-1-1 call centers, FEMA and other national, state, county and local organizations which rely on VisionLink technology for mission critical operations. For these and others, VisionLink's professional and cohesive development team is continually building new applications in an ever more reliable and secure software platform improving the lives of millions of people every day.
VisionLink, founded in 1996, is located in Boulder, Colorado. VisionLink's Community Operating System (CommunityOS) is an extraordinary multi-agency, multi-jurisdiction solution with content, case management, resource and service, situational awareness and analysis, and volunteer and other management modules used to orchestrate work in the social services, disaster relief, and humanitarian sectors. The objective is to create agency-specific systems that are in fact part of a much larger, multi-partner enterprise solution which reduces the cost of technology and radically improves a community's ability to provide coherent support to those who need assistance. The challenges are complex; the results are amazing. Looking to join a team that is making a difference? Send information about you to jobs@visionlink.org.
Send your resume with cover letter to:
jobs@visionlink.org
We are currently hiring for the following position:
Product Development Specialist
Summary of Job Description
The Product Development Specialist will be responsible for quality assurance, customer communication, support and training of our web-based product, CommunityOS. This position involves collaboration with our development and account management staff using Agile/Scrum to document, release and support our software. Other responsibilities include basic project specification and management of custom work projects along with internal staff product support.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop and publish test plans, procedures and final test reports
- Validate/resolve reported support issues
- Train and certify customers on CommunityOS
- Develop and execute test plans for our core product line and custom work projects
- Ensure each requirement has a test case and a confirmed result
- Report, review, and close reported problems
- Write custom work specifications for change requests
- Project management for customer change requests
- Interface with Development and Account Managers regarding status of issues/releases
- Produce technical documentation and release notes
Minimum Requirements:
- B.S. and 2 years of software-related professional experience
- At least two years of software quality assurance testing. Web application testing experience preferred.
- Experience testing with Windows and Macintosh operating systems
- Experience testing in Internet Explorer and FireFox
- Excellent test case/plan development
- Experience running full regression tests
- Ability to multi-task and switch priorities as needed
- Commitment to reach deadlines
- Creative problem solving and logical thinking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong teaching ability and a minimum of one year of training experience
- Ability to work independently or on a team
- Outstanding attention to detail
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience with automated and manual testing
- Experience creating technical documentation
- Experience communicating with technically skilled and unskilled clients
- Desire to be part of an agile software development team
- Knowledge of Flash or Captivate
Compensation for this position depends on experience. Other benefits include:
- Company supported self-directed health and dental plan for you and your family
- Company sponsored self-directed SIMPLE retirement plan
- Sabbatical after four years
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Company paid Short term/Long term disability
- Company paid life insurance
- Education Assistance
- Annual performance reviews
- Company sponsored dinners, trips, and parties
- Stocked kitchen (w/Peets coffee, soda, snacks, chocolate, oatmeal, etc.)
- Flexible schedule
- Casual work environment
- Staff ski passes to Eldora
- EcoPass
- Paid vacation and holidays (24 days off in year one, 26 in year two, 29 year three, 31 thereafter)
PHP Web Application Developer
Summary of Job Description:
If you are a talented web developer with a passion for doing good, VisionLink's team of developers needs you. VisionLink is a Boulder based company dedicated to providing top-notch web applications to the non-profit sector. We are looking for a mid-level developer or highly talented and motivated junior level developer.
We are an established company with a team approach to programming. We use the Agile/Scrum methodology to provide sanity to a fast paced environment. We have excellent benefits including vacation, retirement, dental and health insurance. Best of all we have a lively, dedicated team of developers and a variety of diverse projects that require creative programming. We like to push the cutting edge with our technology, so you will have ample challenges presented to you.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist in design specifications
- Maintain and improve existing software
- Design and build quality applications
- Conduct performance analysis
- Keep critical production applications running at 99.9% availability
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- B.S. in computer-related field
- 3rd party API integration
- LAMP& Linux, Apache, SQL and PHP
- Experience with Object Oriented PHP, Zend Framework, PostgreSQL and Subversion
- Agile/SCRUM methodology
- Experience with AJAX, jquery and/or prototype.js
- Mac OS X
- 3 years minimum experience (more welcomed)
Compensation: DOE
Product Specialist
Product Specialist
Summary of Job Description
The Product Specialist will be responsible for client training, quality assurance, customer communication, and documentation of our web-based product, CommunityOS. This position involves collaboration with our development and account management staff using Agile/Scrum to document, release and support our software. Other responsibilities include basic project specification and management of custom work projects along with internal staff product support.
Job Responsibilities:
- Train and certify customers on CommunityOS
- Create and update technical documentation and release notes
- Validate/resolve reported support issues
- Develop and execute test plans for our core product line and custom work projects
- Report, review, and close reported problems
- Write custom work specifications for change requests
- Project management for customer change requests
- Interface with Development and Account Managers regarding status of issues/releases
Minimum Requirements:
- B.S./B.A. and 2 years of software-related professional experience
- Strong teaching ability and a minimum of one year of training experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience creating technical documentation
- At least two years of software quality assurance testing. Web application testing experience preferred.
- Excellent test case/plan development
- Experience running full regression tests
- Ability to multi-task and switch priorities as needed
- Commitment to reach deadlines
- Creative problem solving and logical thinking skills
- Ability to work independently or on a team
- Outstanding attention to detail
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
- Experience communicating with technically skilled and unskilled clients
- Experience with automated and manual testing
- Desire to be part of an agile software development team
- Knowledge of Flash or Captivate
