Careers

5 Open Positions

System Administrator
Quality Assurance Analyst
User Interface Web Designer
Web Developer (2 Positions)

About AWeber Communications:

Located in Newtown, PA we develop and manage an online opt-in email newsletter and follow-up service. A growing 40,300 international customer base access our website 24/7 to manage and send their newsletters to recipients who have specifically opted in on their website to receive that information.

Our current team is 27 strong and rapidly growing. With a highly engaged team we all enjoy working together, learning together and helping thousands of small businesses grow. In office perks include new laptops, 30" monitors, free catered lunches, free drinks, and Wii and Xbox 360 high definition theatre projection system. We are a profitable, privately held company in business since 1998 (10 years).

System Administrator:

Seeking to fill 1 full time on site position with benefits developing and maintaining web based application infrastructure on open source platforms. Our software is utilized by over 40,300 customers on a 24/7 basis requiring well planned, robust implementations to streamline the user experience. Our team includes smart people who appreciate talent, skills, continuous learning, experimentation and a lust for creating and utilizing cutting edge technologies. We welcome those who share these passions to apply.

Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain infrastructure for web based services like AWeber.com
Setup and configuration of HTTP servers, DNS, email(POP/IMAP), FTP, VOIP.
Configuration of F5 load balances, Cisco switches, and others.
Monitoring the production environment using Nagios and fixing or escalating problems that arise.
Being part of a team that provides 24x7 coverage for the production environment.
Utilizing HTML/XML, PHP, Perl, SQL, and Javascript.
Handling project oriented work, including developing and maintaining scripts, creating and maintaining web applications & training others in the production environment.
Capacity and performance optimization and planning recommendations.
Integrating new tools into our processes and suggesting new ways of improving our system.

Qualifications:

Linux Sys Admin experience.
Knowledge of object oriented PHP, Perl, or other scripting languages.
SQL/Postgresql.
General HTML/XML/CSS knowledge.
Be assertive and have good communication skills.
Comfortable working in an informal, high-energy environment.

Benefits:

PPO health insurance.
3 weeks paid vacation/sick time.
401K retirement benefits with company match.
Free catered lunches and drinks.
Laptops and 30" monitors for all development team members.
Wii and Xbox 360 high definition theatre projection system.

How to Apply:

Please email with the subject "System Administrator" a cover letter describing why you feel this is the position for you, salary requirements, your preferred desktop OS and detailed PDF resume. (No recruiters please)

Email: resumes (at) aweber.com
Fax: 215-701-8733

QA Software Testing Analyst:

Seeking to fill 1 full time on site position to develop and manage a quality assurance development environment for web based applications run on open source platforms. Our software is utilized by over 40,300 customers on a 24/7 basis requiring well planned, robust implementations to streamline the user experience. Our team includes smart people who appreciate talent, skills, continuous learning, experimentation and a lust for creating and utilizing cutting edge technologies. We welcome those who share these passions to apply.

Responsibilities:

Automating and maintaining smoke tests.
Use of open source QA testing tools such as Selenium, PhpUnit, Windmill and others. Commercial tools used where appropriate.
Testing of PHP, Perl and Javascript code.
Performance and capacity testing with timely reports to Technical Director.
Create or revise test cases for new and altered product features.
Ability to analyze test and performance result reports with recommendations for improvements.
Utilize HTML/XML, PHP, Perl, SQL, and Javascript.
Monitoring the production environment thru automated means and escalating problems that arise.

Qualifications:

1-2+ years of QA experience, ideally with web apps.
Proficient in one or more scripting languages such as PHP or Perl.
Excellent knowledge of HTML/XML/CSS/Javascript and how different web browsers interact with it.
Experience with Agile and iterative development.
Be assertive and have good communication skills.
Comfortable working in an informal, high-energy environment.

Benefits:

PPO health insurance.
3 weeks paid vacation/sick time.
401K retirement benefits with company match.
Free catered lunches and drinks.
Laptops and 30" monitors for all development team members.
Wii and Xbox 360 high definition theatre projection system.

How to Apply:

Please email with the subject "QA Software Testing Analyst" a cover letter describing why you feel this is the position for you, salary requirements, your preferred desktop OS and detailed PDF resume. (No recruiters please)

Email: resumes (at) aweber.com
Fax: 215-701-8733

Web User Interface Designer (XHTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, PHP):

Seeking to fill 1 full time on site position with benefits designing, implementing, and maintaining web based application user interfaces on open source platforms. Our services are utilized by over 40,300 customers on a 24/7 basis requiring well planned, robust implementations to streamline the user experience. Our team includes smart people who appreciate talent, skills, continuous learning, experimentation and a lust for creating and utilizing cutting edge technologies. We welcome those who share these passions to apply.

Note: We're not looking for a general web designer, we're looking for applicants with strong UI application design experience.

Responsibilities:

Design and implement web based application designs using industry known best practices.
Balance needs of both novice web users and those familiar with more advanced Ajax type interfaces.
Work with a team of 6+ web developers to implement your designs and interfaces.
Identify solutions for the inherent rendering differences of web browsers.
Review and optimize existing HTML, XHTML, CSS code base for download speed and render time optimizations.

Qualifications:

Strong user interface design experience.
Ability to hand code HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, and Javascript.
Strong knowledge of development using W3C XHTML 1.0 & 1.1 standards with cross browser compatibility.
Macromedia Flash MX development including audio, video, animation, action-scripting and best practices for use on the web.
Strong proficiency in Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat) for trial layouts, graphics, image slicing, and compression.
PHP and Javascript skills a big plus for ease of implementation.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with clients and co-workers.
Full project cycle experience, concept through execution and maintenance support on large scale web sites.
Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks and projects within deadlines and constraints.
Be assertive and have good communication skills.
Comfortable working in an informal, high-energy environment.

Benefits:

PPO health insurance.
3 weeks paid vacation/sick time.
401K retirement benefits with company match.
Free catered lunches and drinks.
Laptops and 30" monitors for all development team members.
Wii and Xbox 360 high definition theatre projection system.

How to Apply:

Please email with the subject "Web UI Designer" a cover letter describing why you feel this is the position for you, salary requirements, your preferred desktop OS, portfolio examples, and detailed PDF resume. (No recruiters please)

Email: resumes (at) aweber.com
Fax: 215-701-8733

Web Developer:

Seeking to fill 2 full time onsite positions with benefits developing and maintaining web based applications run on Unix based open source platforms. Our software is utilized by over 40,300 customers on a 24/7 basis requiring well planned, robust implementations to streamline the user experience. Our team includes smart people who appreciate talent, skills, continuous learning, experimentation and a lust for creating and utilizing cutting edge technologies. We welcome those who share these passions to apply.

Responsibilities:

Developing code for web based services like AWeber.com
Utilizing HTML/XML, PHP, Perl, SQL, and Javascript.
Being part of a team that provides 24x7 coverage for the production environment.
Monitoring the production environment and fixing or escalating problems that arise on production machines.
Handling project oriented work, including developing and maintaining scripts, creating and maintaining web applications & training others in the production environment.
Capacity and performance optimization and planning recommendations.
Designing program functions and behaviors.
Integrating new tools into our processes and suggesting new ways of improving our system.

Qualifications:

Object oriented PHP, XML, Javascript (dare I say AJAX), and Perl development.
SQL/Postgresql.
General HTML/XML/CSS knowledge.
Be assertive and have good communication skills.
Comfortable working in an informal, high-energy environment.

Benefits:

PPO health insurance.
3 weeks paid vacation/sick time.
401K retirement benefits with company match.
Free catered lunches and drinks.
Laptops and 30" monitors for all development team members.
Wii and Xbox 360 high definition theatre projection system.

How to Apply:

Please email with the subject "Web Developer" a cover letter describing why you feel this is the position for you, salary requirements, your preferred desktop OS and detailed PDF resume. (No recruiters please)

Email: resumes (at) aweber.com
Fax: 215-701-8733

We are not offering relocation assistance at this time.