by Irma Moore | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
ABOUT US
Mountaintop is a new game studio creating multiplayer games for players who crave a challenge. We’re an independent, remote-first studio primarily located in the US and Canada.
We’re creating the types of games that bring people together — and keep them together for “just one more round.” The types of games that inspired us as kids. The games that become our hobbies, and sometimes our obsessions.
Games are a reflection of the teams that make them. So to make the best games, we’re building a studio that puts the team first — one that’s collaborative, anti-crunch, diverse, and inclusive.
We’d love for you to join us.
YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
- Prototyping, implementing, and maintaining gameplay systems that deliver amazing player experiences
- Collaborating with design, art, and production to realize a shared vision of the game
- Contributing to concept, direction, and gameplay for all Mountaintop projects
- Establishing engineering best practices that ensure high-quality results
- Creating a team culture that prides itself on excellence, innovation, trust, and respect
ABOUT YOU
- A love for playing and making amazing games
- Strong skills in C++ plus expert experience with scripting languages
- A minimum of 4 years of programming experience, including at least one shipped PC or console title
- Self-motivated and eager to contribute in many different areas of development
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
PLUSES
- Experience working with Unreal Engine 4
- Experience supporting a live service title
- Experience working on networked multiplayer games
- Computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related degree
PERKS
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance (100% of employee premiums paid, 90% of dependent premiums paid)
- 401k plan
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote-work Friendly
$60,000 – $135,000 a year
The estimated salary range for this role is $60,000 – 135,000 USD plus equity.
by Irma Moore | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Come join MillerMusmar CPAs an award-winning CPA firm located in Reston, Virginia. We were awarded one of the Top Accounting Firms to work for by the Washington Business Journal as well as a Great Place to Work in 2018. We have been providing quality client services for over 25 years!
We are a full-service firm specialize in accounting, tax, assurance, and management advisory services. We have a diverse client base, ranging from government contractors, retail, and consulting businesses (Domestic and International), nonprofits and association. In addition we have a unique mix of individual clients (U.S citizens, Foreign Nationals, and Expatriates). This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing CPA firm and be a part of a learning culture that is collaborative and diverse!
We are looking for a part-time experienced tax preparer to assist 3 days per week during the tax season and 1-2 days per week outside peak tax season. We are looking for an efficient professional who can meet tax and firm deadlines with low to no error rate.
**This is a remote position, part-time, the corporate office hours 8am-5 pm EST**
Job Summary:
We seek a Tax Preparer that is detailed oriented with problem solving-skills and initiative. Are you seeking a challenging yet rewarding environment? Look no further. You will have the opportunity to inspect and review client financial records and prepare applicable federal and state income tax returns for individuals, trusts and gifts.
Pay and Benefits:
Salary: $34 – $37 per hour
At MillerMusmar, we believe in taking care of team members, so we offer part-time employees paid holidays and a full suite of local and nationwide discounts that appeal to a wide array of activities and services.
At MillerMusmar CPAs, we understand that highly satisfied employees are key to a thriving organization. This is why we offer benefits to part-time employees that includes:
- A competitive salary and compensation package
- Flexible, part-time hours
- Full or partial remote work opportunity based on performance and experience
- 9 paid holidays each year
- Bonus programs
- Employee referral bonus
- Club and gym membership on premises
- Team and social activities for employees
- A workplace culture that supports collaboration, teamwork, financial stability, and professional growth
Supervisory Responsibilities:
Does not apply.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Utilizes professional experience on various tax consulting, planning, and compliance services for domestic and international corporate, partnership, and individual tax clients.
- Reviews previous year’s tax returns and current year’s financial records to identify missing or incomplete information or documentation.
- Maintains understanding and knowledge of changes in tax law by reading professional literature or attending tax seminars and training courses.
- Provides technical solutions to client transactions to ensure accurate tax reporting and planning. Prepares related documentation.
- As appropriate, identifies and recommends updates to accounting systems and procedures.
- Builds trust and rapport with clients
Required Skills/Abilities:
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
The ability to multi-task while maintaining accuracy and meeting strict deadlines.
CPA or CPA candidate preferred
Microsoft® Office (including PowerPoint), CCH Axcess, Engagement® , Bloomberg (BNA) Income Tax Planner and other tax compliance and research software proficiency.
Education and Experience:
- At least 3-5 years of recent experience preparing 1040s, 1041s and 709s.
- Bachelor of Science/Arts in Accounting.
- Tax experience required.
- Experience with the preparation/review of federal and state individual income tax returns, including tax payers with multistate K-1 activities.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time.
If you are seeking a challenging yet rewarding environment, look no further. Apply today to join an amazing firm with a great team!
by Irma Moore | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Description
BoostDraft is a software engineering company that develops IDE for documents. It was founded by MIT and Stanford grad students, developing an assisted document editor for legal documents. It is a new document editor that employs error checking, reference checking and auto-completion using both rule-based approach and NLP, like what coding editors/IDE (e.g. VSCode, Pycharm) do.
For more details: BoostDraft Company Deck
Background & Traction
We are currently focusing on Lawyers who draft relatively standardized but long documents, such as contracts. With only two years after our product launch, we already have more than 7,500 active paid users. We have several long-term, large-scale contracts with famed enterprises and law firms. As a result, we have been highly profitable from Day 1 and experienced exponential growth without outside funding at all.
Join our Engineering-First Team
At BoostDraft, we prioritize quality over quantity. As an engineering-first company. Around 70% of our team members are software engineers with extensive experiences from companies such as Microsoft, IBM, HTC, Yahoo!, and NTT Lab. Our CEO, Yohei, who has proven experience in both Software Engineering and Business management, has built an organization that values and empowers software engineers.
Why BoostDraft?
Join a company that values innovation, research, and organic growth.
At BoostDraft, we offer:
- A wealth of real-world applications in NLP/GenAI/DL/ML with access to practical and sensitive data. Currently, our platform serves over 7,500 active users, entrusted with confidential document creation.
- Focus on R&D for new technology: We heavily focus on research for knowledge extraction leveraging user data
- An Engineering-first approach: The CEO is also a software engineer and over 70% of members are software engineers. We believe in empowering our engineers and providing them with the resources they need to succeed.
- Rapid organic growth : We have experienced 300% revenue growth, are profitable, and have achieved this without outside investment. All of our revenue is coming from referrals by users, no marketing efforts
Notable Achievements
BoostDraft was accepted by prestigious accelerator program:
- MassChallenge (Top 30 US accelerator)
- StartX (Stanford Accelerator, 7% acceptance rate)
- MIT Sandbox (Accelerator of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Technical Challenges We solve
- Security preserved document understanding.
- search similar sentences
- highlight important sentence
- anonymize sensitive documents
- update models by using federated learning
- DL/ML on the customer’s local environment.
What’s your challenge
As a Research Engineer at BoostDraft, you will be responsible for:
- Design and implement new features for our products.
- Especially, apply LLM/DeepLearining/ML/NLP techs for our editor product.
- Interview our customers and design new features/apps for solving their problems.
- Analyze public/private data for understanding legal documents.
- Evaluating cutting-edge DL/ML/NLP techs.
Requirements
- Experience in natural language processing using deep learning frameworks such as Huggingface/PyTorch/TensorFlow.
- Fundamental knowledge of basic data retrieval using RDBMS, KVS, full-text search engines, etc.
- Experience with programming languages other than Python, such as Java, C#, C++, Rust, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript.
- Experience in commercial or open-source software development.
- Business-level proficiency in English conversation.
Academic Background
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred)
Nice-to-have
- Experience in software development for Windows.
- Knowledge of binary-related concepts such as CPU architecture, compilers, linkers, build systems, etc.
Benefits
Visa and Relocation
Our teams are working fully remotely, and we are expanding our global presence. While our headquarters are currently in Japan, relocation to Japan is not mandatory. If you wish to relocate, we are happy to help you obtain a visa.
Working Arrangement
by Irma Moore | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
We have an outstanding Contract position for aPrincipal Programmer Analystto join a leading Company. This is a remote position.
Pay Range: $57.03 – $63.55
US Citizenship is required.
The successful candidate will be a part of the team that is responsible for Enterprise Business Intelligence. This position requires that the candidate understands, uses, and applies technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques and provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate to high scope and complexity. The candidate will be responsible for a complete setup and management of the Cognos environment – reports/dashboard development, administration/configuration, customization, security, etc. The candidate will regularly interact with the customers to perform requirements analysis, document and confirm the requirements with the customers, and develop and deliver solutions as per the requirements. The candidate will also contribute to the development and delivery of user training and documentation. The candidate will follow established procedures, contribute to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects, and keep up-to-date with the technology shifts through training and development.
Basic Hiring Criteria :
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar
- Minimum 5-10 years of experience working in information technology industry
- Minimum 5 years of experience developing reports and dashboards using IBM Cognos 10.2 or higher (experience with other BI tools – Power BI, Tableau, Business Objects, etc a plus)
- Minimum 5 years of experience managing clustered Cognos environments – Server administration (install, upgrade, troubleshoot Cognos environments), performing health checks, content administration (reports/package promotion, user security)Desired Qualifications :
- Experience with Deltek CostPoint, Deltek Time Collection, and Deltek GovWin a plus
- Strong knowledge of data warehousing – Dimensional (Kimball methodology) as well as Relational (Inmon methodology)
- Intermediate to advanced SQL and PL/SQL experience (Oracle) – development as well as query tuning
- Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Proficient with MS Visio or similar diagramming/vector programming tools – be able to develop and maintain architecture diagrams of the BI environments
- Virtual team collaboration tools such as Zoom, etc
- Strong requirements analysis experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Experience developing user documentation and training material
- Experience with JavaScript, XML, and Java
- Experience with Cognos SDK
- Work individually and in a matrix environment
- Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
- Communicate (written and oral) effectively and demonstrate professional interpersonal skills
- Interact professionally with clients and vendors
- Build positive working relationships with employees at all levels within the organization
- Meet deadlines as necessary
- Effectively work with minimal supervision
- “Can-do” attitude, pro-active and resourceful
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visithttp://www.tadpgs.com/candidate-privacy/orhttps://pdsdefense.com/candidate-privacy/
by Irma Moore | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Description
Welcome to Homa, the gaming technology lab that is taking the industry by storm! Our team of over 200 people, hailing from more than 35 different countries, is dedicated to empowering mobile game creators worldwide to bring their creative ideas to the top charts.
Our Homa Lab platform offers a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge tools that allow developers to stay on top of the latest trends, test new features in real-time, and easily distribute and monetize their games. Our success speaks for itself – our apps have been downloaded over 1 billion times!
Since our inception, we have raised $165 million in total from prominent investors, including Headline, Northzone, Eurazeo, Singular, Quadrille Capital, Fabric Ventures, and Bpifrance. We have also received support from renowned business angels, such as the founders of King, Sorare and Spotify.
But what really makes Homa special is our team. We are a diverse group of artists, business developers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and former strategy consultants who all share the same passion for taking over the gaming industry. When you become part of Homa, you’ll be joining a dedicated team that creates innovative and high-performing games that resonate with players worldwide.
If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a real impact in the company, then Homa is the perfect place for you. Join us and let’s create the future of gaming together!
Role and Mission — What you will do 🚀
As a Senior Economy Designer for an upcoming hybridcasual/midcore title, you will be responsible for shaping the economic framework of the game, ensuring a balanced and rewarding experience for players while meeting the company’s business objectives. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including game designers, product managers, data analysts, and LiveOps specialists to create and refine economic systems that enhance player engagement, retention, and monetization.
- Design and Balance In-Game Economies: Develop, analyze, and iterate on economic models to ensure sustainable and balanced gameplay experiences.
- Design virtual currencies, resource economies, progression systems, and in-game markets that incentivize player engagement and foster long-term retention.
- Data-driven decision-making: Utilize player data, analytics, and player feedback to inform economic design decisions.
- Conduct regular evaluations of in-game economies, monitor player behavior, and identify areas for improvement or optimization.
- LiveOps Strategy: Collaborate with the LiveOps team to integrate economic systems that support various monetization mechanics & levers to optimize IAP, advertisement, and subscription revenue.
- Balance revenue generation objectives with player satisfaction, retention, and fairness.
- Content and Feature Integration: Work closely with game designers and content creators to ensure that incremental features integrate effectively with the existing game economy across new mechanics, content releases, and feature updates.
- Design progression curves, reward structures, and achievement systems that complement gameplay experiences.
Requirements
Preferred Experience—What’s your profile 👀
If you’re creative, ambitious, and up for taking over the industry, we want you on our team!
- A deep passion for gaming and game-making
- Proven experience designing in-game economies for complex mobile games (MMO, Strategy, RPG, etc.), with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions.
- Ability to simulate and project player progression across various progression systems simultaneously (in Excel)
- Proficiency in statistical analysis and modeling techniques.
- Deep understanding of player behavior, retention strategies, and monetization mechanics in mobile gaming.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Strong self-direction, with the ability to pursue goals independently, while keeping various stakeholders informed of progress and potential issues.
- Creative problem-solving abilities and a passion for designing compelling game experiences.
Our Culture—Who we are🪐
At Homa, we are building a community of brilliant talents. We believe that true innovation comes from diversity and collaboration, and that’s why we prioritize brainpower and determination over formal education. So if you have the talent, energy and motivation, there is no obstacle to your success here.
As the creative experts behind the platform, we provide developers with the data they need to bring their ideas to life. Our team lives by three central values that guide everything we do:
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