Objective

Work with an exceptional team to build tools and software that is second to none

Skills

AJAX: Mashups using Facebook Platform, Amazon AWS, Yahoo Search, Google Maps, Flickr and Twitter
JSON: Web services, cross domain scripting, data exchange between PHP, MySQL, Flash and JavaScript
PHP: Configuration, security, object-oriented programming, creating web services, custom frameworks
MySQL: Configuration, query optimization, full-text search indexing, de-normalization
JavaScript: Object oriented JavaScript, module pattern, jQuery
Additional: Git, OAuth, asynchronous HTTP APIs, unit tests with mock objects

Experience

  • Yahoo!: Software Engineer
  • Nov. 2007 - Present
  • Designated as the Local Paranoid responsible for all aspects of security including Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross Site Request Forgery (XSRF)
  • Unobtrusively combat spam and abuse by intelligently using CAPTCHA and pattern based rate limiting
  • Developing software which supports over 30 languages through internationalization and localization
  • Textbook Revolt / Student Revolt: Co-founder
  • Aug. 2007 - Present
  • Integrated the Amazon Search API to search for books by specifying ISBN, title or author
  • Successfully integrated with Facebook using the Facebook Platform
  • Built a credit system which keeps balances for students allowing them to exchange books
  • Created a custom PHP framework which enabled the team to complete the project in 4 weeks
  • FotoFlix, Inc.: Co-founder
  • May 2005 - Nov. 2007
  • Responsibilities include database design, code profiling and extensive documentation
  • Designed and implemented a dynamic image rendering web service which is consumed by PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript
  • Developed Javascript API used by clients to integrate the Photagious application into their own websites

Conferences and Publications

    • San Jose Zend/PHP Conference (Oct. 2006) - Presented on efficiently using JSON and PHP to create AJAX applications
    • International PHP Magazine (Aug. 2006) - Wrote the cover story on how to build an AJAX search engine
    • New York PHP Conference (Jul. 2006) - Spoke about how to use JSON to easily add rich interfaces into websites

Jaisen Mathai

  • 382 North Murphy Avenue
  • Sunnyvale, CA94085