Yes, Koprol is in hiring mode! While receiving applications for developer positions and community manager position we are also looking for an operations engineer / service engineer / system admin.

Read the details below then quickly send your resume to jobs@koprol.com

The Yahoo! Apps Service Engineering team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced engineer possessing experience in working with large scale production deployments with good development skills in building monitoring, diagnostic and troubleshooting tools.

The position entails

• working on the reliability, scalability and performance aspects of distributed applications
• working with large scale production deployments of thousands of servers
• building tools to manage, monitor and trouble shoot large scale networks

Skills & Experience

To be successful, you must have 5+ years of experience with the following skills:

• operating systems (FreeBSD or similar forms of Unix)
• Perl and UNIX scripting
• understanding of DNS, NFS, TCP/IP and other internet protocols
• very good understanding of Mysql DB’s
• experience in application level troubleshooting and monitoring
• knowledge of tools like Netcool or Nagios would be a plus
• excellent problem solving skills
• excellent communication skill

BSCS or equivalent is required.

Ingin punya pekerjaan paling bergengsi di komunitas online yang lagi ngetop di Indonesia?

Yahoo! Indonesia mencari orang yang asik, penuh semangat, senang ketemu orang, pintar menangkap kemauan komunitas, jago nulis, jago organize kopdar, jago organize sponsor, dll, untuk menjadi Community Manager Koprol!

Silakan pelajari detail di bawah ini (dari Blog Yahoo! Indonesia), lalu segera kirim CV dan username Koprol anda ke jobs@koprol.com

Community Manager (Indonesia), Koprol
(Based in Jakarta, Indonesia)

Responsibilities:

Community

• Be an advocate for the Community within Koprol making sure that community feedback is heard, and that product roadmaps and user communications reflect our users’ needs. Represent Koprol to the Community.
• Foster community health and engagement through community moderation and other relevant short and long term initiatives to ensure that our community is healthy, satisfied and feels connected to Koprol. Enforce abuse policies where required.
• Set and maintain the overall tone of voice and guidelines for Community Management.
• Cultivate relationships with key “power” users and respond to inquiries from our top users on a timely basis, addressing any concerns that are raised by these users.

Customer care

• Foster strong relations with Customer Care representatives, ensuring that they meet service levels, and make accurate decisions (via calibration sessions).
• Be the go-to expert for any product-related questions Customer Care representatives may have.

Editorial

• Own a number of in-product editorial positions in your market, including the Koprol’s official blog.
• Own, edit and write the Koprol newsletter for your market if relevant.

Partnerships

• Manage the Partnership program for Koprol in your market, providing support to existing partners, surfacing their content through editorial position and assisting in the set up and training of new partners where relevant.

PR

• Contribute to and sign-off Koprol PR communications where relevant.
• Proactively reach out to PR to drive possible opportunities (users spotlight, contextual support, etc.).

Minimum Requirements:

• Strong communication and presentation skills, this includes a strong command of written and spoken English and Bahasa Indonesia,
• Strong grasp of general knowledge, current affairs and pop culture, and in-depth knowledge of Indonesia.
• Experience with Internet-based community services and applications as such as social networking, blog communities, forums, and message boards.
• Experience with customer acquisition strategies and consumer marketing and competitive analysis.
• Strong interest in fostering relationships and getting people together.
• Able to work with diverse teams of people from different cultures
• 2-5 years of product management/community administration experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Summary of Role:

• The Community Manager (Indonesia) will be reporting to the Country Editor of Yahoo! Indonesia and will be tasked with building and nurturing strong and healthy Communities for Yahoo! Community Products in Indonesia.
• The Community Manager (Indonesia) will work with relevant team members to manage the community, ensuring that it is healthy, engaged, and feels connected to Koprol. He or she will cultivate a relationship with power users through relevant initiatives.
• The Community Manager (Indonesia) will foster strong relationships with key product teams and with the Customer Care team. He or she will be an advocate of Koprol within the Yahoo! Network, ensuring that cross-promotional opportunities are optimized.
• We are looking for an individual passionate about online Communities with outstanding inter-personal skills, a customer-focused and results-driven approach. An individual who can achieve tangible results in that role, namely to continuously grow our Community, nurture its health and engagement and generally maximize Koprol opportunity in Indonesia.

(PS. Kami juga punya banyak lowongan untuk developers)

Great news, Koprollers! Koprol is now a part of Yahoo!

The whole Koprol team, including the founders and employees, are joining Yahoo! - where we will focus on expanding Koprol. Rest assured Koprol isn’t going anywhere, in fact it will get bigger with you in Indonesia and beyond.

We will continue our mission of helping you discover new and exciting people and places, but with the support and strength of Yahoo! You can expect our planned features to be delivered faster than previously thought - including mobile apps, an Indonesian language version, business accounts, and who knows what else we have in store for you.

Perfect Match
Koprol is a unique social network, but is also a perfect match for Yahoo!. Koprol technology is a unique blend of location-based conversations, a social city guide, and a cross platform mobile application. It’s well suited for Indonesia and the emerging markets in general. Koprol fits Yahoo!’s vision for Indonesia and extends Yahoo!’s portfolio of social and mobile products. For us, joining a company like Yahoo! was an easy decision to make and will take Koprol to the next level. We are very excited.

Kops, we love you! We will make sure you enjoy a smooth transition into the next chapter of Koprol where we will have even more friends and more features to help you discover new people and places.

A little update! Now people can sign in to Koprol using their Twitter or Google account, in addition to Facebook and Yahoo!. Just click on the buttons like in this screenshot:

Note: only on the computer. not on mobile, unfortunately.

Twitter users,
Have you heard about Twitter Places? Last year's prediction was right, Twitter is 'going places' too. We'll see how that works later. Meanwhile, did you know that since last December you can add location to your tweet from Koprol?

Yahoo! ID users,
We upgraded to the new Yahoo! sign in. It's much simpler now. Those who have connected before, have to connect again. After signing in to Yahoo! just look for "Already have a Koprol account?" on the right side.

It's been an amazing year for Koprol, and you've been a good boy or girl. All 19,000 of you. So here's a little stocking stuffer from us: another feature update! Hopefully these include what you wished for. We've got lots more coming next month. Happy holidays!

1. Mute

You got summoned and got stuck in a thread (or roll or prol or trail) that just won't end? You can now click the mute button and stop getting notifications. Finally!

2. Block

Blocking a person not just avoids you from getting comments from that person, it also avoids you from getting summoned.

3. Tabs

More content is coming in the right-hand column, so we've organized it by adding tabs to the boxes. Expect to see more cool stuff in there later.

4. Multiple Review

Want to make a new review of the same place? Before, you have to replace your old review. Now, we will keep your old reviews. But take note: we only count your last rating.

5. Easier Suggest Place

It's now easier to submit a new place. Like before, when you search a place and can't find it, just scroll down the page to suggest a new place. Now, we auto fill the name, and there's an easy text box to choose the area. Just start typing and a list will show up. Choose and proceed.

6. Connect Yahoo! & Facebook to existing account

Even if you have not connected your Koprol account with Yahoo! or Facebook, you can still click those buttons before login. We will then ask you to connect to your existing Koprol account.

7. View Mobile version on your computer

On slow connection? Here's a tip. Try our Mobile version from your computer. Just go to m.koprol.com. At anytime, you can switch between the mobile version and standard version through a link at the bottom.

Important: Please clear your browser's cache & cookies, for these new features to work properly.

SIARAN PERS

Koprol, suatu jaringan sosial buatan lokal, diperkenalkan oleh Yahoo! sebagai contoh pemakai Yahoo! API dalam Yahoo Open Hack Day 2009 yang berlangsung 21-22 Nov di Balai Kartini.

Open Hack Day bertujuan memperkenalkan Yahoo! Developer Tools seperti Yahoo! API ke para pengembang Asia Tenggara dengan memberikan penyuluhan gratis selama sehari, kemudian lomba hacking menggunakan Yahoo! API selama semalam. Open Hack sudah sering dilakukan di Amerika dan negara lain, tapi baru kali ini di Asia Tenggara.

Koprol membuktikan bahwa Yahoo! Tools sangat menguntungkan untuk produk lokal semacam Koprol, karena bisa mendatangkan pemakai Yahoo! yang jumlahnya sangat banyak, dan juga implementasinya sangat mudah. Dalam waktu kurang dari seminggu, Koprol telah implementasikan 3 API yang sangat berguna, yaitu:

• YAP / Homepage App: Koprol bisa tampil di halaman depan Yahoo!
• Fire Eagle: mengirim lokasi Koprol ke Fire Eagle dan aplikasi lain
• BB Auth: pengguna Yahoo! bisa daftar Koprol tanpa membuat password

Selain sebagai contoh kasus, Koprol juga terlibat dalam Open Hack Day sebagai juri. Chief Technology Officer kami, Daniel Armanto, menjadi salah satu dari 6 juri lokal dan internasional.

Mengenai Koprol

Koprol adalah jaringan sosial berbasis lokasi pertama di Indonesia. Bisa diakses melalui melalui mobile web, Koprol membantu pemakai ponsel berbagi foto, resensi tempat, dan melakukan diskusi dengan orang disekitarnya. Koprol juga bisa memberi saran tempat yang popular di sekitar, seperti restoran dan toko, berdasarkan penilaian orang.

Koprol telah dicoba sejak awal 2009 dan telah diterima baik di antara pers, komunitas teknologi, dan tentunya komunitasnya sendiri yang terus berkembang. Koprol bertujuan menjadi panduan kota yang sosial, dan menjadi ruang promosi untuk usaha lokal. Dalam waktu dekat, Koprol akan tersedia sebagai aplikasi mobile dan akan menawarkan promosi khusus dari usaha lokal.

Koprol diciptakan dan didanai sendiri oleh SkyEight, perusahaan pengembang software di daerah Barito, Jakarta Selatan.

SkyEight
Jl. Radio 1/25, Lt. 3
Jakarta 12130
Phone: +62-21-726-7065
Fax: +62-21-739-6031

A proud day for Koprol. Our very own Rafeequl Rahman aka. vcool won the $20,000 grand prize at the first YMDA in Indonesia, yesterday (May 16th, 2009) at Plaza Senayan.

YMDA is Yahoo!'s effort to promote their mobile application platform. They invited developers to compete in 5 categories by building a Yahoo! mobile application for 5 award sponsors. Winner of each category gets $10,000. Then the judges select one of those 5 winners as 'Best in Show' to receive another $10,000. Rafeequl, who entered alone, won the whole thing over teams of Indonesia's best developers.

The application Rafeeq developed, called Lapangan Hijau, allows people to follow the national soccer league from their mobile phones. It provides schedule, live scores, even SMS reminders and account connection to Facebook.

By his own admission, Rafeeq did not expect to be named as winner at all. He came to the final event just to meet other contestants and to see who would win. He didn't know how he won, but based on what an insider told him, the judges saw the 'passion' in his craft. And yes, Rafeeq did design Lapangan Hijau based on his own needs as an avid soccer fan.

Rafeeq credited his experience working at SkyEight and developing Koprol to be very helpful. He got familiar with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript frameworks, and plugins while developing Koprol. In fact, he built Lapangan Hijau with Ruby on Rails. He also thanks all his Koprol friends for inspiring and supporting him. From us here at Koprol, we can testify that Rafeeq is a very humble genius and we couldn't be prouder. Go vcool!

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