Senior PHP Developer

THE JOB:

• Maintain existing PHP code and API.


• Create new features and improve upon existing ones.


• Improve on the speed, cleanliness, and security of existing code.


• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks.


• Identify and implement new technologies and strategies for scaling purposes. (This means freedom to adopt new technologies you take a liking to and can vouch for.)


• Assist with code reviews for both current and prospective employees.


• Work with cool technologies like: memcached, MongoDB, Gearman, Redis, custom chat server developed in-house, hadoop and plenty more (experience with this tech not mandatory, but interest is!)

THE PERSON:
 

• Enjoy writing high quality, easy to read, self-documenting code. Passion for learning about new technologies.


• High attention to detail.


• High LOC/bug ratio.


• Able to follow coding standards.


• Well versed in best practices & security concerns for web development.


• More pragmatic than idealistic.


• Experience developing on the LAMP stack (able to set up a LAMP install with multiple vhosts on your own.)


• Extensive experience with SQL.


• Some experience with Javascript, HTML & CSS (though you won’t be required to write it.)


• Some experience with lower level languages such as C/C++.


• Experience with version control software


• Sense of humor.


• Love for music.

BONUS POINTS:

• Well read in Software Engineering practices.


• Experience with an SQL database and optimizing queries for high concurrency on large data sets.


• Experience with noSQL databases like MongoDB, Redis, memcached, Nginx, Gearman, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.


• Experience working on large scale systems with high volume of traffic.


• Useful contributions to the open source community.


• Experience with browser compatibility weirdness.


• Experience with Smarty or other templating systems.


• Laser Tag enthusiast.

PERKS:

• Make-your-own work schedule


• In-house chef providing free meals everyday (including vegetarian)


• Free laundry service


• Tickets to shows, concerts, and events


• The ride of your life