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PHP Developer

Here at Soft32, we’re expanding and we’re currently seeking some epic PHP developers to join our elite team of technical gurus.

You will work on some big projects central to the direction of Soft32, including the Soft32 Updater app. We have some big plans for the near future that will make for some great challenges and open up some really awesome opportunities for the right developers. We let great developers do their thing without bureaucracy getting in the way.

We use great cutting edge technology like Amazon AWS (EC2, SimpleDB, S3, etc), memcache, ngnix, MongoDB & NoSQL, Node.JS etc.

We have a great balance between the excitement and dynamism of a startup while offering a lot of flexibility. We seek motivated self-starters who don’t need to be micro-managed. We want the job done and not just putting in some defined amount of time. We offer a competitive salary and good benefits.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintaining existing backend code & APIs, creating new features and improving existing ones
  • Writing good, clean, fast, secure code
  • Identifying and eliminating bottlenecks
  • Writing and optimizing queries for high-concurrency workloads in SQL, MongoDB, memcached, etc
  • Broad understanding of web architecture and how it applies to scalability
  • Identifying and implementing new technologies and strategies to help us scale to the next level

 

Desired Qualities:

  • Enjoy writing high quality, easy to read, self-documenting code
  • A passion for learning about new technologies and pushing yourself
  • Attention to detail
  • A high LOC/bug ratio
  • Able to follow coding standards
  • Good communication skills
  • Well versed in best practices & security concerns for web development
  • Ability to work independently and on teams, with little guidance and with occasional micromanagement
  • More pragmatic than idealistic
  • Enjoy eating bugs for lunch

 

Experience:

  • Experience developing on the LAMP stack (able to set up a LAMP install with multiple vhosts on your own is a plus)
  • Extensive experience with PHP
  • Extensive experience with SQL
  • Some experience with Javascript, HTML & CSS though you won’t be required to write it
  • Experience with version control software (svn, git)

 

Bonus points for (nice to have):

  • Well read in Software Engineering practices
  • Experience working with a PHP framework (eg: Zend)
  • Experience with a SQL database and optimizing queries for high concurrency on large data sets
  • Experience with noSQL databases like MongoDB, memcached.
  • Experience with Nginx
  • Experience creating APIs
  • Knowledge of Linux internals
  • Experience working on large scale systems with high volume of traffic
  • Useful contributions to the open source community
  • Fluency in lots of different programming languages
  • Experience with browser compatibility weirdness
  • Strong front-end JavaScript and CSS knowledge
  • Knowledge of Photoshop and a sense of design
  • Enjoying building user-focused interfaces, using Ajax when appropriate

 

Who we don’t want:

  • Architecture astronauts
  • Trolls
  • Complete n00bs
  • People who want a 9-6 job
  • People who would rather pretend to know everything than actually learn

 

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Content editor

We are looking for an experienced tech journalist/web content editor dedicated to testing and reviewing Windows software, contributing to our blog and assisting the editorial team in maintaining and improving our software catalog.

Working on the English-language edition of Soft32.com, the content editor will be focused on the USA market. You will work on some big projects central to the direction of Soft32, including the Soft32 Updater app.

Compensation is negotiable. Position is available ASAP.

When applying for this position, please write a custom cover letter to our founder, Lucian, introducing yourself. Also include samples of work and preferred salary ranges: (careers@itnt.ro).

The Content Editor´s duties include:

  • Identifying, testing and reviewing attractive and important new apps for our download site
  • Maintaining our catalog and optimizing our content
  • Daily contributions to our software blog
  • Regular input in team & departmental meetings regarding the Windows market

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