Verve Internet Solutions (www.verveinternet.com) is a full-service Internet communications firm with a 12 year track record serving the needs of nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. The firm is based in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, PA.

In addition to producing sophisticated, robust websites, Verve Internet Solutions develops products designed to facilitate web content publishing, ecommerce, and group collaboration designed specifically for the needs of nonprofits and schools. The Web Developer will be involved in web production, product development, technical support of Verve's products, and in the production of websites for nonprofit clients.

This position requires working closely with and following guidelines and specifications provided by the company for quality web production, development and technical support. The opening is for immediate hire - we can hire on contract or offer full-time employment with benefits. Full-time salary is in the mid-tohigh $30s, based on experience. Work schedule is 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday on-site at our offices in Philadelphia, PA.

Responsibilities:

• Knowledgeable in the production of websites in varied structural layouts (HTML, advanced CSS structures, Drupal).
• Preparing graphics for production from Adobe Photoshop templates.
• Developing web forms and applications using PHP, Javascript and/or MySQL.
• Consistently applying Verve's production processes and standards, and suggesting improvements to the Development/Production teams.
• Bringing knowledge of other tools or technologies that may help in the production and/or development process.
• Handling support requests via Verve's HelpDesk system, and dispatching requests to other personnel if necessary.

Requirements:

• College study in Computer Science, Web Design, or Information Systems.
• Proficient in Cross-browser XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP. Knowledge of additional technologies such as Ajax and Ruby on Rails a plus.
• Knowledgeable in software such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and other web development tools.
• Knowledge of optimization of graphics for the web.
• Understanding of how to build effective site file structures for large-scale websites.
• Working knowledge of best practices and industry-accepted web standards.
• Extensive knowledge of common Internet protocols - ftp://, http://, etc. Comfort working in a Linux/Unix server environment a plus.
• Familiarity with cross platform (IE, Firefox, Windows, Macintosh, etc.) issues; basic web server administration (Plesk a plus); user interface design principles; usability and accessibility issues.
• Good verbal and written communications skills, previous experience with technical support a plus.
• High attention to detail, and ability to work well independently with direction from others.
• Familiarity with the nonprofit sector a plus.

Application: Please send to hr@verveinternet.com:

• Cover letter, highlighting your strengths and experience
• Résumé listing your employment history
• At least three different URLs of your work.

Verve Internet Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.

This role is for a programming developer. The programming developer is responsible for developing software according to specification and standards for a packaged software application.

Technical experience is required, and domain knowledge within the functional components is a plus.

Software developer responsibilities include.

• Perform programming activities to deliver software according to specification and standards.
• Work with project manager and functional lead to ensure clarity of specification.
• Perform software build activities to ensure compliance with standards and best practices for the software package.
• Demonstrate ability to perform programming tasks.
• Must be a self-starter; possess excellent communication and organizational skills along with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Assist with the development of procedures and processes to improve operational efficiency.
• Work in an environment that adheres to work plans/schedules and status reporting.
• Work effectively with internal and external clients.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Education/ Work experience requirements:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for degree.
• Strong skills in web application components such as PHP, SOAP, Tomcat, Struts, JSP's, and MySQL.
• Familiarity with object oriented programming techniques and common design patterns
• Working knowledge of Linux is highly desirable
• Experience with Web Services a plus
• Demonstrate a strong track record as a programmer
• 2+ years programming experience in web application environment
• Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and solve issues.
• Possess good judgment, positive attitude and professional demeanor.
• Dependable, with excellent organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and be flexible in a dynamic team environment.
• Ability to multi-task meeting multiple deadlines

Please email Katie Scheuermann at kscheu@fastsearch1.com

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?

Yahoo! Audience Product Platforms is looking for engineers to build great new applications and enhance the capabilities of its existing applications. This engineer needs to be able to quickly learn/leverage multiple technologies, assess appropriateness and have the hands on get-go attitude to implement these solutions both individually and by working with other team-members.

Required Knowledge:

• BS in computer science (MS preferred)
• 6+ years of experience
• Fluency in a subset of C/C++, JAVA.
• Good understanding of algorithms, data structures, performance optimization techniques, and object-oriented programming.
• Strong debugging skills and the ability to optimize code for speed.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.

Preferred Knowledge:

• Prior technical leadership of significant projects through product life cycle is desirable.
• Previous experience with web server technologies and knowledge of databases.
• Experience in PHP, PERL and shell scripting would be highly preferred.

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Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Please send resumes to Shawn Cartwright, Shawncar@yahoo-inc.com

The Internet is a big, busy place, and we at Yahoo! are proud to stand out in the crowd. As the world's number one Internet brand, servicing over a half billion people, we're determined to maintain our commitment to delivering news, entertainment, information and fun... each and every day.

In order to maintain our position as one of the world's most trafficked Internet destinations, we're always on the lookout for people with big ideas and big talent to help us provide our visitors with the innovative products and services they've come to expect from Yahoo!. We're looking for people like you.

How Big Can You Think?
Yahoo! Travel is the leading travel research property on the Internet, with an interesting suite of research, comparison and planning products including Travel Guides, FareChase, and Trip Planner. If you are intrigued by the challenge of building highly scalable and reliable software in a dynamic team environment, and you are excited by the thought that millions will see your work every day, this job is for you!

Required Knowledge:

The CNET Networks Games, Entertainment and Lifestyles division--including GameSpot.com, TV.com, MP3.com and Chow.com--is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role within our development team. Responsibilities will extend to any of the applications associated with division's initiatives. Real world experience and expertise with Linux, PHP, and MySQL are an absolute must, but a deep understanding of all web technologies from a technical and product perspective is also very important.

The applicant must have a passion for providing a great user experience rather than just looking for technical challenges. You will be working with a group of people that are all Gamers, Musicians, Couch Potatoes and/or Film Buffs that are very passionate about the information our sites provide and understand what the user wants to see. We are very focused on getting the user what he wants as fast as possible. A passion for Games, Music, TV, Movies and all things in the entertainment world is a must!

Must Have:

• Expert PHP skills, bonus for RoR
• 5-7 years of real world experience engineering web solutions for LAMP stacks
• Strong relational DB knowledge (table optimization, query optimization)
• Ability to prioritize and lead multiple simultaneous projects effectively
• Excellent understanding of OO software engineering concepts
• Ability to architect solid, scalable, extensible solutions for SE needs
• Excited by working on high-level design and architecture
• Comfortable mentoring junior engineers
• Experience with formal release processes
• Strong verbal, written, analytical and communication skills

Additional Information:

Percent Travel: No Travel
Professional/College: Professional
Brands MP3.com, CHOW, GameSpot, TV.com
Expertise: Information Technology - Software Engineer, Information Technology - ALL
Job Type: Full Time
Location: CA-San Francisco
Preferred Language: English

For more information see this job description on the CNet site.

Overview

My client is a venture capital backed technology company specialising in the ever growing Internet blogging space. As part of their continued product development they are looking for a Senior Programmer to proactively expand their range of software products. You will ideally have an expert level of understanding of PHP and other open source technologies, an understanding or knowledge of the Zend Framework is highly advantageous

The ideal candidate is capable of seeing the big picture when it comes to development and must able to code creatively. You are currently either a strong junior/middleweight developer who wants to expand your skill set, or you are a senior developer in a small team who has loads of great ideas that you want to unleash.

The job will involve working with AJAX related technologies, JavaScript, CSS and HTML skills are desirable. An understanding of Web Servers is also required as is exposure to databases. (SQL ORACLE) Also beneficial is an understanding or exposure to the other development languages, i.e. .Net, Java, c/c++ etc.

So if you want to work with the latest technologies and the most cutting edge development in the UK I would like to hear from you. Suitable candidates will be called immediately.

In return my client can offer a excellent salary and package.
To apply, please email your most recent CV to robert.ditzel@tlpco.com

Overview

The Ning Application Engineering team is a small, flat, and highly productive team of people building software that matters to millions of people in their daily lives. We use PHP and Javascript on top of the Ning Platform to deliver an extremely friendly and infinitely customizable experience to Network Creators on Ning.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that Your Own Social Network for Anything is as fast as possible. Then push to make it faster.
• Be the performance expert across all of our application development efforts - define the goals and framework for ensuring we are always getting faster as a service.
• Work closely with all members for the application development team to optimize the performance of each component and/or feature.
• Perform regular architecture and design reviews for new and existing features from a performance standpoint.
• Monitor overall site performance using internal and external tools. Develop tools as needed.
• Identify and own performance issues, design and develop code to address these issues.
• Identify performance hotspots and risks. Develop short and long term plans to address these issues before they impact growth

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science.
• Direct and extensive PHP and/or cross browser web development experience.
• Knowledge of PHP internals, Apache, and system profiling tools.
• Deep knowledge of how web pages and their elements are processed and rendered across all major browsers and their versions.
• Extensive experience with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Experience programming scalable web applications and considerably improving their performance.
• Knowledge of web services, and agile development methodologies desired.
• Experience working on websites with very high transaction volumes.
• In-depth knowledge of network programming, and HTTP protocol.
• Recent hands-on experience with some script and shell programming (e.g. Perl and Shell).
• Personality, comfort and desire to be a leader.
• Curiosity. You've created a social network on Ning. You dive into a bit more detail and are struck by the Ning Content Store and why we chose that architecture. You have ideas on how to make the site better and faster. You have lots of technical questions for us.

Please send your resume to yoonie@ning.com

Overview

Our Application Developer group is a small, flat organization populated with people who are passionate about creating beautiful software used by millions of people in their daily lives. We use PHP and Javascript on top of the Ning Platform REST APIs to deliver an extremely friendly and infinitely customizable experience to Network Creators on Ning.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in designing and executing new features on Ning's "killer app" - Your Own Social Network for Anything. Projects may include work on photo sharing, video sharing, discussions, blogging, events, OpenSocial applications, and wikis features as well as new features entirely.
• Work in rapid 2-4 week development cycles.
• Collaborate closely with design and product management to ensure that the feature achieves the goals laid out for it.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in CS or equivalent experience.
• Experience with PHP, AJAX, and HTML/CSS.
• Java or C++ or object oriented design experience.
• Experience programming scalable web applications.
• Knowledge of web services, and agile development methodologies desired.
• Know your way around Flash.
• Curiosity. You've created a social network on Ning. You dive into a bit more detail and are struck by the Ning Content Store and why we chose that architecture. You have lots of technical questions for us.

Please send your resume to yoonie@ning.com

DESCRIPTION

The ideal candidate is creative, very strong software and database designer with strong OOD skills, can work independently, has good communications skills and can brainstorm with the team on new ideas. He/she works well in a fast paced environment and deals professionally with both teammates and clients in order to meet business and technical demands. Some of the responsibilities will include:

• Develop new solutions using industry standard technologies (specifically HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL).
• Provide input on web platform design and configuration to maximize application performance.
• Suggest code and design optimizations to improve the scalability of the applications and maximize performance.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of web application architecture and OO technology as implemented in a LAMP environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of hands-on PHP with strong web application development experience.
• 2+ years of experience with MySQL, HTML and Javascript.
• 1+ years of experience with XML and Linux.
• Experience with Apache, Subversion and CVS is highly desired.
• Demonstrated ability to work very well under pressure and keep abreast of current technology.
• Excellent project management and multitasking capabilities.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with little supervision.
• Bachelors Degree or more advanced degree in Computer Science.

COMPENSATION
$50-70K + other incentives

For more information or to submit your resume contact Adam Kennedy at AKennedy [at] RJByrd [dot] com