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

The Sr. PHP Developer will be responsible for the continued development of our proprietary content management system. This is a results oriented role in a growing international company reporting into the Platform Architect. This individual will be heavily involved in our architecture strategy as well as new development efforts. All work will be executed professionally and with quality results.

Required Skills:

• 4-6 years of solid experience in PHP/XML/Javascript/MySQL/Apache
• Good working knowledge and previous development using the Zend framework or similar MVC and OOP experience
• Must have experience in developing in a Load Balanced Distributed Web environment
• Experience with Unix/Linux file systems and structures
• Experience with dynamic page generation and management
• Experience with implementing various 3rd party API's and Web Services
• Experience with Social Networking development and concepts
• Previous experience with Lucene
• Previous experience with Content Managment Systems (i.e. Drupal, Mambo, Joomla, etc)

Ideal Candidate will Posses:

• Software engineering best practices, including code reviews, proper source code control and use of defect tracking
• Excellent personal time management, experience in estimating and sizing of development tasks, and a track record for meeting deadlines
• Ability to conduct research into system issues and products as required
• Strong interpersonal/communication skills
• Must be Customer Service oriented
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment
• Very motivated and self-directed, with good attention to detail

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Java/C++
• Experience with Web Analytics
• Experience with Akamai
• Experience with OpenX

Benefits:

• 401K,
• Health/Dental/Life Insurance,
• Paid Vacation,
• Casual Dress,
• Paid Parking,
• Startup-Environment

Contact Andre Durnell (at Spartan Resources) at andre [at] spartanresources [dot] net woith your resume or for more information on the position.

Dynamic Logic, a Millward Brown Company, a leader in market research, is seeking a senior software developer in the NYC office, to join a strong team of talented software developers working on a variety of projects including challenging Database applications and sophisticated web tracking algorithms.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of JavaScript (DOM, closures, variable scope, browser compatibility)
• 2+ years PHP, Apache, and Linux development
• Has a good understanding of HTML/XHTML and CSS including cross-browser issues.
• Is comfortable working in a Unix/Linux command-line environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid knowledge of SQL and database concepts. (Oracle is a plus)
• Experience with Flash/ActionScript development.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with little supervision.
• BA/BS or more advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Salary depends on experience. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as paid vacation and 401k.

Submit resume to ronit@dynamiclogic.com

Our client has an exciting contract opportunity for a PHP Developer to join their highly successful and growing Interactive Group. Their high end flash games and animated characters have made their web site the fastest growing children's entertainment site on the internet.

Responsibilities:

• Administer Linux Server Environment.
• Manage MySQL and Oracle databases, optimize data loading techniques, and provide data modeling expertise is a plus.
• Manipulate data and log files to provide extensive statistical reporting.
• Create and maintain PHP scripts.
• Ensure high level of server and network security.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of server and database environment.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years experience administrating and troubleshooting Linux Servers, with the proven ability to maintain a high level of server and network security standards.
• Extensive experience with MySQL and Oracle databases including data manipulation and data modeling.
• Expert Object Oriented PHP programming and SQL programming.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Computer Science/Engineering degree preferred.
• Familiarity with UML modeling and Macromedia Flash a plus.
• Experience with additional programming languages preferred.

If you are interested please forward your resume to Aaron Harris at Keen Consulting at aharris@keenconsulting.ca.

Founded in 2003, located in Kansas City, Missouri and sales offices in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Adknowledge operates a central online marketplace (www.bidsystem.com) for advertisers seeking additional ways to market their products and services online and extend their reach beyond Google and Yahoo.

Adknowledge benefits advertisers, publishers and consumers alike by delivering ads that are more relevant than typical online advertisements. The company accomplishes this by utilizing its proprietary and leading-edge behavioral targeting technologies.

In addition, Adknowledge provides full-service solutions to a wide spectrum of publishers seeking to monetize their digital assets. Examples include search engines, email list owners, Internet Service Providers, Facebook developers, affiliate networks and web site operators.

Adknowledge is a privately held company with 130 employees, 90 in technology and operations and 40 are sales and marketing. Of the technology professionals, the majority are versed in programming, statistics and operations. Overall, our culture is highly focused on developing new technologies and product enhancements.

As a Senior Developer for our Tagline product, you will be part of a team who is responsible for designing and implementing high volume LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) applications. Responsibilities include:

• Creating user interfaces to perform complex and customized server-side transactions,
• Developing interfaces with back-end statistical analysis systems which increase the relevancy of advertisements displayed to end-users
• Creating reporting and administrative systems to meet internal and partner requirements.

The ideal candidate will be individually driven with a team mentality and enjoy fast-paced and iterative development within a small entrepreneurial, technology culture.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of PHP, MySQL, Apache, and Linux development
• Stellar debugging & analytical skills
• 3+ years developing in Unix environment
• 2+ years non-academic SQL development with any DBMS, Oracle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with C/C++
• Linux development experience
• Prior experience in online advertising
• Requirements analysis and design skill set

Challenges:

• Learning the business of on-line advertising,
• Capturing large quantities of data, and applying in real-time to optimization systems,
• Creating high performance and highly available solutions through parallelism,
• Creating and maintaining a company competitive advantage in a dynamic industry,
• Rapid change within a small, entrepreneurial, technology-driven culture

Measures of Success:

• Successfully analyze business requirements and translate into application designs.
• Suggest features or improvements which enhance application yield, quality and scalability.
• Create aggressive schedules for application features and complete on schedule.
• Identify and resolve critical bugs/features within stated SLA

Please email your resume to Cynthia Cutler, Senior Recruiter: ccutler@adknowledge.com

Adknowledge Inc.

Founded in 2003, located in Kansas City, Missouri and sales offices in London, Sydney, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Adknowledge operates a central online marketplace (www.bidsystem.com) for advertisers seeking additional ways to market their products and services online and extend their reach beyond Google and Yahoo.

Adknowledge benefits advertisers, publishers and consumers alike by delivering ads that are more relevant than typical online advertisements. The company accomplishes this by utilizing its proprietary and leading-edge behavioral targeting technologies.

In addition, Adknowledge provides full-service solutions to a wide spectrum of publishers seeking to monetize their digital assets. Examples include search engines, email list owners, Internet Service Providers, Facebook developers, affiliate networks and web site operators.

Adknowledge is a privately held company with 110 employees, 70 in technology and operations and 40 are sales and marketing. Of the technology professionals, the majority are versed in programming, statistics and operations. Overall, our culture is highly focused on developing new technologies and product enhancements.

Job Description

As a Senior Developer for our Tagline product, you will be part of a team who is responsible for designing and implementing high volume LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) applications.

Responsibilities include:

• Creating user interfaces to perform complex and customized server-side transactions,
• Developing interfaces with back-end statistical analysis systems which increase the relevancy of advertisements displayed to end-users
• Creating reporting and administrative systems to meet internal and partner requirements.
• The ideal candidate will be individually driven with a team mentality and enjoy fast-paced and iterative development within a small entrepreneurial, technology culture.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of PHP, MySQL, Apache, and Linux development
• Stellar debugging & analytical skills
• 3+ years developing in Unix environment
• 2+ years non-academic SQL development with any DBMS, Oracle

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with C/C++
• Linux development experience
• Prior experience in online advertising
• Requirements analysis and design skill set

Challenges:

• Learning the business of on-line advertising,
• Capturing large quantities of data, and applying in real-time to optimization systems,
• Creating high performance and highly available solutions through parallelism,
• Creating and maintaining a company competitive advantage in a dynamic industry,
• Rapid change within a small, entrepreneurial, technology-driven culture

Measures of Success:

• Successfully analyze business requirements and translate into application designs.
• Suggest features or improvements which enhance application yield, quality and scalability.
• Create aggressive schedules for application features and complete on schedule.
• Identify and resolve critical bugs/features within stated SLA

Please email your resume to Cynthia Cutler, Senior Recruiter: ccutler@adknowledge.com

Big Tent (www.bigtent.com) provides a free, secure online platform that medium- and large-sized groups use to make themselves more effective. We help groups take care of membership, dues collection, communication, recommendations, and many other functions, freeing up group members and leaders to spend time doing what they care about most. We have hundreds of groups and thousands of members using our site every day - including neighborhood groups, PTAs, alumni associations, mother's clubs, etc.

We recently closed a $5M round with Menlo Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. We're well on our way to building a great company as well as a powerful technology solution to share with community groups.

Big Tent is located in South Park/SOMA, San Francisco with a small team of passionate super-achievers, motivated by building a great business with a tangible impact on how real-world groups communicate and support each other every day.

Job Description

You will work on the database and application layers of our application as we continuously increase the functionality and scale of our application.

Requirements

• Expert knowledge of PHP, database design and implemention in MySQL, object-oriented programming, and XHTML
• Experience scaling Web applications, including at least basic knowledge of LAMP stack installation and configuration
• 4+ years of Web development experience with proven ability to deliver a polished product
• BS/MS Computer Science degree strongly preferred
• Energized by the opportunities and challenges of a start-up

Desirable

• Experience in administering systems or networks
• Experience with CSS, JavaScript, and other Web front-end technologies

Interested? Send your resume to fadi@bigtent.com with the job title in the subject line, please.

Core Skills

• Solid Object Oriented Programming PHP5
• JavaScript and database knowledge +
• Ideal candidate must have worked with at least 4 other PHP developers on a team project
• Can live without hardcore Object Oriented JS experience… as long as they can pick it up rather quickly.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills
• Team player who enjoys working with a winning team.

This position is full-time with a salary of 120K. Benefits include full health + dental coverage for all immediate family, 401K, FSA, transit check, etc as per company policies.

No H-1 Transfers or contractors please.

If your credentials are a strong match for this position then please send me your updated resume at fawad@pritechnology.com