Saturday, February 08, 2014

MyWedding - Developer

We’re growing and need more talented engineers to join our high performance team. Our Sr. Software Developers are responsible for developing best-in-class web software in a LAMP environment to deliver and support industry-leading wedding planning applications. mywedding.com is a LAMP application utilizing extensive Javascript for customer-facing and internal interfaces.
Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate to define and implement the software architecture.
  • Work with business owners to understand and implement product requirements.
  • Deliver high quality, well commented, and unit tested code they are proud to have peer reviewed.
  • Review peer code to ensure the same from colleagues.
  • Thrive in Agile, Scrum, and Kanban environments.
  • Off-hour and weekend work may be required as business needs dictate (but isn’t part of the ordinary routine).
Required Core Competencies:
  • PHP, JavaScript, SQL, HTML5, CSS3
  • Experience developing applications using JavaScript Frameworks (i.e. Backbone, Require, Angular, etc.)
  • Solid understanding of Object Oriented programming and MVC frameworks (Experience with Zend Framework a plus)
  • Proficient knowledge of front-end performance testing and optimization techniques
  • Advocate for web development best practices
  • Understands and works with REST APIs
  • Experience working in an Agile development environment.
  • Strong technical knowledge of LAMP database design and enterprise system software architecture.
  • Strong technical knowledge of current LAMP based software, hardware, protocols, standards, and best practices.
  • Substantial web development experience.
Additional Competencies:
  • Experience working with Solr
  • Experience working with MongoDB
  • Experience with Jira or similar story tracking tools.
  • Experience in data modeling and SQL.
  • A passion to create an excellent user experience and realistic business solutions.
To apply, submit a cover letter and résumé with “Sr. Software Developer” in the subject line to jobs@mywedding.com.