VerkkoStadi Technologies

Automation/Tools, PHP Developer Level 1

This position is coding only. No knowledge of design related material is required (CSS, HTML, PSD cutting, etc.) We are not looking for professional job experience or minimum education level, only your current skillset. Send a sample of code *you* wrote, it is especially important if your CV is subpar.

You will be working on creating new internal tools and maintaining existing products for various internal departments. Tasks may include process automation, information scraping and data analysis.

Code: Working on LAMP stack. Choice of PHP5+, Python, C(++), shell scripting, writing cronjobs. Debug existing software, computate statistics.
Db: MySQL 5.0, replicated. Some projects are Read-Write separated. Write, optimize queries and design schemas. Tables weight up to 50M rows, even mix of InnoDB/MyISAM.
Misc: Memcache (we use cache heavily), SVN (mandatory). Know Linux well, compile from source, debug. Multiprocess applications, possibly threading.
Important: Be punctual, test and comment well, and comment a lot. Your code is your responsibility. Communicate, often. Troubleshoot, yourself.

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Back-end PHP Developer, Level 2

This position is coding only. No knowledge of design related material is required (CSS, HTML, PSD cutting, etc.) We are not looking for professional job experience or minimum education level, only your current skillset. Send a sample of code *you* wrote, it is especially important if your CV is subpar.

You will be working on expanding and maintaining current code base of our product. (social networking and dating websites).

Code: Working on LAMP stack, PHP 5.3+, OOP. In-house modular framework, n-tier (Zend, CodeIgniter, Symphony-like but not quite).
Db: MySQL 5.0, replicated. Read-Write separated. Write, optimize queries and design schemas. Tables weight up to 160M rows, MyISAM primarily. We use distributed Sphinx for searches.
Misc: Memcache (we use cache heavily), XML, SVN (mandatory). IPC mechanisms, compression, raw sockets are all pluses
Important: Be punctual, test and comment well, and comment a lot. Your code is your responsibility. Communicate, often. Troubleshoot, yourself.

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Back-end PHP Developer, Level 3

This position is coding only. No knowledge of design related material is required (CSS, HTML, PSD cutting, etc.) We are not looking for professional job experience or minimum education level, only your current skillset. Send a sample of code *you* wrote, it is especially important if your CV is subpar.

You will be working on creating and designing new systems for online products (social networking, dating and more). You may be required to participate in expanding and maintaining current code base of our current product.

Architect: Bring ideas to the table. Design and develop new backend systems. Scalable, load balanced stuff, catering to large user bases (3M+), high concurrency peaks. Familiar with dedicated and EC2/Rackspace cloud hosting and the pitfalls.
Code: Working on LAMP stack, expert PHP 5.3+, OOP. In-house modular framework, n-tier (Zend, CodeIgniter, Symphony-like but not quite). Python 2.6 proficiency is a bonus. Write MVCish code.
Db: MySQL/PostgreSQL, whichever suits the task better. Manual sharding, replication. NoSQL like CouchDB, MongoDB or Cassandra. Knowledge of Map Reduce is a plus.
Misc: Aggressive caching (key-value of any kind, we currently use Memcache), XML, threading, sockets (yep, TCP style), job queues (we use and contribute to BeanstalkD).
Important: SVN (branch, merge, tag - mandatory). Be punctual, comment phpDoc style. Test religiously. Communicate, all the time. Troubleshoot, everyone.

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VerkkoStadi Technologies - Jobs

3 Available positions:

Automation/Tools, PHP Developer Level 1

Back-end PHP Developer, Level 2

Back-end PHP Developer, Level 3

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