Entrepreneur looking for a Programmer for long-term partnership
Required Knowledge
PHP
Additional Info
Role Description
Activities and responsibilities of this role include:
o Write, test and document application code according to business requirements.
o Meet deadlines and provide status reports as necessary.
o Troubleshoot and debug faulty systems.
Qualifications and Experience
The successful candidate will have a strong mix of the following skills and experience:
o Experience in early-stage ventures and understanding of the specific goals and challenges of that environment.
o Minimum 2 years LAMP development.
o Strong knowledge of PHP5, OOP, XML, Javascript (including AJAX), XHTML and CSS.
o Good understanding of software architecture design patterns.
o Solid knowledge of Linux, Apache and MySQL.
o Experience with web services, SaaS preferred.
o Familiarity with Subversion or CVS.
o Ability to adhere strictly to deadlines
o Strong communication and organisation skills; good written and spoken English.
Salary and Benefits
o GBP 30k - 50k depending on experience
o Participation in the Employee Bonus and Option Scheme
o Central London location
Personal Characteristics
o Team style: a hand?s on attitude and approach. Flexible and able to respond enthusiastically to changes in priorities and requirements. A positive and stretching visionary for the business, but with a pragmatic delivery-focused style.
o Intellectual: distinctive core intellect and passionate interest in solving consumer and technology problems. A strong strategic thinker combined with the ability to drive the prioritisation and implementation of projects at a detailed level
o Commercial: must be commercially sensitive and aware ? able to understand the Existing business from a value, customer, and client perspective. Cost conscious and pragmatic, able to identify and recommend commercial tradeoffs in the business
o Communication Skills: excellent interpersonal, listening, written and oral communication skills, able to work with a diverse set of personalities in a productive and compelling fashion
o Culture: Must be comfortable operating in and contributing to a culture based on integrity, honesty, openness, non-political, value-focused, dynamic, human, and fun. Self-motivated, dedicated, ambitious, high-energy, passionate, driven, success-obsessed and able to operate effectively in a continually evolving, sometimes high pressure environment.
o Diversity: Existing MEDIA is particularly interested in candidates that bring a level of personal and professional diversity to the team
o The right candidate will embrace the opportunity to be involved in building the foundations of a successful and valuable business and will share in the vision, ambition and passion of the Existing MEDIA team
Timing
o Must be available to start full-time within 2-3 weeks, ideally immediately