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[Job] Chief Technology Officer: PHP/MySQL developer

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:44 am
by Soloren2001
About us:
An start-up managed by entrepreneurs and backed by venture-capitalists currently launching the next-generation social networking and rich media online application.

We are looking for a Chief Technology officer to supervise all current and future developments at the company. The candidate should have prior experience with PHP/MySQL.

Duties include:
• The consultant will be required to follow new and emerging technology trends and maintain close acquaintance with all the technologies implemented in each and every projects of the Company design. Making suggestions for future developments and functionalities of web application

• The consultant will lead business-focused oversight of the Company's research and development efforts.

• The consultant shall be responsible for the book-specifications (IT spec sheets), schedule- and budget-focused direction of the individual tasks assignments of the company's technical subordinates and indirect technical subordinates such as but not restricted to outsourced technical developments.

• The consultant must be able, whenever called upon, to devote his own energies toward the timely completion of specific technical milestones in concert with the company's technical subordinates

• Day to day Managing duties include:
-Managing the development of a web application that has been contacted out to developers
-Reviewing daily progress of coders
-Making functional mock-ups or contracting workers to develop the User-Interface and graphics
-Checking, testing and approving the code being delivered (in installments)

Qualifications:
-Must have strong experience with: PHP, MySQL, OOP programming, UML diagrams
-LAMP stack including optimizations, scaling-out, caching, squid...
-Must be able to learn: CakePHP
-Familiarity with: AJAX, XHTML, CSS, Flash, SEO, XML
-Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
-Must be team-oriented and have the ability to convey the CEO's vision of the project to the developers
-Technology

Recommended: +4 years of working experience (we will review applicants with less experience based on excellence in education and portfolio)
Availability: August 2007
Type: Full-time or at least 4-days a week.
Location: USA or UK or France

This position offers a competitive base salary and bonus options such as stock options.
Traveling opportunity: Candidates may work from the US with a few trips to Europe, but our team of developers are US-based. For European candidates: trips to the US as needed to confer with developers. Frequency of trips: Monthly at most, length of trips: a few days.

Please email resume (including availabilities, email and phone) to: Soloren2001[at]gmail.com