(JOB) Sr. Lead Architect - NYC - Lamp/PHP/Python
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:09 pm
Senior Developer
The skillset required is a rockstar web developer:
Must be proficient in Python, expert preferred
Must have one large scale public web project in their portfolio, preferably startup experience
Must be able to develop with certain architectural considerations in mind at all times, such as: multilingual text, runtime efficiency in a very high load environment, file mgmt in a clustered environment, etc
Must be self-motivated and eager to utilize the existing team's business knowledge to advance their own knowledge. We don't want anyone who wants to squirrel themselves away and read code alone all day. We need to be as efficient as possible in knowledge sharing in order to keep the code generation rate high.
Must be able to manage time efficiently among multiple projects.
These tech requirements should be implicit in the criteria above, but nonetheless are imperative:
OO design
SQL including indexing and query tuning
AJAX, including APIs like Google Maps
RSS and XML feeds in general. We deal with a lot of third party feeds that love to use XML.
DHTML with CSS and Javascript
Working knowledge of subversion, including branching and merging
Must be able to configure a LAMP development environment (If you can do one, you can do them all. In our case "LAMP" means FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, Webware for Python)
Bonus abilities:
FreeBSD administrative knowledge
Lead Architect Requirements
Basic skills:
Must meet all the SeniorDeveloper requirements
Tech management:
Must have completed multiple web projects
Must have played the lead architect (or jointly) on at least one web project from start to finish
Includes management of a team of developers
Must be capable of evaluating new resources in all of the disciplines listed for SeniorDeveloper position
Tech skills:
DBA with expert experience in MySQL
Administrator for all of the LAMP pieces
FreeBSD (or general Unix knowledge and able to learn FreeBSD specifics)
Apache virtual hosts and SSL certificates
MySQL
Python + MySQLdb
Please Contact: tim@wtechco.com
The skillset required is a rockstar web developer:
Must be proficient in Python, expert preferred
Must have one large scale public web project in their portfolio, preferably startup experience
Must be able to develop with certain architectural considerations in mind at all times, such as: multilingual text, runtime efficiency in a very high load environment, file mgmt in a clustered environment, etc
Must be self-motivated and eager to utilize the existing team's business knowledge to advance their own knowledge. We don't want anyone who wants to squirrel themselves away and read code alone all day. We need to be as efficient as possible in knowledge sharing in order to keep the code generation rate high.
Must be able to manage time efficiently among multiple projects.
These tech requirements should be implicit in the criteria above, but nonetheless are imperative:
OO design
SQL including indexing and query tuning
AJAX, including APIs like Google Maps
RSS and XML feeds in general. We deal with a lot of third party feeds that love to use XML.
DHTML with CSS and Javascript
Working knowledge of subversion, including branching and merging
Must be able to configure a LAMP development environment (If you can do one, you can do them all. In our case "LAMP" means FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, Webware for Python)
Bonus abilities:
FreeBSD administrative knowledge
Lead Architect Requirements
Basic skills:
Must meet all the SeniorDeveloper requirements
Tech management:
Must have completed multiple web projects
Must have played the lead architect (or jointly) on at least one web project from start to finish
Includes management of a team of developers
Must be capable of evaluating new resources in all of the disciplines listed for SeniorDeveloper position
Tech skills:
DBA with expert experience in MySQL
Administrator for all of the LAMP pieces
FreeBSD (or general Unix knowledge and able to learn FreeBSD specifics)
Apache virtual hosts and SSL certificates
MySQL
Python + MySQLdb
Please Contact: tim@wtechco.com