Knexus is a fast growing SaaS (software-as-a-service) company. Our tools help companies profit from social content.
Our customers are leading brands such as Dell, Grants, Hilton, Ingram Micro & Shell.
We're looking for an exceptional individual to take the role of Lead PHP Developer, with responsibility for leading development on key projects, managing code development across the Company’s three applications and advising on future technology adoption. You’ll be directly involved in the senior management team, helping to sustain & accelerate the Company’s rapid growth.
Our small London EC1 based team is young and highly ambitious. Entrepreneurial by nature, we thrive on continuous innovation, strive for rapid growth, and enjoy a fast pace and performance-driven environment.
Responsibilities:
Lead developer on key projects
Undertake regular code reviews across the Dev team
Nurture & support programmers in the team
Define technical architecture for Knexus applications
Specify web based technology solutions for specific client requirements
Scalability & Performance tuning
Recommend improvements to programming methods
Ensure integrity, availability and security of code base
Utilize Agile development methodologies
Advise senior management on future technology
Participate in leadership team to drive growth
Skills required:
Linux & Apache
Virtual Hosts, Mod_Rewrite and httpd.conf settings
Performance tuning, debugging and profiling
SSL and Session Management
Ability to custom compile, build RPMs and/or use yum/apt-get for management
LAMP stack under a RedHat/CentOS environment preferred
Intermediate level skills on Linux/System V machines
Shell scripting experience
Experience with file systems management
PHP
Excellent skills in PHP4 & PHP 5
Zend Optimizer, APC and other opcode caching technologies
PECL, PEAR and standard APIs, libraries and extensions
Single instance and distributed memcached integration
Knowledge of debuggers, profilers and system tracing utilities like GDB, xdebug
OOP Programming skills, including MVC-based frameworks
Scalability & Performance tunings
Unit Testing experience (jUnit, SimpleTest, PHPUnit)
Testing automation and Continuous Integration systems (CruiseControl, Ant, Selenium)
Development experience with Web Services (REST/SOAP & 3rd party APIs)
Developing on multiple platforms (VIM, Zend, NetBeans, Eclipse)
Experience with Version Control Systems (Subversion, Mercurial, Git)
MySQL
Server Configuration & Management
Query Optimization
Experience writing Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views
Experience with a variety of Storage Engines (Innodb, MyISAM, Heap, ndb cluster)
Experience with clustered environments using MySQL Cluster / Multi-Master Replication
Strong database architectural design experience
Front End
HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript with Ajax
Experience with jQuery or other JS libraries
Ability to learn emerging technical standards and apply/coach development team in proper adoption
Leadership & Experience
Certified Scrum Master or other Scrum/Agile certification or relevant experience
3+ years in supporting iterative and incremental software development teams
Expert mentoring and conflict resolution skills
Ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences from junior staff to C-level executives
Excellent communications skills
Highly tenacious, driven & ambitious
Prior Experience
Past success in a startup environment is preferred
Experience as a LAMP stack Manager/Leader for a Fortune 500 or Top 100 domain
3+ years of experience in LAMP stack development
Experience of management and gradually increasing leadership positions
Prior CTO/VP/Director level experience
Managing multiple teams
Computer Science or Engineering Degree (min 2:1)
Experience within the Open Source community
Recent professional references that showcase your strengths
Benefits Package:
Salary + attractive bonus + share options (according to experience)
Keywords:
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Applying
Interesting in joining the Knexus Team:
Send a copy of your resume with covering note to careers@knexusgroup.com. If we think you’ve got what it takes to join us, we’ll invite you in!
Please mention you saw the job on CoderStack when applying.
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