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PHP Software Engineer Care2
Care2.com is seeking an exceptional high level PHP engineer to positively impact the world around us on daily basis.The right candidate will have 7+ years of LAMP environment experience developing and maintaining complex websites and backend tools, as well as being a key contributor to the grown and evolution of technologies and systems in use. We are not looking for somebody to maintain the status quo, but to help us reshape and improve our systems using industry best practices.
Responsibilities:
Develop PHP/mySQL code to meet the continued business needs of new site features and refinement of existing functionality.
Define and contribute to the creation and maintenance of internal systems supporting the company's various departments.
Identifying and rectifying coding issues as bugs in new or existing tools surface.
Contribute to architecture direction and discussions, and assist in the progressive evolution of our existing code base
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Qualifications:
7+ years of ongoing daily engineering experience working with PHP and mySQL.
Work experience developing software in a business environment, preferably with Linux/UNIX/Apache.
Database, application architecture and software systems design experience.
Comfortable functioning as an architect as well as contributing as an engineer.
Excellent problem solving skills, a firm grasp on algorithms, and abile to find and implement simple, modular, scalable solutions.
Familiarity with WordPress as a CMS is a plus.
Compensation Package:
Competitive salary
Stock options
Generous paid vacation and personal time
Generous training/continuing-education opportunities
Full medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k) with company contribution
Extensive training and opportunities for career growth
Fast-moving, start-up work environment, with significant opportunities for advancement
Weekly catered team lunches
The Company:
Care2 (www.care2.com) is the largest and fastest-growing online social network of "do gooders" who take action every day to make a better world. Founded in 1998, Care2 has grown to 19 million members, with a monthly unique audience of more than 11 million people, and is consistently ranked by Quantcast among the top 200 U.S. web networks by traffic. Nearly 10,000 new members join Care2 every day, attracted by countless opportunities to discover, share and take action. Care2's members tend to be well-educated women between the ages of 25 and 60 (average age is 39), with strong "green" values and a desire to support social justice, save the environment, protect animals and live healthier, more sustainable lives. For more than 700 leading nonprofit organizations, Care2 has become a preferred source for recruiting new members, supporters and donors online. A rising number of these nonprofits have made Care2 a central component of their strategy to attract new grassroots donors and win major advocacy victories. Care2 has also significantly extended the reach and impact of its clients' campaigns by creating the Care2 Take Action Platform, a vertical ad network of about 130 partner websites ? including Grist, Mother Jones, AlterNet, TreeHugger, MTV, Ms. Magazine, eNature.com, CafeMom, Woman's Health, Prevention, LinkTV, DailyKos, Talking Points Memo, Wonkette and many others -- that promote Care2 campaigns via a widget and email placements to a combined 100 million additional civic-minded people who are similar to Care2's own millions of members.
| Location: | 275 Shoreline Drive Suite 150 Redwood City, CA 94065 United States |
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Care2
Investors: Staenberg Venture PartnersAll Jobs: at Care2
| Web Site: | www.care2.com |
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| Headquarters: | 275 Shoreline Drive Suite 150 Redwood City, CA 94065 United States |
| Industry: | Media and Entertainment |
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