Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer

We're looking for a talented, motivated, smartindividual with a passion for software engineering, a strong desire to learnand an interest in providing mentorship to junior level developers. Thisposition is ideal for a seasoned software engineer who has worked on multiplechallenging projects. We are especially looking someone who enjoys hackingoutside of work as much as in; someone not afraid to write code to scratch anitch. We love technology and so should you. What technologies will you workwith? • Our backend tech stack is currently Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP and Memcached. • Our frontend tech stack includes Twig (PHP templates), Bootstrap 3,jQuery, HTML5, CSS3/SASS.Description: Projects: one day you are working on an internal tool and the next day you areworking on building out a marketing campaign and the next day adding a featureto the video chat 60/40 working on back end vs front Must know how to build a simple UI and HTML They have a lot of legacy code so must know how to read and change old code Work very closely with product team• The product managers will translate specs and send them to developer team• You will develop end to end. You own your features and see them through toproduction and beyond. • You will develop best practices and write clean, secure, readable, scalablecode. OOP where appropriate. •You will collaborate with other team members - engineers and others. •You will integrate and build for external and internal API's. •You will develop new products in PHP and alter existing PHP code to accommodatescale and integration with new technologies and APIs. •You will write and optimize SQL queries and design schemas. • You will create and code complex backend algorithms. • You will profile and optimize new and legacy code. • You will use CSS and JavaScript to complete functionality of new products.• You will be leveraging Bootstrap 3, jQuery HTML5, CSS3 and other open sourcetechnologies. • You will always be thinking cross-device and cross-platform, mobile, tablet anddesktop. • You will ship often and fast. We keep an agile environment with continuousdeployment. • You will care and be involved in our product, mission, and success - way beyondchecking off development tasks.• You will enjoy great teamwork and lots of fun.Skills:SQL, HTML, PHP, Ruby, Python, Bootstrap, Linux, Twig, jQueryTop Skills Details:TOP MUST HAVES:1.SQL - any version of SQL -High-Level proficiency2.Building web applications - PHP, Ruby, .NET, Python, does not matter whichprogramming language, as long as it was with building web applications. 90% ofthe time will be working on PHP3. BIG PLUS: Should have consumer products experience so they understand that whatthey are building is going to be used by millions of people - client stillwould like to candidates if they do not have this experienceAdditional Skills & Qualifications:Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles. Example of full-stack projects. • At least one major demonstrable project with front-end code, back-end code anddatabase. • Ability to design, develop and launch a web application from start to finish. • Ability to learn quickly and pick up new skills independently. • Get-things-done attitude with eagerness to build something great. • 5+ years of experience in web development (any stack), solving challengingproblems and implementing new features from scratch. • 3+ years of experience in SQL. Designing relational DB schemas, complexqueries, etc. • Familiar with web & SQL security best practices. • Comfortable working outside the context of a framework. Frameworks can help youget some things done more quickly, but we find it helpful if candidates arecomfortable working outside of a framework so they have a good understanding of what is going on behind the scenes first.