• High Performance PHP
• Gamestorming Your Product with Service Design
• ERD, Flowcharts and Other Documentation
• Creating an Epic RESTful API and Conquering the World
• How to Motivate Your Developers

This is just a small sampling of the sessions, so head over to the conference's page and get the full list! Congrats to the Northeast PHP organizers for not only having a great first year but for selling out the event!

The conference will be taking place on Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12th at Microsoft's NERD Center in Cambridge, MA and will feature talks from some generous sponsors.

Sessions at this year's event include:

• How NASA uses PHP
• Creating an Epic RESTful API and Conquering the World
• PHP Security 101
• Where MVC Ends, Services Begin
• Getting into Git

This promises to be an excellent conference, so be sure to get your tickets as soon as they're available! You can find out more about the event on the main conference site.

I'm excited to be able to announce that the first ever Boston PHP Northeast Conference will be taking place on Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12th at Microsoft's NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. This regional event is intended for PHP beginners, enthusiasts, and professionals alike.

The conference will not just cover PHP but also general web development topics with a dash of user experience thrown in. Three regional groups are hosting the event: BostonPHP, Burlington, VT user group and the Atlantic Canadian PHP user group.

Full time position in a small but growing company, We are looking for a mid to senior level PHP/MySql Developer. Must be comfortable working on many projects at the same time and managing other employees (both local and remote).

We have about 40 active websites that need almost constant work. Some minor tweaks and some major.

Prior agency experience as well as any online marketing experience is a plus.

The position is in our office in Boston, so local candidates only.

If interested, please send me your resume and a brief description about your experience.

Contact: Alon Cohen at alon@accucomcorp.com

What the Candidate will be doing:

Are you interested in building slick Web 2.0 applications? When you browse websites do you find yourself thinking about how you could make them better? Would you like to work on web-based applications on some of the most visited travel publishing sites on the Internet?

Responsibilities:

The Software Applications Developer will join our Applications Development Team. As part of this team, you will build scalable, database-driven web applications for our production websites (www.smartertravel.com and www.bookingbuddy.com). You will work with a strong group of other Software Application Developers in a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience programming in object-oriented PHP 4-5 or similar languages, in a professional team environment.
• Familiarity with Object-Oriented design patterns and how they are used in software design.
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• A strong understanding of XHTML, CSS, MySQL and JavaScript.
• Experience with AJAX, JSON, RSS and other Web 2.0 technologies.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Experience with the use of source code control systems (subversion, cvs, etc.)

What's in it for YOU:

• Full time opportunity, compensation package includes, salary, bonus and full benefits (parent company is TripAdvisor)
• Work on cutting edge technologies
• Innovation is encouraged.
• Competitive salary.
• Great benefit package
• Casual attire, fun and laid back culture
• Smarter Travel Media named by Globes 100 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4PRN/is_2008_Nov_10/ai_n30982680

How to apply:

Email your resume in a word document and code sample attention to Elizabeth at email eraymond@smartertravelmedia.com

Please provide a 200 - 500 line code sample using object-oriented design, preferably in PHP, but another OO language is fine, which shows your ability and complexity of development experience. The code sample can be part of a larger program and does not need to be stand alone run-able. Please be sure to include a class file or equivalent, and code that uses that class.

**Please do not send any zip files, our mail server just rejects files that end in .zip -- so just zip it up and rename it to (e.g.) .piz, then mention in the email to rename it to .zip before trying to open it.

Dynamic, exciting, eclectic environment…lots of left/right brainiacs. Software engineers, U/I designers, creative arts, content, management and marketing team members will be working towards rapid customer adoption to continue to build upon the current revenue success which is prompting explosive growth.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5+ years of demonstrated PHP mastery
• Solid LAMP and OO Design experience
• JBoss/Eclipse experience
• Javascript, Java, .Net, AJAX experience a plus
• Experience developing Web 2.0 solutions for dynamic, high performance web apps(monitoring, root analysis, responsiveness etc)
• Agile development methodologies ( XP, Scrum, etc.)
• Experience working with creative U/I designers and content professionals
• BS degree CS/EE preferred
• Salary (80-120K), bonus, benefits
• No H-1's or relocation
• Public transportation

Contact: Mike Sheffer at michaelsheffer@verizon.net

Want to join a growing team developing social media applications used by millions all over the world?

We are working with a global market leader in the mobile space expanding an entertainment & social media division to continue their growth in the Internet/Mobile space competing with iconic brands such as Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.

This company is expanding this business unit focused on combining mobile device and internet experiences through a web 2.0, media sharing and social networking initiative which will be utilized by over millions of current customers.

There are multiple fulltime development opportunities at mid to principal levels in this growing business unit in the greater Boston area, and I believe that it is an opportunity worth knowing about.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2+ years of PHP development experience (LAMP)
• Experience with HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript, Web services (SOAP / REST), MySQL, Subversion
• Knowledge of front end tools Flash and Flex
• Experience in high volume traffic site development in addressing issues of performance and scalability
• Agile development experience

This large and stable company offers excellent compensation packages including bonus, 8% 401k matching, 3 weeks PTO, excellent health benefits, mobile device and service, on site full gym, on site cafeteria, casual dress environment and flex time. Great place to work!

We are also hiring the following if you know anyone!

• Development Manager - Agile, internet applications development (front or backend management)
• Principal Software Engineers - Java, SOAP, REST, Hibernate, Spring, AJAX
• Configuration Manager - Linux, Subversion, fast build cycles
• Internet Services Architect - responsible for front-end / back-end strategy
• MySQL Architect - responsible for DB strategy

Please email your resume to jt(at)revelationpartners(dot)com Don't delay, we are moving quickly.

Senior Developer, Medical Informatics, Children's Hospital Informatics Program.

Children's Hospital seeks a full-time, highly motivated, self-sufficient, senior developer to take on critical development of advanced genomic health record software. Individual is expected to thrive within a strong software team that emphasizes teamwork, joint coding sessions, and good ideas implemented using simple, robust code.

This is an ideal opportunity for a strong developer who wants to discover and specialize in medical informatics.

Responsibilities will include regular software design sessions with other team members, significant amounts of development, and eventual mentoring of junior developers.

Desired Skills:

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
• Web development, including ideally experience with REST API development.
• Experience with dynamic languages, ideally Ruby and/or Python.
• Experience with iterative development strategies.
• An appreciation for the value of strong documentation.
• An appreciation for the simplicity and power of web-based tools.

For additional information, please contact Sarah Legendre at sarah.legendre@childrens.harvard.edu

Be a part of a growing organization that are making some of the coolest products in the web 2.0 world. Based in Boston, MA, near the South Station T stop, our client offers competitive salaries that includes equity in the company, health care, and bonuses for over achievers. We love investing in our people and when it comes down to it, we like to think our entire team is pretty awesome.

What you'll need to do to be successful in this role:

• Have an incredible amount of initiative and drive
• Committed to creating innovative, simple, incredible new products
• Create highly dynamic, engaging, scalable applications
• Work with other people in an extremely fast paced setting

The Basics:

• Comfortable and proficient with proper dhtml mantras
• Comfortable with standard MySQL joins and simple optimizations
• Bachelors in Computer Science

Necessary Requirements:

• 2+ years making real applications with LAMP
• Strong CSS experience
• PHP/Perl Experience
• Has an advanced knowledge of MySQL performance issues

For more information or to submit your resume for consideration, contact Marissa Shiels of Snelling Professional Services - 781-238-6109 or marissa.shiels@snelling.com

What is less known is that PHP is also making significant inroads in the enterprise. Join BostonPHP, IBM and Zend as we discuss where Enterprise PHP (and OSS) is going and how it's going to get there. This promises to be a great evening with plenty of "horsepower" to answer your questions.

Speakers for the evening will be Mark de Visser, Zend's CMO and David Boloker, IBM's CTO of Emerging Internet Technologies. The meeting will be happening on Tuesday, September 11th starting at around 6:30pm. The meeting will be held in Cambridge at 1 Rodger's Street. Check out the official announcement of the meeting for full details.