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.