Not everyone can handle the challenge of keeping on the edge of social networking technologies and standards. If you relish the idea of taking on hard challenges, keeping with fast moving standards, working with a new concept (yes you can help define the product!), we are looking for you. We move very, very fast, solve hard problems, and face a rapidly changing industry. And the bonus: you can help make real difference in product vision (we need people with an opinion!). Exciting isn’t it?!

This is a full-time contract position or part-time contract position (for a very well qualified candidate) reporting to the CTO. Location is flexible (within the San Francisco Bay Area). When replying, please include your resume/CV, financial requirements, preferred location, and samples of your work (website URLs).

All candidates must have:

• 3-5 years minimum coding experience
• 2-3 years in LAMP (with focus on PHP/MySQL)
• Worked with or have a strong understanding of one or more of the major Social Networking APIs (Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, etc…)
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs.
• Excellent PHP coding skills. Great ability to develop defensive and bulletproof code.
• Experience developing software under a PHP framework such as Zend.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills. You will be working with a highly qualified team and you must be able to keep up with our pace and help increase it.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Special consideration given to candidates who have:

• Experience scaling and supporting large LAMP applications
• Strong practical knowledge of web application security
• Created highly usable user interface/experience for complex web applications
• Any SEO knowledge (to help guide other engineers)