gdgt is looking for a lead developer
Peter and I have been working our asses off getting gdgt ready for launch, and now that we’re rounding third base we decided it was time to find a lead developer who could help make the site even better.
We’re looking for someone who’s hungry — a strong technical leader who is willing to grow (with) the company and give 150% toward executing against our vision of yet again redefining the online gadget space. It’s a pretty awesome opportunity to partner with us (we’re offering an ownership role for the right person) and to be a part of what we think is going to be a really amazing business.
You should be well acquainted with:
- PHP and caching with APC / memcache, etc.
- jQuery-based interactivity (and the usual XHTML / CSS / JS stuff, of course)
- MySQL / InnoDB
- Scalable code and architectures
- Excellent project management practices
Candidates should be prepared for the startup lifestyle, and would ideally live in the SF Bay Area — but since we tend to work virtually, we can also be flexible on location.
If this sounds like it might be a good fit for you or someone you know, please email contact at gdgt; include links to your previous projects and a brief description of your involvement. Resumes are also fine, but do not include any attachments. Thanks!
I'm an editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: 
Is this a full time gig or would you be interested in someone who will work nights and weekends?
We’re looking for someone who is able to make this their biggest work priority. I don’t think nights/weekends will cut it, but we might be able to work something out for the right person.
I hope you can find someone good!
That seems like a lot of things for one person to be well acquainted with. Everywhere I have worked those skills have been split between front end and back end engineers. But I bet it would be a cool job. Good luck!
Well, I didn’t say this person should be a DBA or anything, but it’s impossible to effectively build a complex web app without solid knowledge of all components of the system!
Well, I do know front-end HTML, CSS, RSS, XML and whatnot, but anything scripting wise is beyond my knowledge.
#4 – I think that’s a reasonable skill-set. I even think Ryan is selling the demands a little short. A certain gadget blog is one of the top sites on the Internet — with immense traffic. I imagine the technical brains behind the big “E” (or is it “e”?) know a great deal about all areas of development.
Ryan, if you ever consider a move to .NET (I’ll let you keep jQuery and MySQL) and the South…
Sounds like an interesting position. I’ve done quite a bit of PHP/MySQL work as well as the front-end XHTML/CSS/JavaScript/Actionscript/etc… but haven’t had much experience with PHP/MySQL caching. Good luck with filling the position – I’m sure you’ll find someone pretty quickly in this economy. If you’re ever in the market for a slightly junior level position…I learn quickly.
I love posting on things like this, and to be honest, I’m probably very skilled on just about everything you listed….Love to work, put 150%…no 200% into everything I do. Ive managed many large scale database interaction application projects and done a lot of css, js, xhtml development.
Life sucks though…I’m only 19…gimme a couple years and SF here i come!
Hi Ryan,
Would you be interested in working with a web app development company instead of an individual? If you are, we’d love to help you out.
We are based in Toronto, Canada though. So if you are fine with us working virtually, we are ready to start. LAMP is pretty much our bread and butter, and we have a team of developers at our disposal.
Please email me if you are interested.
Cheers…
i am good at php, memcached and apc cache.
have great idea on scalability architectures, had done works based on it
but i havnt chked jquery yet
i like to work as a parttime, sory about full time and i am from far away in india :( ny probs?
you can keep only if u get your work output…