Description:
CBS Interactive, an award winning premier content network for information and entertainment is seeking a full stack developer for MetroLyrics, the web’s top lyrics website with 40+ million unique visitors per month.
We are seeking a creative candidate to work within a small, passionate team and constantly improve and push forward the MetroLyrics brand.
The ideal candidate is a senior PHP and JS developer with the talent, passion and experience to implement the server side functionality for our website. We are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven individual who can work with minimal oversight alongside the product manager, creative team and development team. You will be expected to handle all phases of development, from participating in product ideas, estimates, architecture discussions, developing code, QA and releasing.
Responsibilities:
Grow our back end architecture
Help introduce new features and platforms to the code base
Ensure assigned technical duties are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner
Peer-code reviews
Release management
Create architectural specifications
Required Skills and Experiences:
7+ years of PHP development experience (LAMP stack)
Experience with jQuery, Require.js and Angular.js
3+ years working with high volume large data sets in MySQL
Ability to read and understand documentation
Linux command line experience
Meticulous attention to details
Ability to focus under pressure and deal with ambiguity
Flexibility and adaptability skills
Nice to haves
3+ years experience in CodeIgniter or similar frameworks (you might have to write a CodeIgniter test during our interview process)
Experience with structured CSS frameworks like SASS
Experience with GIT
Experience using a mac with VM for development environment
Experience working with automated testing frameworks PHPUnit/Selenium
A sense of humour, a positive attitude and bags of enthusiasm
We have a well lit, spacious office located in Downtown Vancouver (close to Waterfront skytrain station). All developers get a Macbook, 3 screens and adjustable standing desks. We like to challenge ourselves and work hard but also like to relax with some lunch time ping pong and the random board game.
TO APPLY:
If this sounds like the kind of challenge and environment you are after, get in touch.
John Geyer (Recruiting Manager)