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Senior Web Developer, (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

by kellyh Contributions Published on Jan 15, 2010 11:55 AM expired
We are seeking a top notch Senior Web Developer for our online media company.

Reinvent Inc. is a private online media and advertising company. We own and manage one of the largest portfolios of web domains in the world and work closely with the biggest search engines to distribute paid search listings, making us one of the top partners in the $15b per year pay-per-click advertising industry.

Located in downtown Vancouver across the street from the Waterfront Station (great for commuters), with a killer view of the North Shore mountains, our close knit team loves to have fun while growing the business.

We offer competitive salary and benefits, including telecommuting, and want to hire a Senior Web Developer who enjoys the technical challenges associated with designing, maintaining, and scaling our web infrastructure.

Candidates must already reside in BC and not require employment sponsorship. Telecommuters and off-shoring operations are not a consideration.

Required skills:

Technical Requirements:

  • Open-source web development experience (PHP/Perl/Python)
  • Experience using and/or developing MVC frameworks (Django, Zend, etc.)
  • Strong familiarity with templating systems (Smarty, Template Toolkit, HTML Template, etc)
  • Experience creating and managing relational databases (eg. PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc)
  • Significant JavaScript experience, particularly involving one or more of the common AJAX development frameworks (jQuery, Dojo, Prototype, MooTools, etc)
  • Experience in developing or maintaining scalable and reliable web based systems.
  • Comfortable with replication in a multi-server environment
  • Comfortable with designing databases and websites in order to maximize performance in a high volume environment
  • Standards-compliant HTML/CSS development experience
  • Source code control systems (Subversion, Git, Mercurial, darcs, etc)
  • Development on a GNU/Linux platform
  • Strong oral and written communication skills

    The Ideal Candidate:

  • Gets serious work done without taking work too seriously
  • Is a flexible and open-minded problem-solver
  • Is friendly, social, and respectful of your co-workers and their abilities
  • Writes simple, clean and understandable code that works
  • Does what it takes to get the job done
  • Wants to constantly improve skills

    Desired skills:

  • Sys Admin experience and willingness to back-up our Principal Sys Admin when he is on vacation
  • Knowledge of DNS and web Serving
  • Ability to do basic GNU/Linux and network troubleshooting

    URL for more information:

    http://www.reinvent.com/careers

    Contact information:

    If this sounds like a match, please submit a cover letter and resume to careers@reinvent.com .

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