From Stuart Liroff (stuart [at] this address or 408-437-9500 x207):
I’m working for a small (3-people), angel funded startup in downtown S.F. (within easy walking distance from BART). When you hear the names of the investors, it will knock your socks off.
[job description after the jump]
LAMP/Server Engineer
“Strong Developer”
Responsibilities
- Make systems redundant, scalable, high performance
- Willing and able to work in many areas of the software
- Participate in product definition phases and provide timely
input on implementation requirements and time estimates - Creation of proof-of-concepts / prototypes
- Architecture, design, documentation
- Coordinate with other developers working on adjacent functional areas
- Delivery of deployment-quality code and unit tests
Functional Requirements
- Experience scaling web applications to millions of users
- Passionate about delivering high-quality, rock-solid software
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field
Then why not tell us! 🙁
Personally, when the only non-vague requirement is “BS/MS in Computer Science or related field”, my socks stay on 🙂
I’ve never seen lack of a CS-related degree decrease anyone’s contribution, all other parameters being equal. Smart companies looks for passion, personality and experience.
@Adam: The first part of the post was directed to me. I replied that with my standard spiel: I know lots of people but I don’t know who is looking, if the job is PHP related, I’ll post it on my blog if you give me the reqs.
@NY: That’s pretty common and why it’s put at the bottom. Ours adds something like “from a top 25 university” or something like that. It’s just a first pass filter/discouragement, not a be-all end-all exception. It comes down to what do you think would be a better filter:
* BS/MS in CS or related field
or
* Zend Certified
I’d do the former because there are a lot of good PHP developers who aren’t Zend Certified not to mention good developers who could be PHP developers.
( BTW, I’m not BS/MS in CS or related field. 😀 )