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PHP Engineering positions in Sunnyvale

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

I think this is different from the last one, since this one has three openings, instead of a single senior one.

PHP developer, version 5, production environment, ideally with the ZEND Framework
6 years of overall PHP experience with a minimum of 3 years of development within a production environment/10 years of overall development experience
Bachelors degree required
Would [...]

Senior Engineer in PHP (Sunnyvale)

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

A small, but promising company in Sunnyvale is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer with the following skills:

Recent deep experience with the LAMP stack, particularly object-oriented PHP5 and command line Linux skills.
Experience developing large, transactional web sites.
Any e-commerce experience is a big plus.

Projects that the candidate will be working on depending on their mix of skills [...]

Stealth Startup needs final engineer

Friday, May 1st, 2009

I know this isn’t likely to be a PHP posting (I’d thinking they’re probably thinking more along the lines of C or Java but I don’t think it’s been settled), but since I don’t know the details (they’re in stealth and I don’t ask), I can’t say. Besides, it’s a good friend who told me [...]

Senior software Engineer at CBS Interactive

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Another PHP job forwarded to me from Linda Lee and Andrew Mager, this time from CBS Interactive (née CNET).
Company: CBS Interactive (formerly CNET networks)
Title: Sr. Software Engineer
Division: GameSpot.com, TV.com, MP3.com
Location: San Francisco, CA
CBS Interactive is looking for Sr. Software Engineers in their Games, Entertainment and Lifestyles division—including GameSpot.com, TV.com, MP3.com and Chow.com. These engineers will [...]

Drupal Engineer

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

A friend’s client is looking for a Drupal engineer.
Company: Stealth mode
Job Title: Drupal Engineer
Description: Drupal engineer needed for stealth mode company founded by serial entrepreneur in NYC
The candidate must be in the US. The position reports to Project Manager and CEO via weekly conference calls.
Must haves:

Drupal 5.9 experience
Solid experience utilizing views, organic groups [...]

I thought it was supposed to stay in Vegas

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Got an e-mail today from a friend:
Terry, this might be of interest to your wife?
F—
My reply:
F—,
I got married? Oh shit! Vegas…
Take care,
terry

Two more positions

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Georgina sent me two more recs. The first is for a front-end developer and the second for a PHP developer (and front-end).
Front end web developer – Online Messaging (Redwood City, CA)
PHP Web developer – Facebook Photo application (East bay area, CA)
Apparently, you can mention my name and I get a bonus. If you get the [...]

Job: PHP UI Engineer (Mountain View)

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Restarting this policy…
Job listing – User Interface Engineer (PHP) in Mountain View, California. Contact aknight [at] this site.
The company has developed a shopping search engine that delivers comprehensive lists of products and their corresponding images, ranked by the leading products, brands, stores and styles on the very first page of results. They call this [...]

Eating while you are shitting

Friday, February 15th, 2008

E-mail received.
I am writing to introduce myself and see if you would be interested in talking with me.
My name is [redacted] and I am in Candidate Generation at Yahoo! for our Engineering, and I wanted to touch base with you to see if you might be open to hearing from us about opportunities we [...]

You lost me at Tony

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Subject: Tried to reach you at [phone number redacted]
Morning Tony,
I saw your resume online and wasn’t sure if you were looking to leave Tagged or if you already had. Your resume was outstanding and I wasn’t sure if you were considering scientific, lead or management roles…
Hmm…

Dear recruiter,
You lost me at “Tony.”
Take care,
terry
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(If you’re about [...]