Are you an API coding ninja? Are you enamored with e-commerce and social networks? Have you contributed to or want to contribute to open source projects? And most of all, can you bring it? If so, we want to talk to you!

Payvment, Inc, a growing San Francisco venture-backed startup, is seeking Software Engineers that want to take traditional PHP to the next level by writing best-of-breed, test-driven, object-oriented code. An ideal candidate will challenge the status quo and manage risk proactively as necessary. This position is not remote and will require a high degree of team work and initiative.

Continue reading about this jobs highlights, perks, and requirements after the jump →

Senior Software Engineer (PHP/MYSQL)

Someone who has help build scalable web apps for sites with millions of users at established Web 2.0 company.

Seeking a self-directed senior software engineer with a desire to build scalable and interesting web applications. We desire someone who is comfortable writing efficient database schemas, clean and efficient back-end code, and has passionate opinions about user interface and interaction. Developer will be working to design and implement new features and improve the overall experience for millions of people. Developer will be part of a team that works on diverse, site-spanning projects involving community-facing tools, video, web services, security, anti-spam, user-to-user interaction, advertiser network, and more. Projects will be for both internal tools and highly-used public-facing products.

Qualifications and contact after the jump

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

1. PHP developer, version 5, production environment, ideally with the ZEND Framework
2. 6 years of overall PHP experience with a minimum of 3 years of development within a production environment/10 years of overall development experience
3. Bachelors degree required
4. Would be nice to have the following: Agile, MVC
5. Needs to have the following: Creative, passionate, intuitive mindset
6. Reason why the position is open: rapidly growing
7. Location: Sunnyvale

Contact information: Carl Kenny, Yoh IT 408.654.9192 Extn:25 carl.kenny [at] yoh [dot] com

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 are:

• Web application development
• Platform services and integration
• Business process and workflow tools
• Data analysis and reporting
• Real-time optimization and heuristics
• Release engineering and site operations

Contact Urmila Bhide, Talent Space, Inc., 408-330-1905

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 of this job.

back-end rock-star coder job after the jump

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 and PHP
• Verifiable references
• At least 5 years of experience

This is a contract position which may turn into a full time role as the company grows.

Please send resumes to me directly at lili [dot] balfour [at] atelierpartners [dot] com