Location: Cape Town
Description:
PriceCheck.co.za, South Africa’s leading e-commerce price comparison site is looking for highly talented people to join our team in Cape Town. We need committed people that want to deliver a great service to our customers and shape the face of ecommerce in Africa.
You are a well skilled web application developer with an understanding of your field and the insight to solve problems and increase performance. You like to think outside the box while building and being part of a world class solution. You are a first-class developer and value hard work, tough challenges, and working with likeminded people (we’re a great team making good things happen).
In addition to your development skills, you come with a keen desire to work on complex projects with many interrelated parts and you have a passion for building decent code that does what it says on the box (very well).
CONTEXT AND CULTURE:
· Dynamic start up culture
· Open source Internet-focused company
· Agile development environment
PRIMARY JOB OUTPUTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO;
· Implementation of software systems according to theaccepted technical specifications
· Delivery on new requirements and enhancements to existing systems
· Deployment of web applications (both locally and internationally)
· Contribute to product innovation
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of 3 years programming experience on the LAMP stack (PHP)
Essential
A relevant tertiary qualification
Essential
Well versed on the technologies that make the web tick such as: HTML, Message Queues, Web Services, XML, REST, AJAX etc.
Essential
Exposure to modern MVC frameworks
Essential
Previous experience in public web site development
Essential
Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
Essential
Previous Linux experience
Beneficial
Experience in Internet startups
Beneficial
Experience in search related technology (e.g. Sphinx or Solr)
Beneficial
Unit testing experience
Beneficial
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Excellent time management skills
· Analytical
· Professional
· Integrity
· Problem solving
· Willingness to learn and apply new technologies quickly
· Ability to work well under pressure
· Deadline driven
· Ability to work within a team as well as independently
· Attention to detail
· A passion for the web
· An ability to contribute to the products being developed
If you meet the above requirements and would like to be part of this team, please forward a comprehensive CV listing relevant skills and experience for attention: Human Resources via email: [email protected] quoting the title of the post in your subject line.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 25 July 2011
Should you not hear from us within 1 month of the closing date, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.
CON
Apply to this job
Description:
PriceCheck.co.za, South Africa’s leading e-commerce price comparison site is looking for highly talented people to join our team in Cape Town. We need committed people that want to deliver a great service to our customers and shape the face of ecommerce in Africa.
You are a well skilled web application developer with an understanding of your field and the insight to solve problems and increase performance. You like to think outside the box while building and being part of a world class solution. You are a first-class developer and value hard work, tough challenges, and working with likeminded people (we’re a great team making good things happen).
In addition to your development skills, you come with a keen desire to work on complex projects with many interrelated parts and you have a passion for building decent code that does what it says on the box (very well).
CONTEXT AND CULTURE:
· Dynamic start up culture
· Open source Internet-focused company
· Agile development environment
PRIMARY JOB OUTPUTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO;
· Implementation of software systems according to theaccepted technical specifications
· Delivery on new requirements and enhancements to existing systems
· Deployment of web applications (both locally and internationally)
· Contribute to product innovation
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
A minimum of 3 years programming experience on the LAMP stack (PHP)
Essential
A relevant tertiary qualification
Essential
Well versed on the technologies that make the web tick such as: HTML, Message Queues, Web Services, XML, REST, AJAX etc.
Essential
Exposure to modern MVC frameworks
Essential
Previous experience in public web site development
Essential
Knowledge of relational databases and SQL
Essential
Previous Linux experience
Beneficial
Experience in Internet startups
Beneficial
Experience in search related technology (e.g. Sphinx or Solr)
Beneficial
Unit testing experience
Beneficial
SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
· Excellent time management skills
· Analytical
· Professional
· Integrity
· Problem solving
· Willingness to learn and apply new technologies quickly
· Ability to work well under pressure
· Deadline driven
· Ability to work within a team as well as independently
· Attention to detail
· A passion for the web
· An ability to contribute to the products being developed
If you meet the above requirements and would like to be part of this team, please forward a comprehensive CV listing relevant skills and experience for attention: Human Resources via email: [email protected] quoting the title of the post in your subject line.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON 25 July 2011
Should you not hear from us within 1 month of the closing date, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.
CON
Apply to this job