SNAP Overview Do you want to work for the largest dating application on Facebook with more than 45 million users? Do you want to impact the lives of millions of singles on a daily basis? SNAP Interactive has a unique and exciting opportunity for multiple talented PHP Developers. This position is full time and based in our main office in New York City, NY. This is a unique opportunity to be an early employee at a rapidly growing company that is also publicly traded. Competitive compensation including salary + stock/stock options, and full-benefits (Medical & Dental plans; free snacks, fun outings, twice-monthly massage, cool swag, Knicks & Rangers tickets, etc.).
Responsibilities We have a need for multiple Senior PHP Developers. Our needs are: 1. One PHP Developer will coordinate, manage, and optimize our email communication to users which are sent to millions of users each day. We are looking for an enthusiastic, performance-driven self-starter and team player with exceptional analytical skills. You will be responsible for managing the technical components of sending emails as well as analyzing, testing, and optimizing the various components of our emails to make them more engaging and ultimately drive more traffic to our site. 2. Another PHP Developer will focus on scaling SNAP's applications to accommodate higher traffic volume, monitor application performance and optimize page speeds. 3. Jr PHP Developer will focus on maintaining our current applications as well as working with QA to fix minor usability issues and other ad hoc projects such as translating our applications into multiple languages Required Experience & Skills Email Analysis . Advanced programming skill level in PHP and MySQL . Minimum of 2 years experience . Strong analytical, troubleshooting and organizational skills . Solid understanding of email best practices . Strong analytical, troubleshooting and organizational skills . Exceptional Excel Skills & Data Analysis skills to analyze large amounts of data . Understanding of SMTP, DNS, and MTAs . Experience in ISP communication, feedback loops, bounce and complaint handling, etc. . Experience with high volume messaging environment . Understanding of anti-spam technologies and Black Lists . Understanding of different email clients including web based systems (Outlook, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.) . Familiarity with the Unix command line Scaling focus . Proven ability to scale applications in high traffic environments . Minimum of 2 years experience . Advanced knowledge of compound indexes as well as experience tuning MySQL for performance such as debugging, optimizing queries, replicating and sharding in the My SQL environment . Exposure to using Mongo DB and Couch DB . Knowledge of caching systems such as ADC and extensive use of memcache Jr. PHP . 0-3 years experience working with PHP, CSS, HTML and JavaScript . Basic understanding / functional experience using MySql databases and the following are a plus a) Query optimization b) Debugging slow queries c) Understanding of indexes Desired Experience & Skills . Previous startup experience and development in an Agile environment . Previous experience building Facebook applications preferred Qualifications: . Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science . Excellent verbal and written communication skills . US work authorization (All applicants must possess proper US work eligibility and authorization documents) Please submit your resume with a cover letter including salary requirements to [email protected] *****APPLICATIONS WITHOUT SALARY REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED***** No relocation assistance is provided for this position For more information, please visit our website at www.snap-interactive.com SNAP Interactive Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a progressive, team-oriented work environment, exciting career opportunities and excellent benefits. We regret that due to high volume we are only able to correspond with candidates whose qualifications most closely match the position requirements. Regards, Jason Jason E. Cabrera Human Resources Director SNAP Interactive Inc. T: (212) 967-5120 x103 E: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] W: <http://www.snap-interactive.com/> www.snap-interactive.com Description: Description: snap_logo_highres Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. The content of this communication is for exclusive use of the addressee and may contain confidential, privileged and non-disclosable information. If the recipient of this communication is not the addressee, such recipient is strictly prohibited from printing, photocopying, saving on any media, distributing or otherwise using the information contained herein. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender by e-mail, fax or telephone and destroy this document.
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