buzzd/New York, NYLocation: Union Square, New York, NY
URL: http://buzzd.com
buzzd is an exciting venture-backed startup in the heart of New York City – Union Square. Buzzd is a location-sensitive city guide and social network on the mobile device. buzzd answers the question, "What's going on around me right now? ™" by allowing consumers to get up-to-the minute information on what's happening at any venue right now, rate events and connect with friends and other people in the area.
buzzd partners with carriers and content providers such as Helio, Virgin Mobile, Alltel, metroPCS, AT&T, Flavorpill, Time Out, ZAGAT, Metromix, Citysearch and many more. The company is based in New York City and backed by Monitor Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Blackberry Partners Fund, and Qualcomm Ventures. The company was founded by Nihal Mehta and Deepen Shah from ipsh!, the first mobile marketing agency in the U.S. which was acquired by Omnicom Group in 2005.
We are looking for an experienced PHP 5 Developer who has a passion for technology and loves coding OO development on a nifty mobile location based platform. We are seeking a hard-working, adaptable problem solver, who loves challenges and feels comfortable working directly with marketing, product, creative and other teams.
Responsibilities
* Ownership and development of end-to-end projects using both PHP backend and web technologies
* Strong attention to detail; passion for technology, challenging environments and excellence
* Interact with the business owners, product and quality assurance teams to set priorities and resolve defects, change requests and issues
* Work with the following technologies: PHP, MySQL, Lucene, Javascript, Symfony framework
Requirements
* 2-4 years of development experience
* PHP5 & LAMP
* Knowledge of OO Design
* AJAX functionality – Scriptaculous / Prototype
* Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot issues
To apply
jobs@buzzd.comApply To Job
