Posted on 6 January 2012

Lead developer For Large Scale Project

Anywhere
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Budget: $10,000 +

We seek for experienced web architect/developer to help build large scale web projects, starting from next generation service search platform.
(Position offer is for senior developer who will lead development team, but in case You do not have managerial experience, You can apply as specialist in object oriented programming. Please note, that in such case not all responsibilities will apply).
We offer long-term, highly demanding and rewarding job experience, where You will have opportunity to work with top level experts both in business and IT, become technical leader and senior developer and join the management board to give valuable insights while making strategic decisions of our company.
Compensation for work includes: competitive salary, KPI based rewards and stock options of the company. Compensation will be discussed individually and updated upon completing certain major milestones of our company.

During the interview process, we want to find out if You fit with us in terms of Your background, skills, abilities and if You share common set of values, which will highly influence our decision.

Responsibilities
a)Development strategy:
- technical description;
- minimum viable product development and scaling plan;
- etc.
b)Leadership/management of development team:
- setting tasks and development milestones (together with managerial team);
- ensuring high performance of team members;
- etc.
c)Back-end development*:
- Developing and/or customizing modules for logic side;
- Developing database.
d)Technical expert on strategic decisions of the company:
- Working closely together with Head Product Development Manager and managerial team to provide valuable information regarding technical execution of company goals.
*Required skills are listed in skill part.

Background, Required Skills and Abilities
a) Team management experience;
b) Accurate estimation and milestone setting;
c) Programming experience:
- expert in one, or more of object oriented programming languages: PHP (object oriented programming), Python, Ruby, Scala;
- expert in database development.
We want to save Your and our time, thus only candidates, that provide following information will be interviewed (answer briefly, one/two sentences per question):
- What is the biggest team that You’ve worked with (and Your role)?
- What is the biggest team that You’ve managed?
- What is the biggest project that You’ve developed and/or worked on (and Your position)?
- What programming languages are You experienced in?
- Other things that You feel are relevant (background/skills/abilities) for application?
- Preferred interview times (dates and times when you are available for interview within next 7 days from application);
- Motivational letter (100-150 words):  answering what are your biggest motivators, long-term goals and values.

Looking forward to see Your applications and to join our team!