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markET – Web Developer

Toronto, ON

markET is looking for a Web Developer. To qualify you must be passionate about technology, exude curiosity and code at blinding speeds. You enjoy challenge and seek to grow into more senior roles over time. Your initial contract will be to develop our new website. Subsequent contracts, leading to full-time employment, will be the development and renovation of our customer’s websites. You will also become the company’s IT resource and be exposed to the latest tools and techniques associated with the automating of marketing and sales; such as Reputation Management, Demand Generation, Customer Relationship Management (Sales force automation), Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing.

Responsibilities

Using a supplied design and marketing brief, design the web technology architecture for our own website, and then code, test and publish the site. Working from a design brief, renovate our client’s existing websites or code, test and publish new ones. You will also learn the technical aspects of the various online marketing and sales tools we use as part of our service, and then offer technical support to our internal users and clients.

Education

A college diploma is a minimum requirement.

Experience

A minimum of 3 years experience developing web applications.

Skills

Experience with a blogging platform such as WordPress is mandatory, along with a knowledge of Javascript, HTML and CSS. Good spoken and written English communication skills are essential. A working knowledge of graphic design programs is also needed (please your specify your skill set in your application).

Assets

Additional skills in SEO, Java, .NET, PHP and SQL are nice-to-haves.

Apply

Position has been filled.

Please submit an application in writing and an on-line portfolio.

ChickAdvisor – Developer

by davidcrow

ChickAdvisor is Canada’s leading women social media company helping thousands of women find the advice they’re looking for. We’ve grown to become a leader in multi-channel social media programs with our website, local events, video, and product review club.

We’re recruiting developers who enjoy a good challenge and want to innovate. ChickAdvisor is about to build out our web services platform including integration into third party services such as Facebook and Amazon.com. This will be an opportunity to see the immediate impact of your work within our existing community.

As a Senior Programmer you will be required to develop, test, and maintain website applications on LAMP stack.

Qualifications

Strong communication skills
Reliability and responsiveness
Ability to work with and update code written by other developers
Must be able to reasonably estimate working time at the outset of a project and meet established deadlines
Must be able to work independently from your own fully equipped workstation

Techical Requirements

4+ years of OOP/MVC PHP development.
3+ years using JavaScript frameworks such as YUI
MySQL5 and query optimization.
API: Experience using third party API’s such as Amazon Web Service is a plus.
FBML experience a plus
Front End: XML/XSLT, CSS cross-browser compatibility
Preferred; OS: Linux (Debian), Web Services: Apache, Memory Optimization: Memcache, Source Control: Subversion

If you’re interested please contact us email [email protected] with your CV and work related examples that you think are relevant.

zinc Roe – Systems Admin/Developer

by davidcrow

Toronto, ON

Our full-time back-end technology expert is moving on to a great new opportunity in California. We are beginning the hunt for someone to fill his shoes. Here is more on what we are looking for…

zinc Roe is looking for a linux-minded developer to build and maintain backend systems for our web projects and tend the dedicated servers that keep our lovingly-crafted web goodness flowing out to the masses. The job involves working with our hosting provider to ensure the smooth operation of these servers. It also involves designing and building backend systems for our projects using PHP and Ruby on Rails.

Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain Linux-based web servers.
Architect and write web applications using PHP and Ruby on Rails.
Research and recommend technical solutions for new projects.
Perform routine updating and maintenance of web applications.
Configure and maintain regular backups of our systems.
Maintain our trac-based code repository system.

Must Have

Candidates must have:

Hands-on experience with command-line Linux including shell scripting.
Proven experience with PHP, mySQL and Apache.
Solid understanding of fundamental technologies including HTTP, TCP/IP, and DNS.
A hungry mind eager to learn new skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.

Experience with subversion, trac, cacti, and drupal are not required but would be a definite asset. We promise a rewarding job working with some talented folks working on creative projects. This is a full-time position with benefits. Interested candidates should send resumes to jobs at zincroe.com.

zinc Roe is an award-winning studio specializing in creating engaging websites, games and activities for kids and youth. Take some time to browse our portfolio and learn about the kind of work we do. As long as you have enthusiasm and sound technical foundation we are happy to provide opportunities for the write candidate to pick up specific skills. Please send a resume and include URLs for recent projects to jobs *at* zincroe.com.