Summary of Job:
The Rocket Science Group is looking for a self-motivated programmer who cares about performance and creating powerful tools that are fun and easy to use. You’ll help the technology team develop our core MailChimp.com product (over 10,000 users and growing fast). We’re a PHP/MySQL shop but what’s more important to us is that you have experience working in multiple languages on large code bases and are adept at managing interdependencies in code. You should have a very strong OOP background and have experience with meta-programming and dynamic method execution. If you know what Selenium is, that’s a big plus. Of course, you must also love monkeys.
Essential Duties:
You’ll work with our product development team to build new functionality into our product. You’ll also work with our customer service team to resolve issues as they arise.
Required Skills:
- Experience maintaining large web software/business applications with lots of users (“changing tires on a moving car” is a good analogy)
- Strong OOP background
- Experience with meta-programming and dynamic method execution
- Passion for always learning new things and expanding on new ideas
- Able to work independently, with minimal supervision
- Must be able (and willing) to QA in multiple environments. Mac, PC, Firefox, IE, Safari, etc.
Job Skills:
- Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl environment
- JavaScript, XML, and AJAX
Nice-to-have Skills:
- Email delivery/ISP/Network skills a big plus
- Server administration
- Strong project management skills
- Experience using and developing APIs
- Flash
- .Net
- Selenium
The Company/Work Environment:
We build tools. Tools that are useful, simple, and efficient. And that people love to use. We’ve been around since 2001, and have been profitable since day one. We work like we’re a startup. We’re small, nimble, and fast-paced, but we’re not pulling all-nighters and burning VC money either. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, and like working for a company where you can actually make a difference (but you also want a personal life), that’s us.
Interested? Contact Mark Armstrong
jobs@mailchimp.com or phone: 678-999-0141×102