Los Angeles based media company is looking for a lead Drupal/PHP developer to provide 10 to 15 hours of development services per week on an existing and currently operating online local city based application (more details about the application will be provided later). Project will only be for a set number of weeks and then there will be follow on work thereafter from time to time. If developer can provide even more time than ten or fifteen hours per week initially, even better. The position is on a freelance/contract basis and compensation is $55 per hour. The developer must live in California and would preferably live in the Los Angeles area. The developer can telecommute and will lead the continued development of an interesting new application that is unique in the local web marketplace.
Please send resume to developerjob@live.com **In the written content of your e-mail, please provide answers to the following questions or else we will not be able to consider you for the position:
1) How long have you been developing in Drupal?
2) How long have you been developing in PHP?
3) Approximately how many development projects have you worked on as lead developer?
4) Approximately how many development projects have you worked on using Drupal as a lead developer?
5) Please provide at least five URLs of websites that you have built as lead developer using Drupal.
Requirements/qualifications for the position are as follows (applicant must have ALL of these qualifications; otherwise, we will not be able to consider you for the position):
- Must be able to and have experience developing custom Drupal modules
- Must be able to code both front-end and back end.
- Minimum 3 plus years PHP development/coding experience
- Minimum 2 plus years developing online applications using Drupal (must be able to show examples of sites that you developed using Drupal and references related thereto)
- Minimum 1 plus years experience as a “lead” developer (must be able to show examples of sites that you were the lead developer on and references related thereto)
- Experience developing social networking and Web 2.0 applications (must be able to show examples of sites that you developed with social networking and/or similar Web 2.0 features).
- Strong technical background in LAMP environment
- Must be able to write excellent code and applications that are modular and built for scale.
- Excellent interpersonal/people skills
- Must be able to meet deadlines.
- Must have references
- BA/BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
** Not required, but if you have done any, please provide/describe any contributions that you have made to the Drupal project, such as modules. Additionally, it is preferred that the developer practices agile development methodology