PHP Developer at Suzanne Koch

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PHP Developer

at Suzanne Koch in Sydney

Are you a whiz at PHP? Do you want to be able to show off the fruits of your labour? If so Yahoo!7 want to talk to you!

This is a rare opportunity to join the Yahoo!7 family and become a part of one of Australia’s favourite online destinations. If you’re a talented software engineer with a passion for digital media and a flair for programming then read on.

Our engineering teams work alongside the production and design teams to deliver the backend framework that supports Yahoo!7’s user-facing services. The importance of this role cannot be underestimated as it supports the news, finance and sports content, which are some of our most highly trafficked pages. You will be dealing with feeds, databases, web server-side scripting and batch processing. There will be no such thing as an average day in this position!

Your main responsibilities will be as follows:

• Designing, developing and/or deploying software components in an efficient, secure, and sustainable manner

• Managing projects from inception to completion, keeping to strict timelines

• Writing clear and concise documentation

• Working with yahoos from across the company including production, customer care, marketing, and sales to provide technical input, understand requirements and generally ensure the appropriateness of any technical solutions

• Liaising with regional & global counterparts in order to minimise duplication of efforts

• Platform product APIs are efficient to use, and documentation easy to understand

• Maximal re-use of platforms where appropriate, or alternatively, minimised duplication of effort across the broader engineering team

• High quality work delivered on time and on specification

Skills/Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

• 3+ years work experience on software engineering projects, preferably Internet/web related

• Solid understanding of the operating environment, programming languages and protocols that are used day-to-day include PHP, Unix, Apache, MySQL, HTTP, TCP/IP

• Skills that will be considered an asset (but not essential): Perl, C, C++, FreeBSD

• Demonstrated communication & teamwork abilities

If you’re a passionate software engineer who wants to ‘Start Something Wonderful’ then we want to hear from you. Please contact Suzanne Koch on (02) 8288 4697 for more information or send your CV to koch@yahoo-inc.com

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