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Job openings for LAMP developers

You know that thing I’m so excited about? That thing that’s making me work harder — and work happier — than ever? Well that thing, Honest Buildings, is hiring. 

So come work with me! It’s a fantastic team with a helluva mission and big, bright prospects. And please circulate.

Honest Buildings is hiring experienced developers with backgrounds in PHP, mobile apps and relational and NoSQL databases. We are currently looking for two developers for our New York City office.

 Honest Buildings provides social and enterprise web and mobile applications for the tenants and owners of real estate and their service providers.

Full description after the jump.

What you’ll do:

- Develop and maintain our web applications using PHP, MySQL and MongoDB
- Develop and maintain our mobile apps for iPhone and Android
- Work in an agile environment and help us to become even more agile

What you’ve done:

- Worked on commercial LAMP and LAMoP projects for at least 2 years
- Worked on applications that have seen significant traffic growth
- Worked with PHP frameworks such as CodeIgniter, CakePHP or Symfony
- Worked with relational databases
- Worked with NoSQL databases

What you know:

- How to build web applications with AJAX/RIA features
- What OOP and MVC mean
- How to use version control systems such as Subversion and Git
- How to design a relational database schema (not just writing SQL)
- How not to design a relational schema for a NoSQL database
- How to develop in a Linux-oriented environment and how to scale applications in a cloud
- What automated unit tests and continuous integration are

Compensation will be competitive and based on your experience and knowledge.

These positions are on-site in our New York City offices.  We’re not looking for telecommuters, remote workers, web development shops, or offshore resources.

To apply, send us your resume along to ITjob@honestbuildings.com with a cover letter describing how your background fits the work we want you to do, and if you’re not a perfect match for the criteria we’ve listed, why we should talk to you anyway.  Resumes without a cover letter will receive a lot less love.