The Nerdery is looking for a talented PHP developer skilled in all aspects of web development. Our ideal candidate is highly motivated, always learning and willing to expand their horizons. Most importantly, they embrace The Nerdery’s unique culture by sharing their knowledge and experience with our 200+ developer team through collaboration, group work and peer review. Conversely, they would be humbly ready to eagerly absorb The Nerdery goodness from the collective brain power of our amazing team.

Requirements:

•   ~Proficient in PHP 5 and object-oriented patterns
•   ~Knowledge of HTML, CSS, XML, CSV
•   ~Basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and Apache web server
•   ~Familar with databases and SQL syntax, such as MySQL
•   ~Familiar with Zend Framework or similar MVC frameworks
•   ~Familiar with JavaScript and AJAX
•   ~Familiar with character encoding and how this applies to storing, retrieving, and displaying data
• Educational Requirements:

•   ~Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or 4 years web development experience
• Every Nerd Should Have:
  

•   ~General understanding of project management principles. (Agile, Iterative, Waterfall)
•   ~Familiar with version control
•   ~Familiar with QA and deployment processes
•   ~Comfortable working in a fast paced environment
• Bonus:

•   ~Experience creating plugins for CMS’s like WordPress/ExpressionEngine
•   ~Experience with Magento, Drupal, or other popular open source products
•   ~Experience in common third-party APIs such as Facebook, PayPal, and Authorize.net
•   ~Experience in security risks and solutions in web application development
•   ~Experience in developing web services (REST, RPC, JSON, XML, SOAP, etc)
•   ~Experience with jQuery
•   ~Experience with Unit Testing or Continuous Integration
•   ~Familiar with Subversion, Git, and/or Mercurial
•   ~Knowledge of optimization such as memcached and scaling MySQL/PHP

Nerd Perks:

*Developer-oriented workplace; work on a variety of compelling, challenging projects surrounded by nerdy supergeniuses

• *Created by nerds, for nerds; 85% of staff has development background, including senior management
• *Casual dress
• *Free Breakfast, and convenient lunch ordering and daily delivery
• *Team environment, collaborative learning environment, transparent communications
• *Flexible 40-hour work week, set your hours
• *Benefits package including a 401k, unlimited sick days
• *On-site Yoga classes, massage service
• *Dog-friendly, including monthly dog grooming
• *Arcade games, Chess, Anime, daily hackysack; home of 20+ extracurricular clubs and room for the one you want to create
• *Opp to advance career at growing company always looking for emerging leaders
• About The Nerdery

• The Nerdery is a developer-driven interactive production shop that partners with creative minds and big thinkers to engineer and execute their interactive projects, including websites, social media and mobile apps. In 2010 and 2011, The Nerdery ranked #1 on the Best Places to Work list published by Mpls-St. Paul Business Journal. With offices in Chicago and Minneapolis, The Nerdery has a staff of 260+ and was founded in 2003 by three programming pioneers. The Nerdery was honored in 2010 with The Quality of Life Award and The Jefferson Award for its record of corporate philanthropy through The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, at which volunteers have donated nearly two million dollars worth of web development services to 66 nonprofit organizations. In addition to Biz Journal’s Fast 50 list, The Nerdery has made the Inc 5000 list of fast-growing privately owned companies for four consecutive years.

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