This is one of the better listings I got recently from a recruiter. When I asked her about the company and what they did, all she would tell me is "Our client i

This is one of the better listings I got recently from a recruiter. When I asked her about the company and what they did, all she would tell me is "Our client is a very successful E-Commerce company. It is in the top 10 in the world for the particular type of site that this job is for." Looks like a fairly good 'job', but to work for a non-descript ecommerce company was not in my plans. I think it's great though that they start right off with the work environment. Custom workstation with Dual 30" Apple displays would be amazing. ---------- Work environment - We will custom build a workstation to your specifications using the latest and greatest technology; Mac OS X and Linux-friendly - Dual Apple 30" Cinema HD displays - Join a team with a winning attitude in a fast moving, highly energetic environment - Full benefits - Executive desk with your own personal choice of ergonomic chair - All of our servers run GNU/Linux (Debian) or OpenBSD _________________________________ Job Title: Senior PHP5 Developer Location: Anywhere Job Type: Permanent Salary: $75K - 150K _________________________________ The Opportunity - Design and manage an object oriented PHP5 codebase - Seeing projects through the complete software life-cycle, from design and implementation to testing and production deployment and beyond - Lots of room for growth within the company - Technically challenging - Highly rewarding and enthusiastic team environment _________________________________ Getting in the door - Strong object oriented PHP experience, must have operational examples of prior PHP5 OO work - Strong understanding of MySQL 4.1-5.x - 8 to 10 years of experience in software development using object oriented and procedural programming - Strong background in developing for GNU/Linux or Unix-like platforms for mission-critical production deployments - Strong analytical and logical thinking capability _________________________________ Always a plus - Experience with MySQL replication, MySQL Cluster - Experience with MySQL performance tuning and optimization (query optimization, index tuning, caching, and buffer tuning) - Secure coding practices - High-availability and scalable network service development - Expertise with interfaces, MVC, HTML, CSS2, JavaScript, AJAX, Templating, caching, sessions, and authentication - GNU/Linux optimization, security and network administration - Experience with distributed architecture, design, and implementation - Experience with running Apache or other Unix-based web servers in a production environment - Industry networking experience, including knowledge of fundamental protocols, such as TCP, UDP, IPv4/6 and SSL/TLS - B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or other related field