Drupal Developer in San Francisco, CA

Web Software Developer

• Our Client is a digital marketing agency that creates enormous value for clients from the ever-changing media landscape.
• Client delivers superior online strategies all driven by the philosophy that performance reigns supreme.
• Our core services include SEO, SEM, Social Marketing, Analytics, Creative, Media, Mobile and Web Development. We see change as an opportunity.
• We are looking for a Software Engineer to play a significant role in the rapid evolution of our clients’ websites.
• We need a talented and smart individual with excellent coding skills who is passionate about developing Web 2.0 sites.
• You should be comfortable working in all layers of the web application and in all stages of development.
• You should enjoy working in the highly collaborative team setting of this fast-paced environment.
• Development areas include jQuery, PHP, MySQL, Drupal, WordPress, Apache, Linux servers, Java/JSP, OpenCms, and MS SQL Server, plus a little Joomla and legacy ASP/VB.
• If you are already proficient with most of these, you should be able to hit the ground running.
• As part of the web development team, you will design, implement, test, deploy, operate and refine websites, microsites, landing pages, and other digital assets.
• You will work with Creative, SEO, Media, Client Services, and the rest of our web development team to deliver features and sites on aggressive timelines.

Who We Hope You Are:

• You are a motivated and service-focused self-starter.
• You are not shy about rolling up your sleeves and fixing problems that might not be in your job description, while looking forward to a game of ping-pong or foosball.
• You love to over-deliver while managing your time wisely.
• You balance perfectionism with getting things done.
• You are always hungry to learn new things.
• Also, the prospect of a dog-friendly office will finally convince you to visit the SPCA.

What You Will Bring to the Table:

• A proactive go-getter who loves to find efficiencies.
• A good communicator— both written and oral.
• Someone detail-oriented who writes clean, concise, secure, efficient, maintainable code.
• First rate technical writing skills.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• A fast learner who is not phased by mastering a new technology.
• Ability to train and oversee development interns.
• Willingness to work in a team environment during normal office hours and take constructive advice.

Core Technical Skills:

• Experience building dynamic web pages and fully-functional forms from the ground up – you understand how the whole web stack works, and how to avoid obvious security holes.
• Experience coding pixel-perfect, cross-browser web pages to standards-compliant, table-less HTML/CSS from a supplied comp or mockup.
• Experience developing templates or add-on modules for a web content management systems, demonstrated Drupal 6 & 7 experience required.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures and algorithms, software engineering methodologies, and techniques such as regular expressions.
• Solid background in databases and writing SQL queries.
• Experience with Javascript libraries.
• Experience configuring a web server.
• Experience using source control and bug tracking systems and writing technical documentation.
• Experience with LAMP stack and ability to work in Linux from the command line.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree with a technical major or minor such as Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 1-5 years of software or web development experience.

Bonus Skills:

• Expertise with web architecture, providing design and development recommendations and optimizing existing infrastructure.
• Leading-edge expertise in HTML5, CSS3, web video, web standards, optimizing front-end performance, etc.
• Experience with mobile website optimization.
• Experience with mobile app development (iPhone/Android).
• Experience with writing plug-ins for jQuery or another library, or large Javascript (AJAX/DHTML) applications.
• Professional experience with Flash and Actionscript.
• Experience with image creation and manipulation in Photoshop.
• Illustrator or FireWorks, web design, page layout or typography.
• Experience with writing or editing copy.
• Experience with information architecture, content strategy, user experience design, usability testing, A/B testing.
• Experience with SEO and Google Analytics.
• Experience with XML/XSLT or JSON, data mining, etc.
• Experience with Google Maps API, Google Charts API, Facebook development, etc.
• Experience with a MVC framework.
• Experience with writing APIs or writing your own framework or CMS.
• Experience with code review, pair programming, agile development, unit testing, distributed version control branching/merging, or other software engineering techniques.
• Expertise in networking, shell scripting, system administration or information security.
• Experience with database administration and optimization.
• Experience with writing specifications and test plans.
• Experience with estimating large projects or managing outsourced/off-shored work.
• Experience with providing training and writing customer documentation.
• Past experience in a client-facing role.