urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:osmos Chuck Hagenbuch Chuck Hagenbuch 2008-05-07T03:43:55Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:osmos:18263 2008-05-07T02:52:44Z 2008-05-07T03:43:55Z My company, <a href="http://bluestatedigital.com">Blue State Digital</a>, is looking for up to four LAMP developers to start as soon as possible. We can hire both for full-time positions, and for 6 month contracts that run through the end of the U.S. general election in November. If you don't want a whole new job, but you want to take a sabbatical from your current work to get involved in political tech work, this is the perfect opportunity for you! These are all salaried positions, not internships or volunteering.<br /><br />Also note that while the position is on-site in Boston, we may be able to offer housing assistance&nbsp; if you're not located in the Boston area. And Boston is a great place to spend 6 months. Also, if you know me, you can stay in my guest room (with separate bathroom!) while you interview and/or get settled.<br /><br /> It's an awesome place to work (about 12 people in an office in Fort&nbsp; Point, South Boston, the rest of the company is in D.C.), and a great chance to see the inside of a number of political campaigns. We host&nbsp; the fundraising and social networking tools for <a href="http://www.barackobama.com">Barack Obama's campaign</a>, as well as having many congressional candidates and organizations like <a href="http://savedarfur.org">Save Darfur</a> as clients.<br /> <br /> I've been here over a year now and both professionally - the challenges of scaling Obama's site up as the primaries have gone on -&nbsp; and personally - doing work that directly supports my social goals - I love it.<br /><br />Qualifications - you must have:<br /><ul><li>At least 3 years of professional web development experience</li><li>A strong understanding of LAMP development processes and best practices</li><li>Experience building complex applications using PHP and MySQL</li><li>Excellent CSS, Javascript, and AJAX skills</li><li>A solid understanding of modern web development tools and techniques</li><li>An abiding desire to put your technical wizardry to work for democracy and for our country</li></ul>Special consideration given to candidates who have:<br /><ul><li>Experience scaling large LAMP applications</li><li>Deep knowledge of MySQL performance and query optimization</li><li>Strong practical knowledge of web application security</li><li>Created highly usable user interface/experience for complex web applications</li><li>Worked in a fast-paced web development environment and have proven their ability to write outstanding code under tight deadlines.</li></ul> Send resume and cover letter to me at <a nicetitle="New Message to chuck@bluestatedigital.com" href="http://technest.org/horde/imp/message.php?mailbox=professional%2Fbluestate&amp;index=9#">chuck@bluestatedigital.com</a>. Also feel free to contact me with any questions (which I can answer or pass along to HR) or if you'd like the PDF version of the job descriptions (Obama-specific and general both available). urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:osmos:18005 2006-03-11T23:45:37Z 2006-03-11T23:45:37Z It will come, I'm sure, as a complete shock to anyone watching this space that I don't update it much. I have now moved what effort I put in to blogging-like activity over to <a href="http://hagenbu.ch/">http://hagenbu.ch/</a>, my shiny new web site/journal/whatevah. FYI.