Facebook Application Developer

Company: Podclass, Inc.

Category: Software Development

Location: San Diego, CA

How to Apply: gary@podclass.com

Description:

Podclass helps people teach, learn and connect with classmates from inside of Facebook and other social networks. Launched in 2006, Podclass is dramatically changing the online education landscape by enabling students from around the world to access their courses and interact & engage with classmates from inside of popular social networks.

Podclass is looking for a dynamic PHP developer to join our team and lead the development efforts for our Facebook application. Podclass is a recipient of Facebook’s fbFund grant, which has opened the doors for dozens of alliances and partnership opportunities with both universities and large companies worldwide.

As a key member of the Podclass team, you will lead the development of our existing Podclass Facebook application, contribute ideas on how to improve the functionality of the application, and rapidly deploy changes and improvements. In addition, you will lead the development of other Podclass Facebook applications related to online teaching and learning.

We will only consider someone who is an intelligent, self-motivated, energetic problem-solver who is a strong leader and can lead by example. Someone who enjoys working closely with other software developers, and can contribute his or her ideas and energy to the development of successful products. You should enjoy staying up to date with the latest technologies to suggest new coding practice or recommend architectural changes when appropriate. Technologies we use include: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, PHP5, REST, XML-RPC, Ajax….

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience building a Facebook application.
  • Strong experience with PHP5/PostgreSQL
  • The desire to take responsibility for major portions of our application, from design to implementation.
  • Takes ownership and manages deadlines and deliverables established for projects under his/her management.
  • Effective communication, leadership, and the aptitude to bring new ideas to the team.
  • Ability to balance short-term needs and the long-term vision for the company.
  • Location - San Diego area preferably, and the possibility of Silicon Valley-based office.

Desired Experience:

  • Distributed systems, fault tolerance, scaling
  • Web crawling, text processing/search, collaborative filtering, tags
  • Web services (REST, XML-RPC)
  • Experience with Ajax
  • Experience with MVC model to build scalable web applications
  • Web 2.0 guru - familiar (at least at the user level) with most social networks and associated trends, social media, and the latest web 2.0 technologies.

Bonus:

  • Experience building applications on other social networks’ APIs such as MySpace, Bebo, etc.
  • Experience with large scale deployment
  • Experience with Flash, or at the very least interaction with Flash technologies
  • Ruby on Rails experience or a desire to learn
  • Python experience or a desire to learn
  • High interest and track record in building consumer-facing products
  • UI expertise (HTML, CSS, AJAX)
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One Response to “Facebook Application Developer”

  1. Kathy Sanders Says:
    October 17th, 2008 at 8:09 am

    I hate the new Facebook. I can’t post a thing or do any of the games or send pms. I reoprted it twice and it’s gotten worse. I tried getting in as a developer and can not do it. It’s getting too frustrating and I’m about to delete my account permanently.

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