PHP Developer Job Posting

Job Title:	PHP Developer
Job ID:	25179
Company:	Yahoo!
Position Type:	Permanent
Pay Rate:	DOE
Date Posted:	Oct-29-09

About Yahoo!

Think about impacting 1 out of every 2 people online--in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely Yahoo!. We do just that each and every day, and you could too. After all, it's big thinkers like you who will create the next generation of Internet experiences for consumers and advertisers across the globe. Now's the time to show the world what you've got. Put your ideas to work for over half a billion people.

About Systems Engineering and Development

The Systems Engineering and Development group at Yahoo! builds the solutions and systems that provide the foundation for Yahoo global production data center, global operations and platform engineering.

You will be designing and building world-class systems, many from scratch, that build, operate, manage, monitor and analyze one of the world's largest deployment of data centers and networks for the world's largest provider of internet content. Our number one job is ''SiteUp'', keeping Yahoo! available and operating on a 24x7 basis. Your solutions will be required to operate at a size and scale unmatched in the industry, and will require solving large-scale, high-distributed system issues. Recent projects include automations of installation tasks, analyzing network traffic flows, developing network ACL management systems, building performance engineering systems for server hardware, and other advanced operating systems. If you like working on solutions that have never been attempted before, this is the group for you.

Key Activities and Responsibilities

The position is a Software Engineer for our Systems Development Team. You would be working on architecture, design, development and testing for our systems that support the Systems Installation, Administration and Configuration systems.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Solid foundation in computer science essence fundamentals, including data structures, programming languages, algorithms, software engineering, database theory, and operating systems.
• Advanced skills for software design and development using PHP, C/C++, and Perl.
• Demonstrated experience with object oriented software design and development (in PHP/C++/Java).
• Strong knowledge of SQL, database schema design and at least one database environment (MySQL, Oracle, Postgres)
• Strong knowledge of Unix scripting languages (Bash/Perl/Python).
• Good knowledge of software engineering life cycle process including design, development, build/release and QA.
• Knowledge of high availability systems, memory management, I/O performance optimization, threads.
• Demonstrated experience with source code control procedures and environments (cvs, subversion, perforce).
• Good knowledge of Internet Application architectures and Protocols ( TCP/IP, HTTP, etc. ).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, and desire to learn new skills.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritize work programs.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or Physics.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with software development.
• Strong knowledge of advanced query design and optimization / benchmarking.
• Demonstrated design and development of multi-tier large-scale development projects.
• Industry experience in Unix server administration and open source software, Apache web server administration.

Yahoo! Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. For more information or to search all of our openings please visit http://careers.yahoo.com.

Location:	US-CA-Sunnyvale
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
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