Lead Software Architect

A young, funded, and profitable Internet startup is looking for dynamic, self-motivated and innovative technologist who will lead the continual improvement and development of next generation platform in an exciting marketplace. FreeCause.com, founded in mid-2006 by a group of MIT alumni, develops unique, free applications to unlock the value of affinity relationships, spanning non-profits, political campaigns and national sports teams.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CTO, this person will be responsible for leading, architecting, and developing one of our two flagship products. We're a fast moving company, thus we want someone that has self-initiative to continue to improve the product based on user behaviors. You'll be leading and working with a team of 2-3 other extremely talented individuals. This is a technical lead position, thus will spend 20% of the time architect, designing, coordinating with the team and 80% of the time coding.

Requirements

Must haves

• Senior to expert programming skill level for one of the following languages: PHP, PERL or Python
• Leadership experience in working with teams of 3 or greater.
• Developed web applications that have 10,000+ users (we're dealing with millions...)
• Knowledgeable with numerous web technologies and their trade-offs
• Sense of humor, Is intelligent, self starter

Nice to haves

• Expertise in popular open source frameworks for PHP, PERL and/or Python
• System Administrative Skills for Linux, Windows
• Good send of UI design, experience with Javascript, CSS, HTML
• Previous start up experiences
• Personal interests contributing to causes.

You'll be given the opportunity to lead the development for a product that will reach millions of people for a good cause. What else can be better than that?

If you're interested in learning more of the details, please email james.chen@freecause.com.

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