Full-Time Senior Software Developer
Job Description
Exciting opportunity for an experienced developer to join an award-winning VC-backed start-up during its rapid growth phase.
Skimlinks has been highlighted as an ‘emerging leader’ by Saul Klein from Index Ventures, described by Techcrunch as one of London’s leading startups, voted in the top 10 of the Guardian Tech Media Invest and also recently placed 2nd in its category at the Telegraph Startup 100.
About the role
Skimlinks is a technology company. We have launched a range of unique, compelling products that have shaken up the online monetization space. We are looking for an experienced senior developer to be involved in building ground-breaking new products, be at the forefront of our releases.
This exciting role will require someone who cleverly possesses the following skills:
- 6+ years of building web applications with broad interest and experience in programming languages, ideally Python, PHP
- Code XHTML and CSS to W3C standards, WAG accessibility, cross-platform compatibility and semantic coding are your type of standards
- Javascript and jQuery is advantageous, node.js experience would be highly regarded
- API experience, including integration and API design would be very impressive (we are a bit fanatical about APIs)
- Experience developing scalable web applications for high-volume sites is also highly desirable, also cloud-based infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services
- On the back-end – Big Data, noSQL, Mapreduce – experience working with huge datasets is a bonus
- Experience in affiliate marketing, online advertising or other B2B advertising related platform would make you stand out a little bit further
- Experience of search with Lucene/SOLR is advantageous – we search a lot of stuff
- Passion for Open Source technologies, active participation in the Open Source Community is almost mandatory
The role is based in Shoreditch, London right in the middle of Silicon Roundabout. Our digs have a strong technology culture, lots of space and a high-spec setup.
About you
Here at Skimlinks we value dedication, enthusiasm, and a love of innovation. We are disrupting the online monetization industry, and welcome candidates who want to be a part of this ambitious journey. But its not just hard work, we definitely appreciate a bit of quirkiness and fun along the way.
- You will simply love to code. You think of it as recreation rather than work, and have a stream of your own projects you have done just for fun.
- You fit the bill of an experienced, innovative developer, with deep interest in Internet Technologies and a passion for building ground-breaking online tools. You are motivated, solutions driven, and eager to face the challenges that a startup requires.
- You strive to push projects to the next level and give that special touch of quality, attentiveness and excellence.
- You are able to give accurate estimations of development times for projects, and organise your time to meet project deliverables and deadlines. You thrive in fast-paced environment that iterates quickly.
- You have a sense of humour, are ambitious, and love the thrill and madness of working in a start-up environment.
- You’re interested in the challenges facing online publishers, and have an appreciation of the culture of content creation and blogging.
- You will be excited about working with massive amounts of data: ‘A billion rows isn’t cool, you know what is cool?… A trillion rows’
About the Company
Founded in 2007, Skimlinks is the London-based start-up behind an innovative service that helps online publishers make money from their editorial and user-generated content via affiliate marketing. Skimlinks products are part of an overall platform we’re developing for publishers to monetize their content effectively, ethically and seamlessly, leaving them more time to focus on their content and their community.
Our clients include the world’s leading online newspaper and content networks, including Hearst Digital, Conde Nast, Hachette Filipacchi, Future Publishing and over 10,000 more content sites, forums, web applications and blogs.
We have won a myriad of awards, including Linkshare Technology Genuis Award 2010, Best New Business and Special Award for Technological Innovation from New Media Age awards 2009; . Check out our blog for more awards and media mentions at http://blog.skimlinks.com
Skimlinks is venture-backed by Sussex Place Ventures, The Accelerator Group and NESTA. This positions us ready to grow aggressively and innovative rapidly, to achieve our goal of being ‘the Adsense of Affiliate Marketing’ and transform the way content sites monetize their content.
We are a friendly and dedicated team, genuinely excited by the prospect of disruptive innovation. We’re looking to grow a team that shares that ethos.
Find out more about what its like working at Skimlinks http://skimlinks.com/careers
How to apply
Please upload your CV and cover letter via our apply link. Also, please answer the following questions when you are prompted in step 2.
- Tell us your favourite web app and why?
- Tell us the web app you’d most like to work on and why (it doesnt have to be Skimlinks!)?
How to Apply
Meet the team at the TechStartupJobs fair on the 18th of Jan to discuss this and other exciting opportunities. Or apply directly by clicking on the ‘Apply Online’ button below.