Entry to mid-level web contractor

Location: Burbank or San Francisco
Duration: 6 months
Starts: February
Rate: DOE

Overview
Major record label seeks web contractor to assist with various projects.

Work with a groundbreaking team on a mix of highly visible properties at the intersection of music and web technology with Drupal at the helm.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop sites against internal guidelines and best practices.
• Debug faulty code and buggy sites where needed.
• Develop PHP/MySQL web forms and Drupal modules to aggregate and analyze data from various sources
• Optimize SQL queries where needed
• Interface with internal and external resources on site integrations and custom development
• Apply code patches and document changes.
• Develop tools for a variety of purposes including: build management, deployment, batch changes, interfaces, debugging, etc.
• Deploy updated files to appropriate servers (web and content delivery networks)
• Create and modify rewrite rules for splash pages and/or redirects.
• Create development environments for new and existing sites, including SVN and FTP user accounts.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree

Required Professional Experience and Competencies

• PHP, MySQL, HTML and CSS development (2+years)
• Good understanding of CS topics including data structures and algorithmic optimizations.
• Knowledge of Drupal and/or willingness to learn
• Familiarity with a Unix/Linux environment including Subversion, basic command line tasks and vi (or alternative)
• Ability to multi-task on multiple time-sensitive projects.
• Strong communication and follow-through skills.

Ideal Experience and Competencies

• Self-motivated and passionate about music and technology.
• Knowledge of basic web services and transport mechanisms including XML-RPC.
• Ability to create and update mod_rewrite directives in .htaccess files.
• Understanding of regular expressions.
• Experience with Basecamp and/or Backpack.
• Experience with any 3rd-party API system (e.g. Google Maps, Flickr, etc.).
• Experience with any of the following: Bash shell scripting, Python, Memcached, CVS, ActionScript 3.0, Akamai CDN, Amazon S3, Google Analytics, Omniture Analytics, OpenID, Facebook Platform, Facebook Connect, any open source project.

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY - NO RECRUITERS

Please submit resumes IN LINE to wbrtech@gmail.com (no word documents please)