# Moontoast Is Hiring Senior PHP Developers


By Ben Ramsey

Published on April 28, 2010


_[Moontoast](https://web.archive.org/web/20110101080105/http://www.moontoast.com/), the company [where I now work](/blog/2010/04/blasting-off-with-moontoast/), is looking for senior PHP developers. This is an on-site (Nashville, TN), contract position that could potentially develop into a full-time position. If you're interested, let me know, and send your resume to **hr [at] moontoast.com**._

Moontoast is a social commerce network for people to pursue and promote their passions through personal relationships. Moontoast simply connects _those who know, with those who want to know_.

Moontoast is seeking passionate, senior PHP developers—who want to pursue and promote their passion for writing high quality code—to enhance the Moontoast social commerce platform. We are looking for self-motivated individuals with the right attitude and excellent skills who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced web startup. Ideal candidates will thrive in a tight-knit team environment, promoting their passion for software design by leading product teams and mentoring our growing development team.

The main responsibilities of a senior PHP developer include:

* Working with the senior developers and architects to provide leadership in technical design and architecture of the Moontoast platform
* Setting estimates and expectations for new product development and implementing new features, tracking on target deadlines
* Mentoring and leading developers by example through writing clean, well-documented, maintainable code and enforcing standards and best practices
* Participating as an active Moontoast Guide in the Moontoast Developer Community

## Requirements

We are looking for:

* 5+ years of experience with PHP
* 8+ years of experience with web development
* Deep understanding of browsers and HTTP
* Experts at object-oriented programming concepts and design patterns
* Demonstrated ability to design and develop complex web services
* Extensive experience with the Symfony framework and Doctrine
* Working knowledge of version control systems (Subversion, Git, etc.)
* BS in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

We would like to see:

* A passion for web development and an interest in sharing that with others
* Independent thinkers with strong leadership qualities
* Demonstrated ability to develop large-scale websites
* Experience with service-oriented architectures, web services, and Cloud technologies
* Knowledge of advanced data organization concepts, such as sharding
* Experience with other PHP frameworks utilizing the MVC design pattern
* Expert Linux development skills, from the command prompt to the web server
* Open source project development experience
* Developer community involvement (blogging, speaking, articles, Twitter, etc.)
* Zend PHP 5 Certification
* MS in Computer Science

We invite interested candidates to send resumes to **hr [at] moontoast.com**.