Atlantic Media Company: LAMP/Python Developer

Location: Washington, DC
URL: http://www.atlanticmediacompany.com

LAMP / Python Developer

Job Description

The Atlantic seeks a media savvy web developer for a wide variety of Internet projects including: custom CMS solutions, multimedia sites, APIs for content syndication, and web applications designed to serve our editorial or marketing teams. We work in a fast paced continuous deployment environment, and our three main websites TheAtlantic.com, TheAtlanticWire.com, and TheAtlanticCities.com have over 11 million uniques per month. This position will report to the tech lead of the Digital Strategy and Ops team.

See a recent Mashable.com article about The Atlantic’s successful web strategy:

http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/the-atlantic-digital-first/

Major Responsibilities Include:

• Participating in a team-oriented environment to develop new web-based applications
• Maintaining existing PHP, Python, and JavaScript codebases, including troubleshooting bugs and adding new features
• Balancing a variety of concurrent projects while meeting deadlines
• Demonstrating attention to detail while implementing technical specifications

Requirements:

• Ability to define and communicate a technical vision, possessing excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Detailed knowledge of object oriented programming concepts and application design and the ability to apply them to PHP or Python projects
• Experience working with MVC web frameworks (Django preferred)
• Experience with version control systems (GIT preferred)
• Ability to follow established coding styles (such as Zend for PHP or PEP 8 for Python)
• Knowledge of SQL and relational database design and optimization
• Comfortable using Linux / Unix command line
• ·Able to write valid, semantic HTML / CSS

• Technical problem-solving skills, ability to succeed in a fast-moving high-demand environment, and a willingness to “roll up your sleeves” when necessary
• Willingness to learn new skills, frameworks, and programming languages as necessary

 

Atlantic Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Please apply online at: www.atlanticmediacompany.com

 

To apply: Please apply online at: www.atlanticmediacompany.com