Web Developer - Second Life

Second Life is the future of the internet: an amazing online 3D world where you can create, become, or experience almost anything you can imagine. It's rapidly growing virtual landscape that covers nearly 1 Billion square meters. If your passion is software development, join Linden Lab on the greatest technology adventure ever: designing and developing this online world that is changing the real world. Our unique approach to creating distributed teams means everyone at Linden Lab works together on the main development projects that power Second Life. With over 15,000 simulators, a million dollars a day being spent in the virtual economy and users from almost every country in the world. Second Life is a big idea with big dreams and big challenges for you to help us solve.


Overview:
Linden Lab is looking for a web developer to help us bring Second Life and the Web closer together. We need someone who can craft order from chaos, make it scale, and give it several nines of reliability. You should know which technologies work, which ones wear out pagers, and which two technologies you should never, ever use together. And you should be the type of person who is still fun to work with even when then entire network is melting down.

Responsibilities:
Develop extensible architecture and framework for websites.Develop compelling web services for use by the Second Life community.Customize, compile, install, configure, monitor and debug Apache server instances.Help design processes for more efficient content management, including staging and development environments.Design tools to streamline and robustly deploy new systems.Troubleshoot issues with web server, database, security, network, and web technologies.Create and enhance in-house tools to manage web site operations.Write new reporting, maintenance, and test automation tools in PHP and Perl.
Qualifications:
1 - 3 years developing multi-tier e-commerce or subscriber/community websites.Expert level PHP, JavaScript, DOM, XML, Apache, and SQL.Expert level object-oriented programming and MVC design.Must thrive in multi-tasking, quick moving, distributed thinking environment.Shell scripting on Linux or other POSIX system strongly preferred (bash, csh, or other).Demonstrated ability to schedule and meet deadlines.Computer Science degree strongly preferred.Minimum 3 - 5 years overall development experience.Proficiency with C++ a plus.Knowledge of payment processing a plus.Previous start-up experience a plus.Must possess high level of enthusiasm and be a strong team player.Understanding of entertainment industry, gaming and social networking communities a plus.Please apply online at www.lindenlab.com/employment

Fine Print:Linden Lab seeks to maintain a diverse and welcoming workplace; therefore candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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