littlebridge
Come and help us revolutionize language learning for children and become part of an exciting, successful and rapidly growing company, based in a great riverside location in West London. Working here you will have the satisfaction of developing something truly worthwhile.
We’re looking for a senior/lead backend programmer who can take on a challenge in developing a robust and scalable solution which includes messaging, scoring mechanisms, achievements and a whole lot more. As a team leader you will write software, use your experience to coach other developers towards delivering high quality work, and help with further hires. You will report directly to the CEO.
Skills and Requirements
We're developing layered services using PHP and Zend Framework, MySQL, noSQL and message queuing among others and we are open to using other languages and technologies if you can justify the changes within technical and commercial constraints.
We don't require a formal education in computer science but we expect a working knowledge in areas such as time and space complexity of common algorithms and data structures, operating systems and networking fundamentals, database theory, concurrency and experience with dynamically and statically typed languages.
Essential
* LAMP stack
* IP Networking
* Network/Application security
* Software development best practices
* Team player
Highly Desirable
* Zend Framework
* Unit testing
* Clustering
* Replication
* Team leading experience
* Computer science degree
* Commercial experience with statically typed languages (Java, C# or C++)
* Excited about impacting education
About Little Bridge World
Little Bridge mixes video game sensibilities with language learning. We specialise in education, win awards and have customers in over 40 countries worldwide. We've got a unique mix of social networking with learning, where kids can make friends all over the world to practice their English, with enough help along the way that they'll never get stuck.
The company is currently expanding from web clients onto tablet and mobile and is revamping its products to better fit how children learn today.
Please mail us at [email protected] for more information.
Little Bridge mixes video game sensibilities with language learning. We teach English to millions of children in more than 30 countries. We've got a unique mix of social networking with learning, where kids can make friends all over the world to practice their English, with enough help along the way that they'll never get stuck. The company is currently expanding from web clients onto tablet and mobile and is revamping it's products to better fit how kids learn today.
Cloud services are essential to what we do, and we're looking for a lead engineer looking for a challenge who is comfortable in coaching a team to build a robust and scalable solution which includes messaging, scoring mechanisms, achievements and a whole lot more. We're developing layered services using PHP and Zend Framework, MySQL, noSQL and message queuing among others. Essential skills also should include developing applications for HA and scalability in cloud environments (clustering, replication, load balancing), Linux admin, Apache/Nginx, IP networking, network/application security, unit testing and release management. Although the current server infrastructure is developed using PHP we are open to using other languages and technologies if you can justify the changes within technical and commercial constraints.
We don't require a formal education in computer science but we expect a working knowledge in areas such as time and space complexity of common algorithms and data structures, operating systems fundamentals, database theory, concurrency and experience with dynamically and statically typed languages. Ultimately we want someone who understands and can discuss technological details at a fundamental level and is able to justify design choices and lead a team through the use of solid technical arguments.
An interest in educational products is a must!
Send an email to [email protected], with a CV and a little about yourself and let's talk.
Little Bridge mixes video game sensibilities with language learning. We teach English to millions of children in more than 30 countries across the world. We've got a unique mix of social networking with learning, where kids can make friends all over the world to practice their English, with enough help along the way that they'll never get stuck. Children can walk around a 3D village, meeting characters and playing games. The company is currently expanding from web clients onto tablet and mobile and is extending it's products to better fit how kids learn today.
Cloud services are essential to what we do, and we're looking for server-side developers and sys-ops wanting a challenge, who are comfortable leading a team to build a scalable solution with us which includes messaging, scoring mechanisms, achievements and a whole lot more. We're developing layered services using PHP and Zend Framework, MySQL, noSQL and message queuing among others. Essential skills also should include developing applications for HA and scalability in cloud environments (clustering, replication, load balancing), Linux admin, Apache/Nginx, IP networking, network/application security, unit testing and release management. An interest in educational products is a must!
You can find out more about the company at http://www.littlebridge.com
Send an email to [email protected], with a CV and a little about yourself and let's talk!