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We’re Hiring
Last.fm is growing. We’re currently looking for great people to fill the following roles:
Lead Web Developer
Purpose of Role
Last.fm is looking for a Lead Web Developer with a combination of strong PHP / SQL, software design principles, and hands-on architectural / framework expertise, as well as knowledge of XHTML, CSS and Javascript.
The Lead Web Developer will lead a team of PHP and front end web developers to deliver high quality software following an Agile development process.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and innovative, good at “getting things done”, and have experience using Last.fm / AS.
Deliverables and Responsibilities
Key Relationships
Skills and Experience
Desirable
Education and Qualifications
Behaviours & Personality
Last.fm is looking for a Lead Web Developer with a combination of strong PHP / SQL, software design principles, and hands-on architectural / framework expertise, as well as knowledge of XHTML, CSS and Javascript.
The Lead Web Developer will lead a team of PHP and front end web developers to deliver high quality software following an Agile development process.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and innovative, good at “getting things done”, and have experience using Last.fm / AS.
Deliverables and Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing core software components for new Last.fm website features
- Improving our internal PHP tools and frameworks
- Identifying bottlenecks and profiling Last.fm's existing PHP codebase
- Improving development practices at Last.fm
- Leading team of 6-8 developers
- Technical mentoring of developers
- Ensuring software delivered by the team is of requisite quality
Key Relationships
- Web Development Team
- Design Team
- Technical Operations
- Product Management
Skills and Experience
- An intimate familiarity with object-oriented PHP & standards-compliant SQL
- Experience with XHTML, CSS and Javascript
- 5+ years experience working on high-volume PHP websites
- 2+ years experience leading software development teams
- 2+ years experience in Agile software development, preferably Scrum
- Expert knowledge of Agile engineering practices including Test Driven Development
- Independent problem solving skills, ability to write code that scales well
- Understanding of how the web works, from low to high levels
- Familiarity with a wide range of relevant technologies and web standards
- Flexibility: we are small company, but we move quickly
Desirable
- Experience with C / PHP internals
- Smarty templating system (smarty.php.net) and extensions
- Subversion
- Memcached
- Web services and syndication
- Linux CLI
- Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL
- A preference for vi over emacs
- Certified Scrum Master
Education and Qualifications
- Honours degree level education in relevant discipline
Behaviours & Personality
- Willingness to commit to a goal
- Ability to focus on job in hand
- Openness and clarity in communication
- Strong leadership
- Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment
- Desire and drive to deliver
Linux Sysadmin (varying levels)
Last.fm is looking for a system administrator to help support our growing infrastructure. The role is mainly focused on our server infrastructure, and also includes some desktop support in the office. A keen interest in Linux and networking is essential, as is a thirst for more knowledge in related areas. You will be working within our systems engineering team to maintain and expand the hardware and tools that keep Last.fm on the air.
We have junior and more senior positions available.
Responsibilities
Desired skills
We have junior and more senior positions available.
Responsibilities
- Configure new servers, including linux installs (debian/ubuntu) and network setup
- Assist in network management tool administration
- Development support
- Hardware installs and bringing new equipment online at our datacentres
- Hardware maintenance and troubleshooting (why is it broken, dead disks and what not)
Desired skills
- Linux and sysadmin-fu
- Good LAN and WAN troubleshooting skills
- Windows Desktop Support; email / printing / network connectivity
- Desktop installation and setup of new office machines
- Scripting skills
- A preference for vi over emacs
C++ Software Engineer, Data and Recommendations
Purpose of Role
We're seeking an exceptional software engineer to join the small and very enthusiastic data and recommendations team at Last.fm. Most of our backend is written in C++. The position is full-time and based in London.
You’ll help us scale and build exciting new features. You have a strong desire to learn new things and improve existing ones. You pay attention to detail and take great pride in your work. You’ll be working with a great team of very passionate engineers.
Responsibilities
Requirements
We're seeking an exceptional software engineer to join the small and very enthusiastic data and recommendations team at Last.fm. Most of our backend is written in C++. The position is full-time and based in London.
You’ll help us scale and build exciting new features. You have a strong desire to learn new things and improve existing ones. You pay attention to detail and take great pride in your work. You’ll be working with a great team of very passionate engineers.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, test, optimize, maintain, design and build core backend software components
- Code using primarily C++ (STL/Boost)
Requirements
- Expert knowledge developing and debugging in C++ on *nix
- Experience building large-scale server applications
- Interested in: computational complexity, scalability, bloom filters, caching algorithms, multithreading, radix trees, LSH, template metaprogramming, debugging core dumps, thrift, boost spirit, bogosort, and much more
- MSc in computer science or related is a plus
How to Apply
To apply for any of these positions, please send your CV, Last.fm username and a short blurb to .
Please include the job title you are applying for in the subject line of your e-mail.
NO AGENCIES
We reserve the right to be unimpressed if you can’t follow these simple instructions.
Unless otherwise noted, all positions will be full time, and you’ll be working at Last.fm HQ in London N1 (see how to get there).
