Expert on front-end web using AJAX, JSON, HTML, CSS, XML.
Demonstrated ability to identify and troubleshoot performance issues, code refactoring, optimization, XSS exploits and more.
Experience with Ruby and the RoR framework or Python with Django desirable.
Strong experience in server-side programming with PHP 5 using the Zend Framework and JavaScript (JSON and JQuery experience a must).
Proven ability to prototype and implement optimization techniques for a large scale media service (100 million plus unique monthly visitors.
Mobile web (XHTML-MP, WAP, etc) development experience, particularly with Nokia S40, S60, and Opera Mini browsers highly desired
Experience in creating and integrating with SOAP/REST based web services. Knowledge of ATOM, JSON, RSS, GDATA, Microformats, etc protocol formats a plus.
Understands I18N and L10N issues in globally targeted websites, particularly for multibyte languages (Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, etc and of course Finnish
Experience with CDNs (Akamai, Limelight, etc) and related services (EDGE computing, ESI, etc) highly desirable
Domain space expertise in media or social networking a plus
Excellent understanding of Agile development methods, particularly SCRUM and Test Driven Development. Proven ability to work in distributed teams desirable.
Prior experience building platform/service technologies a plus
B.S./B.A. in Computer Science or related technical field (M.S./PH.D a plus)
Excellent verbal and written English communications skills