Looking to join a fast-growing, cutting edge technology company serving customers nationwide? Look no further! TownNews.com, the premier internet hosting provider for newspapers, seeks a seasoned PHP Developer to join our team in Moline, Illinois.

Job Responsibilities:

• Development of PHP modules and applications for TownNews.com's BLOX CMS Software-as-a-Service solution serving millions of pageviews daily nationwide
• Work with a team of product managers, frontend developers, and other stakeholders to design and define new features for vertical applications connected to the CMS
• Build scalable solutions that must handle sudden flash traffic to websites based on breaking news conditions around the Internet
• Solve interesting problems that may require thinking outside-the-box to accomplish development goals
• Extract information from various file formats and daily feeds for ingestion into the CMS platform
• Work with version control systems, deployment workflows, system architects, and QA teams to deliver robust and error free applications

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have the following:

• Bachelor's degree or 1 year of development experience using a programming language like PHP, Python, Ruby, or Perl
• Online development experience using PHP and MySQL or equivalent database technology
• Experience building applications using AJAX and Javascript frameworks such as JQuery or ExtJS preferred
• You must be a motivated, driven, and problem solving developer willing to adapt and build large scale solutions
• com offers a chance to be creative, working with an innovative team in a relaxed atmosphere.

TownNews.com provides services for more than 1500 newspapers nationwide. It is majority owned by Lee Enterprises.

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