Zampus.com Remote Position (Ithaca)
City: Syracuse
Web Developer Position Available at Zampus.com
Zampus.com is looking to add a new web developer to its team. People living within driving distance of Ithaca will be considered. People who don?t live in Ithaca are expected to commute once or twice week and will be able to work remotely the rest of the time.
Time Commitment
Minimum 40hours a week, Average 45 hours a week
Commitment until June 1,2009
Payment
$ 750 -$ 850 per week (as a contractor)
What is Zampus.com?
Zampus.com is an Information Marketplace targeted towards college students. It is built around user reviews which are supplemented with photos, videos, maps and basic information. Its value proposition to its users is its comprehensiveness, convenience, relevance and the integrity of its content. Its value proposition to participating businesses is its ability to allow them to deliver value to users.
Zampus.com was founded by recent Cornell Graduates and is privately financed. Its office is at 109 Williams Street Apt 4, Ithaca, NY.
Technically, Zampus.com is a PHP-driven web application that uses AJAX heavily in its user interface. It uses a MySQL database and is hosted on a Fedora Linux server. Our backend uses some open-source tools including ffmpeg and GraphicsMagick. Subversion is used for source control.
Technical Qualifications
Experience in database-driven web development and usability engineering
Languages: PHP, MySQL , Javascript, XHTML , CSS
Experience using the Prototype Javascript framework is a plus
Personal Traits
Reliability
Other Benefits
If both parties would like to work together after June 1, 2009 a long term contract that includes equity (ownership of shares) will be signed.