Senior Web Application Engineer (Python/Django) - South San Francisco, CA

The Senior Web Application Engineer will work in a new business unit in the rapidly growing internet group at Future US. The business is built on acquired social media analysis technology and will interface with all special interest verticals within Future US and its sister company in the United Kingdom, Future Publishing Limited. Today we have high-volume sites in sports and entertainment; new sites in politics Mac, and gadgets, with more to come.

The position is based in our South San Francisco office and reports to the Director of Internet Technology.

Responsibilities
* Build new features and products on an interactive consumer-facing social media application
* Recommend and execute changes to improve the site's value
* Employ elegant code design
* Analyze traffic patterns to identify opportunities
* Stay abreast of the latest advances in web technology and trends in social media
* Improve performance and extend scalability while supporting millions of requests per day
* Maintain test coverage for all application functions

Qualifications
* 3+ years of server-side coding experience (Python, Java, C++, or Ruby)
* 2+ years of browser scripting experience (Javascript/AJAX)
* Experience with high-volume web applications
* Object-oriented programming skills
* Good CS fundamentals
* Solid knowledge of relational databases and SQL
* Excellent problem-solving ability
* Strong understanding of W3C-compliant HTML/XHTML and CSS
* Plusses: Django, MySQL experience

To Apply: Qualified candidates should e-mail their resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to: jobs@futureus.com.

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