Craigslist is seeking experienced Programmers to:
- improve the CL user experience — make it faster, friendlier and easier to use;
- help design and write next generation features;
- integrate new technologies wherever appropriate;
- use and contribute to open source projects; and
- solve interesting tech issues at billion-page-view-per-day scale.
- high performance web architectures for handling massive traffic;
- perl and mod_perl web development;
- C, C++;
- MySQL/SQL, database design, performance tuning;
- UNIX/Linux;
- accounts receivable & billing systems;
- QA/testing;
- user interface design, HTML, CSS;
- javascript, AJAX, jquery, XML;
- internationalization, encoding systems, Unicode;
- event driven programming;
- queuing / job scheduling systems
- anti-spam/scam systems;
- security, web site vulnerabilities, phishing attacks;
- large scale storage systems;
- automated testing;
- redis; and
- mongoDB.
- an unusually philanthropic company mission and philosophy;
- an opportunity to work on one of the most used websites in the world;
- a chance to work with open source technologies on a massive scale;
- free love from CL users for adding features and fixing bugs;
- laid-back, down-to-earth, non-corporate vibe;
- a workplace free of VCs, MBAs, sales, marketing, biz dev, etc.;
- a small team of smart, interesting, idealistic people;
- a San Francisco office location well served by transit;
- market rates for you and a free market for basic human needs for users; and
- a small company culture with better benefits than most large companies.
