[London] Songkick is hiring: Web App Developer

Songkick is looking for a gifted web application developer to become a core member of our small but extremely talented technical team.

We are web startup creating a site for live music fans to make it easier and more fun to discover and go to concerts. This Guardian post (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/apr/02/elevatorpitc...) is a good overview, but there are even more exciting developments underway behind the scenes. We’re 18-months old and growing fast, with a 11-person team (all big live music fans ourselves..) based in Shoreditch, east London.

Backed by experienced investors in web and music companies including Y Combinator, Dan Porter (co-founder, Ticketweb), Stefan Glaenzer (ex-Chairman, Last.fm), and Index Ventures (investments include Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Viagogo), and well capitalised for the next 2 years.

This is an opportunity to work on some very hard, very intriguing problems; projects in 2009/2010 and beyond include mobile platform integration and large-scale data acquisition projects (our CEO and CTO have backgrounds in machine learning which is indicative of the way we approach data challenges).

SALARY + START DATE + PERKS

Competitive salary + generous stock options. Start date ASAP. Perks include monthly concert tickets stipend (use-it-or-lose-it), great location, and charming multi-national colleagues hailing from California to Rio Grande via Bedford and Schwäbisch Hall.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- proven experience building awesome web apps

- ability to work in a flexible manner, building prototypes fast and evolving these into scalable production-quality systems

- ability to turn round solutions to problems incredibly quickly

- ability to easily pick up new technologies and incorporate them into production software

- in-depth knowledge of Unix systems, MySQL, Apache and standard development tools

- love of music, particularly live music

- a good degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Physics/Math or a related subject

Also a big plus would be experience of:

- Ruby on Rails

- email marketing

- building mobile applications

- agile / lean development practices

- test- and behaviour-driven development

To apply please send your CV, URLs of cool things you've built, and a short email introducing yourself to joinsongkick [at] songkick [dot] com by 31st January 2009. Tell us about the most recent concert you’ve been to if you like!