Mobile/iPhone/PC games company is seeking a Drupal/PHP Engineer in San Jose, CA!

Namco has an exceptional career opportunity for a PHP Engineer with Drupal specialization in San Jose, CA.

Our ideal candidate wil have Specialized Knowledge/Expertise Requirements:
• Must have at least 2 years experience programming with PHP and SQL.
• Must have at least 1 year of experience developing customized modules in a Drupal environment.
• Familiarity with multi-tier deployment procedures for Drupal.
• Must have an intimate understanding of database and network programming.
• Java programming ability recommended.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills.

Professional Attributes
• Must be responsible and accountable; enjoys collaborating and follows through on multiple complex projects.
• Good communicator who possesses strong written and oral communication skills.
• Enthusiastic and outgoing, excited about working at Namco Networks and possesses a positive attitude about the potential of this company.
• Supportive, not just within the division but also cross-functionally supportive, with a roll-up-your- sleeves attitude towards getting things done. Does not “pass the buck”, even if it is not within your job description.
• Able to listen to and implement constructive criticism.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical skills.
• Thinks “out of the box” with ability to come up with creative solutions.
• Strong team player.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing modules to provide services and additional functionality using the Drupal CMS. The candidate must have experience programming client/server tools in PHP, be familiar with SQL database integration. Drupal experience is a must, thus the successful candidate will have significant experience programming in Drupal/PHP environment.

Responsibilities :
• Creating and maintaining server back-end scripts/tools using PHP, SQL and other programming languages.
• Evaluating and deploying Drupal modules with a solid understanding of the framework, coding best-practices, resources and community.
• Integrating back-end services with Drupal and PHP based front ends.
• Developing Drupal modules that integrate or layer on top of existing modules.
• Working with the production team to manage and customize internal productivity tools (bug tracking, content management, etc.).
• Creating other network scripts and tools to assist in product development.
• Experience in LAMP environment
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation.

Namco Networks America, Inc., a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc., is a worldwide leader in cutting-edge, digitally distributed casual entertainment including mobile, iPhone and casual PC games.

If you have the drive and the energy for this fun company, send me a note at kathleen.baylon@cdicorp.com!

Freelance PHP Developers Needed

We recently launched a new online marketplace for technology services, and are looking for freelance developers.

We will be starting our marketing for client projects soon, and need programmers who maybe looking for work.

You can see our site, and current open projects at: http://ajeva.com

You can also find out about Ajeva, and the philosophy behind it here: http://blog.ajeva.com/2009/07/livelihood/

Feel free to contact me with any comments or questions here:
http://ajeva.com/Contact.aspx