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Former_MSE_Natasha
Former_MSE_Natasha Posts: 672 Forumite
in Site feedback and Forum Help
WEB DEVELOPER


Hi everyone,

MoneySavingExpert.com is once again looking for a full time Developer to join our team. We seek an enthusiastic Developer (with at least one year's web development experience) to come into a small IT team working on this website which has over 4.1m unique users a month - making it one of the UK's biggest site.

The role will require knowledge of the following technologies:

MySQL (required),
HTML (required),
PHP (required),
General PC skills (required),
vBulletin (or similar forum software),
Apache Webservers,
Linux Shell

The position is suited to a candidate who is keen to progress their skills and also have a day to day impact on all aspects of the website. The job is office based in Shepherds Bush West London.

As well as developing and maintaining the site the candidate will also need to regularly interact with the other members of the team, providing technical assistance whenever required.

In addition to this, day to day IT support will be an integral part of the role. Thus, good communication skills are essential for this position.

To apply, please e-mail us your CV to [EMAIL="jobs@moneysavingexpert.com"]jobs@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL]

IMPORTANT. This is not a homeworking job, you must be able to come to the office in Shepherd's Bush, West London every day.

Thanks.

PS Salary is according to experience, it isn't appropriate for future MSE team members salaries to be listed here in the Forum.
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  • Danni
    Danni Posts: 345 Forumite
    Aww... I meet all the requirements except the London and communication skills bit :( Good luck to those applying :)
    Purple Penguin Power!
  • golddustmedia
    golddustmedia Posts: 836 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Shame you're in the big smoke, I'm a senior developer but value quality of life so am now based in Devon doing pretty much the role described above.
  • pufferfish_2
    pufferfish_2 Posts: 58 Forumite
    Hi MSE Natasha,

    Just a note that I'd be careful about stating the numbers of years experience needed.

    I read somewhere not too long ago that its no longer appropriate for job listing to have this kind of requirement (something to do with age descrimination).

    HTH

    Cheers

    Pufferfish
  • LetsSurf
    LetsSurf Posts: 1 Newbie
    Oh dam it. I'm a experienced PHP5 OOP developer in Northampton, possibly looking for work. But I'm not wanting to travel to London everyday. Plus I'm probably a bit out of your price range lol. ;)

    Why is it that most companies still feel the need to have their developers sit at their computer in an office and be distracted rather than work at home without distraction. I can understand going to an office for meetings but other than that it's just a waste.
  • antbarson
    antbarson Posts: 33 Forumite
    Cashback Cashier
    Ditto to all the above. Working from home, in Nottingham doing all the above. No distractions except my music...oh and the b****y dog! ;)
  • Gregm
    Gregm Posts: 151 Forumite
    Ditto again

    I've been working in this field since 1996, and since then just 1 of the jobs required me to go into the office, but even then I only had to go in twice a week, the rest of the week was working from home.
  • flashmat
    flashmat Posts: 24 Forumite
    I'd imagine the
    regularly interact with the other members of the team, providing technical assistance whenever required.

    In addition to this, day to day IT support will be an integral part of the role

    bits mentioned in the initial post probably account for at least some of the requirement to be in the office :rolleyes:

    Whilst not impossible to diagnose problems and offer support remotely, I've always found it easier to do when sat at the machine in question - especially for hardware & wetware problems ;)
  • coda
    coda Posts: 158 Forumite
    As someone that has worked this very job before, I would not hesitate to recommend applying for this position if you can do it - was an awesome fun atmosphere with great people... Good luck :)
  • Antelo
    Antelo Posts: 2 Newbie
    coda wrote: »
    As someone that has worked this very job before, I would not hesitate to recommend applying for this position if you can do it - was an awesome fun atmosphere with great people... Good luck :)

    Ditto. Great environment, great people, great experience.
  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    It sounds good till the commute is mentioned - it costs and arm and leg to commute these days.
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
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