If you spent 15 hours a day on the computer growing up like I did and drink enough caffeine to kill a horse, then this may interest you.

The technical challenges and work load have become too much for just me (@noaheverett) to do alone, so Twitpic is looking to add a Software/Systems Engineer because it’s growing and it’s growing fast. Twitpic has close to 1.5 million users over 3 million users now and is accelerating at an astounding rate.

What we are looking for:

• Experience with all aspects of the LAMP stack (aka PHP ninja)
• Experience working on web platforms that receive millions of request every day and scaling those platforms (including web serving, database optimization, & code optimization)
  
• Knowledge of standards compliant HTML/CSS/Javascript a plus
  
• Self motivated, passionate & a team player
• Someone who loves Twitter and its community

Responsibilities:

• Maintain existing and engineer new functionality
• Continually improve the performance and scalability of the Twitpic service
• Monitor service stability and performance
• Design, implement, and maintain PHP-based application and infrastructure components
• Refactor and improve maintainability of the codebase
• Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems
• Provide user support when needed
• Do @noaheverett‘s laundry…just kidding…but seriously
  

NOTE: this position is located in Charleston, South Carolina

Send your resume to jobs@twitpic.com.

Be sure to include the title of this position “Software/Systems Engineer” in the subject.