Growing again

03/03/2010 01:43 pm

Doug Plant

We're still growing. This is becoming a theme.

We hired Ben a few months ago, and in spite of the amount of Ben that there is - he's like 6'4" - we need more.

Here follows the job description that we are aiming to fill. If you, or someone you know, is a good fit, please contact us.

 

 

Mugo Web is a small, Vancouver-based web development company that has worked on large and notable sites, from migrating content to the new Car and Driver site, to overhauling the Royal Columbian Hospital's website, to setting up an online book store for BC-based Theytus Books. We emphasize a good customer experience and have a friendly team. We specialize in the Open Source Content Management System eZ Publish.

Job Description:

We are looking for a web developer who has strong technical skills and equally as important, the soft skills to communicate well and work in a team. You will translate client needs into working web solutions. You will use technology to create solutions, rather than create solutions that highlight the latest and greatest technology. You have a passion for creating websites.

A huge asset is experience in using eZ Publish. That being said, we understand that eZ Publish, although hugely powerful and flexible, does not have the name recognition of some other CMSs in North America. Some regular eZ Publish tasks include:

  • Creating efficient and intuitive content models for positive user experiences
  • Connecting the system to external systems
  • Setting up payment workflows
  • Setting up publishing workflows
  • Writing template functions and operators
  • Creating custom modules and views
  • Optimizing cache and clustering configurations

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

Soft skills:

  • Self-motivated
  • A desire to continuously learn
  • An awareness of what you're good at and where you need to improve
  • Not afraid to ask questions
  • Good listener and communicator
  • Able to relate to other people's needs
  • Project management skills: know when to update your team members; able to work according to project specifications; able to attend to client needs

Technical skills:

  • Advanced with HTML, JavaScript, CSS
  • Advanced in PHP and ability to learn a Smarty-like templating language
  • Comfortable with the LAMP stack
  • Very Nice to have: experience with: reverse proxies like Squid and Varnish; load balancers; MySQL master/slave setups
  • Nice to have: good eye for design

 

Please submit your resume and cover letter, along with examples of web-related projects you've done, to hi [ at ] mugo.ca.

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Contact

604-637-6396
hiATmugo.ca

#610-207 W. Hastings St
Vancouver, BC
Canada


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We have been using this team for editing, consulting, support and training services in North America for the last 3 years and we still do. The team has shown their expert knowledge of our systems, and is responsive and dedicated. The services they provide include expert consulting on eZ Publish towards large, high-traffic enterprise customers.

CEO Aleksander Farstad , eZ Systems

I relied on Mugo for the development of two complex web applications, and I was extremely impressed with their accurate estimates, consistent and timely delivery of production code, and commitment. They have the rare blend of business knowledge and deep technical expertise, and they excel at listening to business requirements and translating those requirements into intelligent and reliable software products. They are able to work on all aspects of software solutions -- front end/UI, core code, modules and extensions, application integration, and infrastructure -- and they are extremely capable in all of those areas. I highly recommend Mugo to anyone in need of a competent and dependable technology partner.

Co-Founder Graham Tillotson, Tandem, Chicago

Mugo maintains and develops new features for the Rasmussen Reports website, www.rasmussenreports.com. We are impressed with how efficiently they deliver high quality solutions that exactly fit our needs. The Mugo team understands the complexity of our high traffic website and was able to improve our site's overall performance, as well as its search engine rating. For our site's subscribers, Mugo quickly and efficiently developed many new features for our Premium Section.

The Mugo team is great to work with, and I look forward to a long and productive relationship.

Stephen W Smith, Interim CEO, Rasmussen Reports

If you ask me what is the first thing you think of about the Mugo team, I would say that they listen.

For a customer, the worst thing is to work with a partner that doesn't listen to you. That doesn't understand your points. That simply doesn't listen and try to help you.

Daniel Iribarren, ClearCap

Mugo Web is not another service provider. They are your partners.
One of the things I really like about the Mugo team is that they care about my project and myself. That is why I call them my partners.

Daniel Iribarren, ClearCap

Mugo Web is not just a group of geeks. They are a team of highly knowledgeable technology and business people.
They understand that they are helping you to design solutions to satisfy or solve business problems. And not every developer is able to deliver that. I have worked with more than 10 different let's says production centers and what they delivered to me was geek stuff. Not business solutions.
Mugo Web will help you to use geek stuff to solve business problems.

Daniel Iribarren, ClearCap