[consulting] Lead Developer at Trellon

[Michael Haggerty]

Trellon is an Internet strategy and development firm. We are seeking  
qualified developers to join our elite Drupal development team. Please  
direct all inquiries to jobs at trellon.com. Please include a cover  
letter, resume, and statement of salary requirements.

What This Job is About

Lead Developers are important actors in our delivery process. Here's  
what we expect them to do.

1) Understand the goals and strategy behind each project from  
conception through completion. Our thoughtful, dedicated approach to  
working with clients is what sets us apart. Lead developers help make  
sure each project meets or exceeds the goals we set out to achieve.

2) Write clean, well-engineered code that conforms with accepted  
standards within the Drupal community, and test web applications.  
Years of experience have taught us these two goals are directly  
related to one another. Lead developers set an example through strong  
quality assurance practices in their day to day work.

3) Communicate effectively with project managers, technical leads,  
internet strategists, and other internal team members, as well as  
outside stakeholders. We want to maintain a positive, productive  
environment at Trellon, and Lead Developers  are active in sharing  
knowledge across the organization and with our clients.

4) Identify opportunities for process improvement and make  
constructive suggestions for change. There is always a better way to  
do things, and we don't pretend to be perfect in everything we do.  
Lead developers are often the ones who see a potential problem and  
come up with the solution for how to fix it.

Who We Are Looking For

Lead Developers bring a broad range of skills with them including a  
background in different technologies. Have-to-haves include the  
following:

1) Strong understanding of best practices for developing in Drupal in  
the following areas:
- overall site configuration, working with major modules
- developing custom modules
- implementing themes

2) Knowledge of PHP and MySQL development techniques, including the  
ability to troubleshoot issues occurring at the server level. Trellon  
is an open source shop, and some knowledge of Linux is required.

3) The ability to interact with clients in the collection of  
requirements, reviews of staged deliverables, and hand off of code.  
This can include providing training on methods and concepts for  
working with Drupal, offering guidance on technical subjects, and  
otherwise assisting users to make the most out of their new web site.

4) The ability to work without direct supervision, to make use of  
automated project management tools, to diligently record your hours in  
the timekeeping system, and to keep others aware of your schedule for  
planning purposes.

Nice-to-haves include the following:

1) jQuery programming and expert-level CSS skills. We don't need  
everyone to know how to build AHAH interfaces or resolve IE6 issues,  
but like people who do.

2) Experience with scalability issues and high performance web sites.  
Some of our sites deliver 14 million pages an hour and need the tires  
changed often.

3) Writing skills. Articulate, clever people with their own opinions  
will find many outlets for their talents.

4) In-depth experience with CiviCRM, smarty, jasper reports, BIRT,  
Salesforce, Kintera, Convio, DIA, Oracle, ad networks, data mining,  
artificial intelligence, behavioral modeling, SaaS, SNA, business  
intelligence or related platforms and techniques. If you can see a  
common thread between all these items, we want to talk to you.

Why You Would Want to Work Here

Trellon does things a little different from other companies...

1) You work from home on your own schedule. Trellon is a virtual  
company, there's no boss looking over your shoulder telling you to  
turn off Oprah.

2) You get to make the world a nicer place. Our clients include non- 
profits and other worthwhile organizations who are looking to do all  
sorts of great things.

3) You get to learn something new. We have a fantastic team of smart  
people, all of whom enjoy sharing their knowledge, and our projects  
tend to be cutting edge affairs that involve unique, sophisticated  
technology challenges.

4) You get paid to contribute back to Drupal. Full time developers  
receive a stipend to write patches, contribute modules, blog about  
cool topics, go to user groups, and generally act as a responsible  
open source people.

How to Apply

Please direct all inquiries to jobs at trellon.com. Please include a  
cover letter, resume, and statement of salary requirements.

Who We Are

Trellon is an Internet strategy and development firm specializing in  
advanced web 2.0 and social media solutions that include web portals,  
desktop widgets, facebook applications, mobile applications, CRM  
systems and strategic consulting solutions. Our solutions take the  
form of content management systems, online communities, contact  
management applications, social networks, e-commerce portals, and  
specialized 'niche' applications.

Trellon has built a reputation for delivering robust solutions on  
tight timeframes. We help groups align their social media strategies  
with their organizational goals, articulate the plan for how to  
achieve optimal results, and deliver cost effective, sustainable  
solutions on open platforms.  Founded in 2004, we have deployed a  
whopping 200+ web sites over the past 4.5 years, ranging in size from  
small regional concerns to high traffic, national web presences. Our  
clients include non-profits, NGOs, political campaigns, socially  
responsible commercial concerns, and media.

Trellon has a strong history in the open source and social media  
communities. The founders were key players in the Draft Clark movement  
and Clark for President campaign, online efforts to elect a  
presidential candidate primarily leveraging the Internet for support.  
We developed advanced social media strategies to engage millions of  
grassroots supporters nationwide and still draw from these experiences  
in every project we deliver. Trellon has a tradition of giving back to  
the communities we serve, and devotes over 10% of company development  
time each month contributing back to the Drupal and CiviCRM platforms  
through patches, code releases, publications, evangelism, webinars,  
and direct support of new users.

In terms of corporate philosophy, Trellon believes in the immense  
value of open source software and open standards. Nothing is worse  
than being locked into a particular platform primarily designed to  
protect a business model instead of engaging in true innovation.  
Portable information that can be consumed by multiple devices  
independent of platform and flexible, extensible methods for  
publishing / accessing content offer better solutions for the way  
people use technology today. These characteristic features of open  
systems provide the basis for building an economy of knowledge,  
allowing people and systems to 'talk' in unique and meaningful ways  
while building value through their interactions. Our work as a company  
is an expression of this philosophy.

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