Songkick is looking for a gifted web application developer to become a core member of our small but extremely talented technical team.<p>We are web startup creating a site for live music fans to make it easier and more fun to discover and go to concerts. This Guardian post (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/apr/02/elevatorpitchsongkickwants" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/apr/02/elevatorpitc...</a>) is a good overview, but there are even more exciting developments underway behind the scenes. We’re 18-months old and growing fast, with a 11-person team (all big live music fans ourselves..) based in Shoreditch, east London.<p>Backed by experienced investors in web and music companies including Y Combinator, Dan Porter (co-founder, Ticketweb), Stefan Glaenzer (ex-Chairman, Last.fm), and Index Ventures (investments include Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Viagogo), and well capitalised for the next 2 years.<p>This is an opportunity to work on some very hard, very intriguing problems; projects in 2009/2010 and beyond include mobile platform integration and large-scale data acquisition projects (our CEO and CTO have backgrounds in machine learning which is indicative of the way we approach data challenges).<p>SALARY + START DATE + PERKS<p>Competitive salary + generous stock options. Start date ASAP. Perks include monthly concert tickets stipend (use-it-or-lose-it), great location, and charming multi-national colleagues hailing from California to Rio Grande via Bedford and Schwäbisch Hall.<p>WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR<p>- proven experience building awesome web apps<p>- ability to work in a flexible manner, building prototypes fast and evolving these into scalable production-quality systems<p>- ability to turn round solutions to problems incredibly quickly<p>- ability to easily pick up new technologies and incorporate them into production software<p>- in-depth knowledge of Unix systems, MySQL, Apache and standard development tools<p>- love of music, particularly live music<p>- a good degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Physics/Math or a related subject<p>Also a big plus would be experience of:<p>- Ruby on Rails<p>- email marketing<p>- building mobile applications<p>- agile / lean development practices<p>- test- and behaviour-driven development<p>To apply please send your CV, URLs of cool things you've built, and a short email introducing yourself to joinsongkick [at] songkick [dot] com by 31st January 2009. Tell us about the most recent concert you’ve been to if you like!