ABOUT
US:      Barefoot
Books is an award-winning, independent children’s publisher specializing in
carefully crafted books, gifts and digital content to help children on their
journey to become happy, engaged members of a global society. With offices in Cambridge, MA and Bath, England,
our working culture is fast-paced, collaborative, entrepreneurial and highly
innovative.  Our goal is to build a
world-wide network of story-lovers who are all ‘living Barefoot’ and who
believe in the importance of imagination and creativity in children’s lives.

OVERVIEW:   
Working within the entire Barefoot Books team and community, this
position oversees the development and management of the Barefoot Books web
experience.  This individual will be
responsible for the day-to-day performance and functionality of the recently
launched Barefoot Books website.  This
person will work with both internal and external web development resources to
improve and enhance all aspects of Barefoot Books online presence.  In addition this person will help to
translate business goals into actionable technology roadmaps and collaborate
with our customer service team to provide high level technical support for our
customers.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be
  the manager and technical lead for developing and managing the company's web
  presence
• Act
  as a key thought partner to business leads to ensure the appropriate
  development and execution of a robust technology roadmap
• Write
  code - fast, clean, extensible
• Mentor
  and lead other developers
• Manage
  internal business infrastructure and systems

JOB
REQUIREMENTS:

• 10+
  years of web development on increasingly harder problems, both in technical
  challenge and in scale
• 5+
  years of PHP at a senior level, with demonstrated experience building complex
  web apps
• 5+
  years developing on the LAMP stack
• Solid
  knowledge of Javascript & CSS, with experience building precisely-designed
  sites
• Experience
  working with internal development and product teams, balancing requirements,
  etc.
• Ability
  to communicate to all levels of users, strong problem solving skills, adaptable
  and proactive
• Experience
  working with fast-moving organizations.
• Web
  technologies: HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, XML
• Working
  knowledge of Object orientated design and programming
• Knowledge
  of Web 2.0 technologies and tools
• Database
  technology: MySQL
• Helpful
  to have experience with Zend Framework, jQuery, Web Services (SOAP)