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Spark Parking http://www.sparkparking.com is working hard to "Make Parking Make Sense". We are applying wireless sensor technology and mobile phone interfaces to solve many of the problems in parking - and if you live in San Francisco like we do, you know that parking has lots of problems that need solving!

We are an early stage company, with startup funding in place, paying customers, and a bright future ahead! You'll be getting in "on the ground floor" and will be rewarded accordingly. Our compensation package is flexible (and will include some equity), so we can work out the terms that work for us both. We can even consider less than full time, if that is what makes us happy.

You'll be continuing the development of our LAMP-based parking monitoring, reporting, and transacting platform. Don't worry, we've got a great sensor team, so low-level hardware expertise is not a requirement, but it would score you bonus points! You will, however, be our lead technical person, which means that in addition to architecting, coding, and testing, you'll need to occasionally do some internal IT support (on our all Mac and Linux systems) and generally pitch in around the office. You'll help plan our IT infrastructure expansion, you'll manage our servers, and you'll work with management to let us know when it is time to add capabilities to the engineering team (which could include you managing some overseas engineers). If you don't know how to do something, we expect that you'll be both able and excited to teach yourself how!

You'll be working directly with our very hands-on serial entrepreneur CEO / Sales Director (who is pretty damn geeky, but can't actually code), our Finance and Marketing folks, and our future hires as we grow the team in the coming months and years. We all work in a two-room office, but we have some flexibility about where you actually do your work (partial telecommuting is OK). Everyone is expected to contribute to the discussion of major business concerns, and the best ideas will prevail, no matter their source. Basically, we all pitch in to making Spark Parking a huge success! The ideal person for this team will be smart, passionate and entrepreneurial in spirit.

Ideally you'll already know:
- PHP
- MySQL
- Linux/Unix
- Javascript/AJAX
- CVS/SVN
- SOAP/REST
- HTML/CSS
- XML

You'd be perfect if you dream about:
- OOP
- MVC

Bonus points if you know:
- VXML
- VoIP
- Asterisk
- Java
- Propel
- Smarty
- SMS (yeah - text messaging!)

More reasons you should come work with Spark Parking:
- Our Mission district office in San Francisco - two blocks from BART, with lots of great restaurants (and bars for after work) nearby
- A nice Mac or Linux box (how about a new MacBook?!) with a big screen for you to work on in the office
- While you love coding, you need a job that lets you get into all sorts of software, architecture, integration, and support challenges - that's what you'll get at Spark Parking
- You might be able to bring your dog to work - as long as you'll let the CEO take it for a walk in the afternoons
- You'll be fixing parking - and thus an absolute super-hero to all your friends
- Super-flexible working environment - you can set your own hours, your own dress code, and your own holidays

Sorry, we do have a few restrictions:
* Must live in the SF Bay Area, hopefully in SF
* Must not require visa sponsorship
* We won't pay any referral fees

If you are the right person for the job, please send a cover letter and resume to the address above, with the phrase "I Love LAMP" in the subject line. Please tell us about the best application/platform you've engineered. Tell us what technologies you used, and what role you played in the architecture and implementation. If you can, please share URLs of applications you've worked on. Also, we'd love to know about your startup experience(s), both good and bad, so we can do what we can to make this one great!