The management of the most visited African website is in need of full-time developers who possess a significant subset of the skills below (including Web Programming or App Development) and are capable of picking up the other skills quickly when required:

1. Database Design: You can create elegant, fast, and scalable SQL database designs for all kinds of applications, especially web apps, and write very good queries to satisfy app requirements.

2. Web Programming: You can quickly write elegant, secure, and efficient database-backed web applications using Python, Ruby, Clojure, Groovy, Go, C#, Scala, Java or Perl. You will have to learn Python, though.

3. Web UI Development: You can create usable web interfaces. You are quite comfortable with HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. You can translate beautiful graphic designs into beautiful web pages and perhaps even create them.

4. App Development: You can create really good native apps for one or more of the following mobile platforms: IOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, or Windows 7 /8, using the officially recommended tools.

5. Problem Solving: You are creative and intelligent. You can come up with with simple & elegant solutions to very complicated problems, due to your attention to detail, deep understanding of all levels of computer and web technology, and persistence.

6. Best Practices: You understand and care about the application of concepts like automated testing, re-factoring, source control, KISS, YAGNI, DRY, & code debt.

This job is a telecommuting job, so we don't care about where you are based, provided it can be arranged for you to have truly reliable Internet access and power in your location.

If you're interested, send your CV to . Use the title of this thread as the title of your email. In your email, state which of the desired skills above you possess. Attach or provide links to some impressive samples of your work. Also, you should mention something interesting related to website/app development that I may not know (very important). Good luck!

Nairaland is seriously improving!

Nice Move.

why not do this contest style?
give tasks to be completed within a period of time and choose your developers based on how well the task was completed? that way, you will get efficient and passionate developers

lordZOUGA: why not do this contest style?
give tasks to be completed within a period of time and choose your developers based on how well the task was completed? that way, you will get efficient and passionate developers

Seconded!

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And Seun please if you decide to go by what he said let it start during the easter break

Seun sweetie.... Don't u need someone to make coffee for d website geeks while they work? and YOU?!

tchidi: Seun sweetie.... Don't u need someone to make coffee for d website geeks while they work? and YOU?!

hope they'll use java beans?

@seun, Nairaland got mail or you got mail :-)