We are looking for talented software engineers to fill the following positions:

• Senior and Intermediate engineers on the server application
• Senior and Intermediate engineers on the client-side tools

Permanent positions in Observatory, Cape Town working with a high performance group of engineers developing new releases of KnowledgeTree (www.knowledgetree.com), a leading open source application used by large international companies like NASA, Virgin America, DHL Global Mail, Bank of Scotland and many others.

You will learn about cloud computing, virtualization, and work on exciting new technologies. You are a good team player who takes pride in your work and you are known as someone who gets things done.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• At least 4 years PHP development, preferably with a focus on performance and scalability
• At least 2 year of MySQL development
• An understanding of Open Source licensing and technologies
• User interface, AJAX Ruby/Python would be a plus
• Strong familiarity with Apache
• Strong familiarity with Linux/UNIXes
• Familiarity with Windows
• At least 2 years of other development experience in one of the following C++, C, C#.Net, Java
• Experience with formal development and testing methodologies

The Role:

• Work with a strong and talented engineering team to help design and build out functionality on the engineering roadmap, and drive product innovation
• KnowledgeTree is one of the leading open source business applications in the world, with over 550,000 downloads and a large user community. We have several exciting openings for bright, driven and experienced people who wish to build a career milestone in the global commercial open source marketplace.
• We seek bright, focused people who exhibit maturity and grace under pressure. Our business is small enough for the individual to make a definitive contribution, and yet large enough to provide a great career experience. You will be able to work with industry experts and have the ability to make a real and quantifiable difference to our performance.

Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The Role:

• Pioneer production-grade systems in the cloud
• Build and manage internal and external systems as well as systems utilized by our customers and community
• Build and manage internal development platforms, ranging from continuous integration and development servers to virtual machine servers.
• Build and manage external clustered and virtual server environments
• Manage and operate enterprise business continuity and security procedures

The Person:

• At least 3 years experience managing Linux servers in mission-critical environments, preferably with exposure to Linux clustering technologies
• In-depth knowledge and experience with the LAMP stack is a must
• Experience with at least one configuration management system
• Experience with monitoring and reporting systems
• A strong awareness of network security with demonstrated competencies in IPTables, HIDS and log analysis
• Experience with virtualization technologies, preferably Xen or VMWare
• An understanding of network and server capacity planning principles
• Experienced in at least one of the following languages: Perl, Python, Ruby
• Strong shell scripting and PHP skills