CakePhp/jQuery experts for long-term, full-time work

About We are looking to hire medium to long-term hourly positions to work with an exciting, young, funded company on a world-class product. You will work with the latest technology including CakePHP MVC Framework, jQuery, and Flash. Skills summary We need developers with who qualify as an experts in PHP as described below in the Skill Requirements section. Our platform is built specifically on CakePHP and substantial CakePHP experience is required. Expert level jQuery skills are also required as well as experience with MySQL, Apache, and Linux. How to apply To apply, submit the following items. If any item is missing your application will not be reviewed. Use the Skill Requirements section below to make sure you are properly demonstrating the skills we are looking for. 1. Links to CakePHP applications 2. Links to CakePHP source code you have written (github or .zip attachemnt etc.) 3. Salary requirements or hourly rate 4. Available start date Interviews After two weeks, we will contact qualified developers for Skype interviews - the interviews will be roughly 30 minutes in length and will include verbal case studies to test programming knowledge and aptitude as well as some knowledge questions about CakePHP. Interviews need to be completed by the developer who will be working with us, so if you are a programming firm we will need to speak directly with the developer. Skill Requirements • Expert in PHP • Expert in CakePHP o Experience with multiple CakePHP application o Experience in writing CakePHP custom plugins, behaviors, components and helpers. o Thorough understanding of CakePHP core, understand differences between different core versions, understanding of core CakePHP code structure. o Experience in unit testing o Understanding of CakePHP conventions. • Expert in jQuery o Experience deploying jQuery as primary javascript engine for web projects o Experience deploying jQuery with various plugin libraries; understand differences in jQuery versions, experience upgrading jQuery. Experience with Theme Roller and jQuery UI o Experience in writing jQuery plugins, has plugins available online that are used, understands differences between jQuery releases and thorough understanding of jQuery core code. • Not required, but huge plus: Basic, intermediate, or advanced knowledge of Flash Builder 4 framework. Thanks for your time and attention. Please send any questions you may have and we will post the response in the Q&A.