Magnify.net Blog

We're hiring!

January 12, 2008 - Steve Rosenbaum
We're looking for two great individuals to join our growing team. See if either of these sounds like a gig you'd enjoy.

Site Producer / Partner Support

Magnify.net is looking for outgoing, personable, technologically adept individuals to work with our online customers.

The gig entails learning the Magnify.net platform, working with partners to implement video solutions on their existing sites or build sites from scratch, helping with basic bug reports and partner support issues, and supporting and updating our ad optimization system. HTML, CSS, and Photoshop skill required. The job includes basic tech support (mostly advice and pointing to existing help and FAQ resources) and prioritizing support requests.

Overall, we’re a friendly tech shop that is looking for someone who enjoys interacting with both sophisticated and technological novices.

Please send your resume or link to an online portfolio to jointheteam (at) magnify.net.

New York based FT position for Web Server Engineer / DB Administrator

Magnify.net is seeking a senior server engineer with web application and database administration experience to join our team and help build and maintain our Internet infrastructure.

Candidates for this position must have prior hands-on experience with scaling web applications past 1 million dynamic requests per day.

Other Requirements:

* Experience with MySQL administration, including replication and optimization. * Experience with Apache configuration and multi-tier / multi-server clusters. * Familiarity with Perl; strong experience with Perl and/or PHP would be a plus.

Responsibilities: * Administer and maintain the MySQL databases backing the web applications. * Assist with updates to existing Perl and PHP code to improve performance. * Develop back-end tools to support routine system operations and maintenance. * Support development environment through SVN administration and deployment * Review server performance reports and investigate server error alerts. * Coordinate with our managed hosting provider to provision additional servers as needed. This is a full-time position based in New York City.

Please send your resume or link to an online portfolio to jointheteam (at) magnify.net, and make sure to include a description of some of the larger systems you've worked on.