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Curious Media Nampa, Idaho. (15 miles west of Boise) Full-time Server-Side Engineer Email: jobs@curiousmedia.com Curious Media is a full service interactive agency that produces websites, games and interactive experiences for some of the leading children's entertainment brands. (Disney, PBS Kids, Warner Bros., Random House, Scholastic) We produced the websites for both Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen from Disney Animation Studios to name just a couple high profile projects that we were responsible for. We are also working on some cutting edge projects in-house, including one that is going to take robotics programming to kids all over the world in a way thats never been done before. We have a highly creative team of 18 in our Nampa Idaho office. If you are looking to move to a beautiful, low cost of living area but continue working on cutting-edge, highly gratifying projects, check us out! Duties and Responsibilities: • Translate project requirements into scalable, reliable, and secure server-side web services and APIs • Design and implement relational database schemas • Configure, secure, and maintain Linux servers (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu) • Configure and secure web server software (Apache, Nginx) • Maintain internal software and tools (SVN, NFS, various workflow tools) • Manage data archival, data backup and recovery strategy • Communicate in technical and non-technical terms to various audiences • Define technical project requirements, plan implementation, deploy changes, and evaluate performance • Provide reasonable estimates of time and resources required to complete goals outlined by Project Managers Required Skills and Experience: • PHP • Python • Shell Scripting • Apache and Nginx • SVN administration • API creation and consumption (REST, CRUD) • Relational Database Architecture (MySQL, PostgreSQL) • Web-scale environments (High traffic, load balancers, CDNs) • Linux server administration and security (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu) • Demonstrated ability to write organized and secure server-side code Strong Plus: • Django • Flask • Drupal • Redis • SQL performance tuning • Client-side web development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript) • Open source software contributions and personal projects • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree Send a note to jobs@curiousmedia.com if interested!