SeatGeek is a website that forecasts the price of sports and concerts tickets sold on the secondary market, analogous to what Farecast did with airline tickets. We launched a month ago as a TechCrunch50 finalist. Initial response have been excellent—we have received positive reviews in the LA Times, TechCrunch, Fast Company, CNet, and VentureBeat.

We're looking for a ninja LAMP developer to work on SeatGeek's backend. The ideal candidate will have a particularly strong background in web scraping and working with large databases. He/she will appreciate building simple, elegant code to solve difficult problems. He/she will report directly to the CTO.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Build backend features as SeatGeek expands into new ticket verticals
* Design scraping processes to gather data that drives SeatGeek's algorithm
* Manage the SeatGeek's data platform, constantly pushing for optimal replication, storage, and speed to protect current data and to streamline our data gathering processes

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
* Extensive experience building high-performance web apps with PHP and MySQL (the hiring decision will be largely based on what you've built)
* Familiarity with agile development
* Fanatical about writing clean, well-commented code
* Ability to write complex SQL queries
* Expertise in MySQL data warehousing
* Javascript/AJAX/Prototype skills are a plus, but are not necessary
* Experience with the Symfony framework is a plus, but is not necessary

JOB PERKS
* Competitive base salary and a meaningful equity stake in a well-funded early stage company
* Benefits package, including health insurance
* An office in the heart of Manhattan
* Having a major impact on a product that is disrupting the ticketing industry

HOW TO APPLY
Email a resume and cover letter to jobs@seatgeek.com. Tell us why you'd be a great fit. Make sure to mention the specific job for which you are applying.