Software Web Developer (PHP) - Kirkland, WA* / 08-2342

Position Description:

Clearwire's technology changes lives! If you are motivated by having a role where what you do each day directly influences the way people work and communicate, Clearwire may be the company for you.Clearwire, founded in October 2003 by telecom pioneer Craig O. McCaw, is a provider of simple, fast, portable and reliable wireless high-speed Internet service. Clearwire customers connect to the Internet using licensed spectrum, thus eliminating the confines of traditional cable or phone lines.Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., the company launched its first market in August 2004 and now offers service in 16 states across the U.S. as well as in Europe.On May 7, 2008, Clearwire Corporation and Sprint Nextel Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to combine their next-generation wireless broadband businesses to form a new wireless communications company to expedite the deployment of the first nationwide mobile WiMAX network.In conjunction with this agreement Intel Corporation (through Intel Capital); Google Inc.; Comcast Corporation; Time Warner Cable Inc; and Bright House Networks have collectively agreed to invest $3.2 billion into the new company.Web Developer (PHP)Clearwire seeks a PHP Web Developer responsible for the investigation, development and troubleshooting for Clearwire's website, sales, and customer care systems. This person will work closely with our CRM vendor, sales, marketing, finance, engineering, local market teams and other IT personnel to assess business need, and from these, develop business use cases, functional requirements, functional gap analysis, process flows and technical requirements. This analysis will support the implementation and deployment of this new business functionality through the software development lifecycle. This position requires a highly motivated individual who is comfortable with rapid changes in direction and environment. The successful candidate will be customer oriented, results driven (i.e. solutions oriented) and passionate about delivering innovative quality services to our customers. This position reports to the Software Development Manager.Responsibilities:• Develop site content and pages for Clearwire's external and internal websites• Work closely with all Clearwire to deliver improvements to our www site, intranet, and sales systems. This includes working with IT and functional leads on researching solutions, investigating capabilities, developing requirements, use cases and delivering system implementation• Build and maintain close relationships with internal customers and CRM vendor to ensure efficient development processes are being followed and are on schedule• Ensure applications are designed to support instrumentation objectives, rapid enhancement objectives and will provide superior user experiences• Assist with the improvement and practice of a development methodology to consistently enhance and predictably deliver product to customersQualifications:• 3+ years experience as a Software Development Engineer (SDE); Software Design Engineer, Application Developer, Web Developer or related position developing and implementing mission critical internet based application systems as it relates to best practices for software code development, re-use, and componentization • 2+ years experience with relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, etc.)• Excellent communication skills• Religious/passionate orientation and attention to customers• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and challenging work environment • Strong Knowledge of internet technologies and languages (PHP, Zend, JSP, HTML, JS, XML, DHTML, CSS, XSLT, XHTML, Servlets, SOAP)• Experience in distributed and multi-threaded systems and large website experience with an understanding of scaling issues.• BA/BS or equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field