Werken bij Hyves

The social network Hyves.net is one of the largest websites in the Netherlands. Currently, the site has over 10 million members and reaches more than 60% of the Dutch population.

Features include: profiles, photo's, blogs, messages, chat, schools, companies and music. Hyves can be used on a browser, a mobile phone and a desktop client. Recently Hyves joined the OpenSocial initiative, opening up the platform to 3rd party developers.

The Hyves office is located in the center of Amsterdam. The company was founded in 2004. Hyves.net has been generating revenue since 2007 through advertisements and premium services. Currently about 165 people are working at Hyves. Hyves is listed in the top 200 of the Alexa ranking, and has won the 'best website' award for 2008.

The Hyves platform is characterized by high-volume traffic and cutting-edge web 2.0 technology.
More than 3500 Linux servers, located in 3 datacenters around Amsterdam. Currently, the Hyves platform stores more than 250 million photo's and video's, and each month 30 million more are uploaded.

The Hyves platform is largely build in PHP, in conjunction with the Smarty template engine and the Propel ORM layer. Other technology includes C++, Python, Java, JavaScript and ActionScript, to name a few. The team uses an Agile approach to software development. Trac supports the development process with a Wiki, ticket system and SCM system.

Hyves has several job positions:

• Core Developer
• Mobile Developer
• Front End Developer
• System Engineer

What Hyves offers

• The opportunity to work at an innovative, high-paced web 2.0 product company, located in the center of Amsterdam
• The opportunity to lead or work in a highly skilled and motivated team of young ICT professionals
• A non-formal yet professional working environment
• An executive-level salary package, with interesting upside possibilities.
• Hyves is willing to organize a Knowledge Migrant visa and relocation for the right person.

As a person within the team:

• You show strong initiative and drive to succeed
• Has excellent English communication skills - both written and spoken.
• Always exploring new technologies and experimenting in your spare time.
• Graduated near the top of the class and/or won numerous awards or competitions.