Bad ass Php MySQL developer

We are CitySocialising, the UK’s leading socialising network for young, outgoing urban professionals who want to get out more, meet new people and have fun in their city with new friends.
We’re about to embark on vision phase and build of much-needed version 3 product/platform and looking for an ambitious, passionate, driven PHP developer with personality to join our small but growing tech dept, and our young, fun-loving and dynamic team,who have recently been backed with early-stage investment.
With networks in 19 cities across the UK and Scotland, further UK launches and international expansion is planned in 2010 and more, including mobile strategy, apps etc.
The successful candidate will support the Technical Lead within the new in-house development team with buildof v3 and in the following tasks: maintenance of existing code, rewriting parts of the platform, testing and development (client and server side) of new features.
This position will suit someone who would prefer to be a major player within a passionate, dynamic, young team rather than a cog in a corporate machine and who is keen to experience 'life in the fast lane' working with us as we go through an exciting growth and development phase.
We need someone who loves all things tech and Web 2.0 and will be as excited and determined as we are to make CitySocialising massive! You understand the web, the limitations and the possibilities. A passion for web standards, accessibility and usability is a must.

Required technical skills:
OOP in PHP5
MySQL
XHTML
CSS
Unit-testing
jQuery
Familiarity with a popular framework or CMS

Nice to have technical skills:
Linux command line
Stored procedures
SVN

Personal skills:
Fast learner
Minimum 1 year development experience on community-based websites
Ready to face challenges
Ability to work autonomously
Desire to build/develop career within the company

Please apply by emailing with:
- your CV and covering letter
- your current salary/ salary expectations
- when you would be available to start

Salary negotiable dependent on experience, but in the region of up to £30k. Plus opportunity for share options.