We're Hiring!

Vanilla Forums is growing its team.

We are a very unique company: Our product has been around since 2005 and has been downloaded over 300,000 times without any marketing of any kind. We are still very much a start-up company and we bend and pivot extremely quickly. We are financially stable with a recent round of financing, and we're fiercely dedicated to providing innovative service offers.

Web Developer

We are an open-source development shop that is constantly improving and revising our products. It is very common to take new code (written by yourself, or compiled from the contributions of developers around the world) from development to production in the same day.

We need a flexible developer to help with everything from graphic design, to OOP programming of our core offerings, to working with our community to get their code integrated, and questions answered in a highly collaborative environment.

  • Responsibilities
    • Fix front-end (xhtml, css, javascript, jquery) issues in Vanilla & Garden
    • Fix back-end (php, mysql, bash) issues in Vanilla, Garden, and our hosting service.
    • Work on community forums getting questions answered and code-contributions integrated.
    • Troubleshoot real-world problems in real-time in a collaborative environment.
  • Requirements
    • XHTML & CSS experience. Theming/templating experience a bonus.
    • Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience programming PHP. Must be proficient with the latest versions of PHP and object-oriented programming in PHP.
    • Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience with MySQL, and experience optimizing mysql queries and databases.
    • Linux server administration.
    • Experience working on cloud environments.
    • Extreme patience, ability to listen, a sense of humor and a controlled tenacity for delivering on time.
    • MUST work well with others!
    • Experience developing on our platform is a BIG bonus.

Developer / Sysadmin

We have large customers with extreme load requirements. You will be working with some of the biggest companies on the web setting up complex systems that handle extreme load.

  • Responsibilities
    • Set up load-balanced servers that can handle millions of dynamic requests per day.
    • Database query and system optimization.
    • Implement various caching techniques.
  • Requirements
    • Experience with advanced caching techniques
    • Experience with load-balancing, various web servers
    • Memcached
    • Must be linux sys admin guru
    • Ability to work in a team.
    • MUST be patient, willing to listen.

Sales & Marketing Analyst/Guru

We're looking for a seasoned sales and marketing analyst that has a passion for turning data about customers and prospects into revenue opportunities. Experience with website analytics and marketing databases are a must, as is experience in tracking and reporting via SalesForce.com.

The person we hire will be responsible for the direct growth of our organization by building value by spotting trends and relationships in the data, and providing recommendations on how we collect, organize, analyze and use our marketing and sales data on an ongoing basis.

  • Responsibilities
    • Ongoing Database Management of client records in SalesForce.com (SFDC) handling day-to-day clean-up and constant maintenance of SFDC record keeping while putting out fires as they arise.
    • Track and Organize all website analytics data and make recommendations on potential revenue opportunities.
    • Build, Maintain and Improve custom reporting formats and data to track performance goals such as ROI and Cost Per Lead metrics for ongoing marketing use.
    • Provide ongoing ROI Analysis of all marketing and sales activities.
    • Provide Daily Support and training when needed to help clarify new and existing implementations of Vanilla products and services.
    • Maintaining a tight project schedule to ensure that goals and objectives are being met.
    • Analyze marketing metrics to identify cause-effect relationships, between marketing actions and financial outcomes to increase profitability and integrate market research data into our overall marketing plan.
    • Make ongoing recommendations for improvement in how we target our overall audience and manage our existing client data.
    • Identify Trends for projects to avoid costly resource drains and budget overruns.
    • Assist in general Marketing efforts where needed.
  • Requirements
    • Three (3) to Five (5) years of experience in web analytics and ROI tracking and reporting using Google (or other) Analytics tools.
    • One of more years of experience analyzing data in the company's salesforce.com CRM system.
    • Extreme patience, ability to listen, a sense of humor and a controlled tenacity for delivering results for the customer is a must.
    • Knowledge of "Software as a Service" in a web environment.
    • Strong analytical skill set to decipher trends, communicate needs and offer recommendations for improvement in targeting efforts.
    • Charismatic presentation skills.
    • Expert in the use of Microsoft Excel to continually monitor project status and provide expert reporting for ongoing deliverables.
    • SalesForce.com proficiency is a must, including ability to do custom reporting, custom form generation and creating formulas.
    • Google Analytics (or other web analytics tools) proficiency a must.

Contact us today!

All positions are based in our Montreal, Quebec offices.

If you're excited about working in a fast-paced environment with fun, enthusiastic and passionate team of professionals dedicated to delivering the highest level of personalized customer service, contact us today!

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