JOB, in case anyone was interested or knew someone who might be. David Korbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 07:40:49 -0400 (EDT) From: David Korbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: searching for a Sr. Software Engineer (Server Side, PERL, LINUX): Lexington, MA
Hi Stephen, I thought that I would let you know that I am working on the following search that could be of interest to you or someone you know. Have a look at the detailed description below and let me know your thoughts. If you are interested, please send me your latest resume and I will call you to discuss this further. Best regards, David Korbel Korbel Partners, Inc. 170 Water St. Plymouth, MA 02360 508.747.7467 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.korbelpartners.com My client is a leading mobile music service provider with all the components needed for a compelling music experience: full track downloads over-the-air (OTA), direct to the mobile handset, superior sound quality, and over today's mobile networks. This is hot 'new' space and out of the three companies in it, they are #1. Their service features options that enable easy browsing, music previewing, downloading album art and wallpaper, artist information, featured artists and master ringtunes. Additionally, their music player software can be pre-installed or delivered free of charge (OTA) to mobile phone users. The software utilizes a unique Integrated Network Monitoring Module that controls the network connection and re-establishes it automatically if necessary, eliminating problems associated with dropped connections. They are backed by top-tier VC's and are experiencing significant success in the market hence the addition of these NEW positions. This particular opening is in a 3 person development group. PERMANENT POSITION - NO VISA SPONSORSHIP - Salary plus stock commensurate with experience. Competitive benefits package includes Medical, Dental, 401K, Life, STD, LTD, paid holidays and 3 weeks vacation. Overview My client is looking for a new member of the engineering team for their mobile music server platform. This team makes part of our system that lets users discover and buy music on their mobile phones. If you want to be challenged by working in a small, aggressive, fast-paced software development team where you can have an impact in many areas and if you can keep your cool and have fun doing all of that then this might be the job for you. Role Your role will be to design, implement, and ensure the quality of key components of their server system. You will provide feedback on architecture and feature specifications from other groups within the company and partners and you will help define practices and processes that will make your job easier and the team more efficient. Skills Must be fluent in Perl - have written more than just a few utilities in Perl. A quick measure of necessary database experience might involve the following: - You have designed or been intimately involved in working with non-trivial relational databases. By non-trivial, I mean on the order of 50 tables with extensive primary and foreign key relationships - Some tables should have on the order of a few million records - You've probably had to do some optimization/performance work with careful indexing design and, for really large systems, some clustering and load-balancing. - Bonus points for replicating databases across geographically dispersed locations. You'll also work on all the other parts of the server system which include web stuff, WAP/HTML, system architecture, maybe some J2EE work later, etc. More on skills... To be a good fit for their team, you need to be technically versatile, a jack of all trades. You have a short learning curve and strong, creative analytical skills. The company requires that you are fluent with Perl (bonus points for mod_perl) and SQL (points for MySQL) and that you are proficient with Apache, Linux, and HTML. In addition, you should have some knowledge of WAP/HTTP and XML. The perfect candidate will also have experience with designing geographically distributed systems, SOAP, and J2EE. A typical background is a BSCS or BSEE but equivalent experience may work. For you to be good at all of this, you've probably been at it for at least 5 years. To be a good fit for their team, you need to be an excellent communicator, written and orally. You need to like working with others and be likeable yourself. But you still need to be someone who can work independently and take initiative to solve problems on your own. You need to have a healthy balance between work and personal life but know that milestones are important and there are times when you need to work hard to achieve them. To succeed, you must have the ability to focus on several tasks at once, juggling priorities as needed, and you need to be able to identify functionality versus schedule tradeoffs under pressure. David Korbel Korbel Partners, Inc. 170 Water St. Plymouth, MA 02360 508.747.7467 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.korbelpartners.com _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
