Jason, Thank you for reaching out to our community.
In future, please abide by our Job Posting Policy http://boston-pm.org/Job+Posting+Policy by submitting job postings for review and posting by us for you. - Bill Ricker, Boston.pm Facilitator and List Administrator On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Jason Ketola <[email protected]> wrote: > We at MaxMind are looking to expand our Perl team. Please let me know if > you have any questions about the ad below. > > Jason > > > > > *Senior Software Engineer* > > MaxMind is looking for a talented, experienced, and highly motivated Senior > Software Engineer to help us develop and improve our products. Founded in > 2002, MaxMind is an industry-leading provider of IP intelligence and online > fraud detection tools. MaxMind is privately held and based in Waltham, > Massachusetts. > > *The Position* > > As a Senior Software Engineer, your job will be to carry out development > projects both big and small. You may work on data collection improvements > for our fraud system, fixing bug in our open source APIs, or developing an > entirely new service. We're looking for an experienced software developer > who can make good technical design decisions, write tests and > documentation, and communicate with non-developers. > > *About MaxMind* > > As an employee of MaxMind, you'll enjoy the flexibility and autonomy that > come with being a member of a small technical team. We're a casual, > friendly, results-focused company. We want you to get things done, but it's > also important to have a life outside the office. > > Transaction fraud detection is a constantly changing field, and our work is > never done. Fraudsters are always looking for new ways to evade detection, > which means we're always looking for new ways to detect them. Our fraud > detection service, minFraud, builds on top of our widely used GeoIP > products, which associate geographical and other data with individual IP > addresses. We screen half a billion online transactions each year and > provide IP intelligence data to thousands of companies worldwide. > > Our office is located near downtown Waltham, MA, outside of Boston, a short > walk from the nearest commuter rail line and several express bus lines. > > Massachusetts residents may have the option of telecommuting. Our > development team is largely comprised of telecommuters, so communication > centers around Google Hangouts, group chat, and agile planning tools. > > In addition to great medical, dental and vision coverage, we offer several > other benefits. Additional benefits include 401k with employer > contribution, FSA, annual performance bonuses and transit reimbursement. > > *Our Development Practices* > > The vast bulk of our code base is written in Perl using PostgreSQL and > Linux, with a bit of C where it's needed. Though Perl will continue to be > our language of choice for new code, we’re also developing new services in > Go when our performance needs demand that we do so. We use free software as > much as possible, and we release code back to the community when we can do > so. We maintain high standards for our development practices. All new code > is expected to include automated tests, and all work goes through code > review on our internal GitHub system. > > > > *About YouMinimum Qualifications* > > - Dynamic language programming experience. We use Perl but we're happy > to hear from Javascript, PHP, Python, or Ruby developers as well. > - Web development, especially RESTful web services. > - Experience developing for deployment on a Linux or BSD platform. > - Experience writing tests and documentation. > - Experience doing code reviews. > - Excellent written and spoken communication skills. > - The ability to work with a geographically dispersed team. > > > *Bonus skills* > > - Data mining, number crunching, and math skills. > - Experience writing C, especially libraries. > - Experience writing Go. > - FS/OSS contributions. Tell us about them! > > > To apply, please email ([email protected]) your resume and cover letter > as an attachment or link in PDF, HTML, or plain text format. Resumes in > other formats or without a cover letter will not be considered. > > > > > > -- > Jason Ketola > Vice President, Operations > MaxMind, Inc. > www.maxmind.com > 617-500-4493 x807 > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
