Is this Django? On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Trevor Hunsaker < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hey All - The place I'm working is in need of a couple Python developers. > > We are upLynk, a small team that's part of Verizon Digital Media Services. > We've built an end-to-end video streaming platform that offers both live > and on-demand capabilities to small organizations and big media companies > alike. Disney, ESPN and ABC TV (among others) use upLynk to stream content > to their iOS/Android/web apps. The day SNL launched their app on our > platform we streamed ~180k hours of their stuff. That's a lot of "...living > in a VAN down by the RIVER!" > > [The Work] > Our backend web services are written in Python, and we're looking for help > to add new features to them. If you've shipped code in other languages > we're not worried about your ability to pick up Python. Familiarity with > Linux and the command line will help out, as will a solid understanding of > HTTP. We could use front-end talent too, if you bring it. > > > [The Company & Team] > As part of a small team in a large company, you get the best of both > worlds. Verizon offers the standard benefits of any large company > (vacation, health care, 401(k), etc) plus 50% off Verizon Wireless service > through their employee purchase program. And as part of a small team you'll > get to ship code as often as it's ready, free of any organizational > politics and bureaucracy. If you can dig in and take ownership of projects > AND are unafraid to ask for help when you get stuck, you'll fit right in. > > > [The Hardware and Working Conditions] > We'll send you a beefed-up Macbook Pro and a big ol' monitor. Send? Oh > yeah, we're a fully distributed team without any offices†, so we all do > this from the comforts of our own homes / favorite coffee shops / > fortresses of solitude. As long as you’re within 90 or so minutes of Salt > Lake City, you’re close enough. We get together roughly once a month for > in-person collaboration, but mostly we're in constant touch using IM > (Slack), email, Google Hangouts and an occasional phone call. > > If you: > > * Can code in (or don't mind learning) Python > * Play well with others > * Understand HTTP > > then please get in touch with me so we can start a conversation. Also happy > to answer any questions on-list. > > > † There are offices. They're new (still under construction at Thanksgiving > Point, actually), and they're really a showpiece for customers who want to > visit us, and a place to use for the monthly hackfest. Nobody works there > though. You can be the first, if you want. > > -- > *Trevor Hunsaker* > upLynk Software Engineer > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
