fyi - in case anyone is interested in a straight up java job utilizing python .. it's a startup. They have a front-end UI dev position open too.
cheers, nimret ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John DeRosa <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM Founded in 2009, IP Street (http://www.ipstreet.com) develops and markets software to help corporations, law firms, financial research firms, and government agencies better analyze patent-related information. Our goal is to make IP data easy to get, use, and understand, so everyone can have access to high quality and transparent information. We're seeking a great Python developer with experience in: Automated workflows that process millions of objects; data quality metrics and repairs; search, particularly with Solr or Lucene; and/or general data mining. Our stack, and development & production environments, are almost all open-source. The key technologies are Python, Django, Celery, Solr, and PostgreSQL. We’re looking for someone with a history of developing maintainable and extensible code, and working in a start-up environment. You're be joining us at a great time! Revenue is coming in, we've done two Angel funding rounds at increasing valuations but with minimal dilution, and we have $ in the bank. If you want more responsibility and authority, no problem, you can have as much as you want! Key Responsibilities. - Enhance and extend existing code base to add new features to the product - Extend Solr engine to provide more statistics and meaningful analytics to the product - Design or co-design new product features, including designing the client and server-side tasks, and creating APIs - Occasionally wear testing or devops “hats,” as the needs arise - Write unit tests for your code, and doing performance analysis - Demonstrate technical leadership within the team - Communicate well with the team, in writing and verbally - Overall focus on putting the customer first Qualifications. - 7+ years related experience in Python and Django - Significant experience in using Solr or Lucene - Experience in using one or more of: Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL or another SQL database, mongoDB or another NoSQL database - Experience in integrating with open-source 3rd-party libraries - Experience in writing JavaScript is a plus - Experience in creating customer-focused software to process data and generate statistics and analytics - A track record of creating great code and clean, well-defined APIs - Solid troubleshooting abilities, self-directed, and proactive - Enjoy all aspects of software product creation -- design, implementation, and debugging - Familiarity with using OS X as a development environment, and Linux as a production environment - Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or Software Engineering - Excellent communication skills Salary is DOE. Please send resume to [email protected].
