Darren
on Sep 01, 2007Operations Engineer
Operations Engineer
The company is looking for an entrepreneurial Operations Engineer to help us build and manage a new Web and mobile local shopping experience. The company makes shopping malls "searchable" by pulling inventory from all the stores in a mall, then allowing shoppers to access from home (via the mall Web site) or while shopping (via mobile phone). We have recently begun a large nationwide expansion, leveraging our exclusive relationships with the world.s largest shopping mall operators. The company is a well-funded start-up (Series B) but is still a small company, so this is a great time to join and make a large impact in our technical strategy. This is a highly technical position.
The Operations Engineer will spearhead the management and monitoring of our search and advertising technology that runs in a highly available 24x7 environment. You should be familiar with LAMP, clustering/HA environments, data center management, provisioning, and the scripting/batch processes required to keep our system fully functional, You should be comfortable with developing new technologies in a start-up environment (ie, rapid prototyping, shared design/build responsibility, high energy), and be highly self-motivated. Specifically, you will:
* Architect, manage, and tune a reliable operations architecture to keep the service running in a 24x7 environment
* Develop a monitoring architecture that allows us to see problems in advance, scale accordingly, and react quickly
* Procure and provision new hardware and software to meet business needs
* Own your solutions through the full software lifecycle . concept, prototype, build, test, deploy, and measure
* Refine your solutions based on success metrics
* Test and forecast system performance, ensuring we can meet our SLA requirements
* Collaborate with product management to refine and prioritize new requirements and features
* Document your solutions, including participating in patent applications.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
* A minimum of 3 years software engineering/operations experience developing either: back-end server systems, consumer facing Internet or mobile solutions
* Successful deployment of Internet solutions in a Linux/UNIX environment, using Python, LAMP, Ruby, XML, flat file, and other structured data formats; a passion for open source programming a plus.
* Experience or familiarity with large scale data integration environments, including ETL / data load and mapping techniques from flat file, relational, and web services data sources;
* Demonstrated knowledge of overcoming the technical challenges associated with large-scale consumer Internet sites, and large asynchronous data flows.
* Outstanding communication skills and a track record of achieving success in a dynamic environment.
* BS/MS in Computer Science, or equivalent.
* Preferred skills in information retrieval algorithms, search, computational linguistics, human/computer interaction, location-based geo-targeting, and consumer shopping solutions.
* The right to work in the United States.
The company is looking for an entrepreneurial Operations Engineer to help us build and manage a new Web and mobile local shopping experience. The company makes shopping malls "searchable" by pulling inventory from all the stores in a mall, then allowing shoppers to access from home (via the mall Web site) or while shopping (via mobile phone). We have recently begun a large nationwide expansion, leveraging our exclusive relationships with the world.s largest shopping mall operators. The company is a well-funded start-up (Series B) but is still a small company, so this is a great time to join and make a large impact in our technical strategy. This is a highly technical position.
The Operations Engineer will spearhead the management and monitoring of our search and advertising technology that runs in a highly available 24x7 environment. You should be familiar with LAMP, clustering/HA environments, data center management, provisioning, and the scripting/batch processes required to keep our system fully functional, You should be comfortable with developing new technologies in a start-up environment (ie, rapid prototyping, shared design/build responsibility, high energy), and be highly self-motivated. Specifically, you will:
* Architect, manage, and tune a reliable operations architecture to keep the service running in a 24x7 environment
* Develop a monitoring architecture that allows us to see problems in advance, scale accordingly, and react quickly
* Procure and provision new hardware and software to meet business needs
* Own your solutions through the full software lifecycle . concept, prototype, build, test, deploy, and measure
* Refine your solutions based on success metrics
* Test and forecast system performance, ensuring we can meet our SLA requirements
* Collaborate with product management to refine and prioritize new requirements and features
* Document your solutions, including participating in patent applications.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
* A minimum of 3 years software engineering/operations experience developing either: back-end server systems, consumer facing Internet or mobile solutions
* Successful deployment of Internet solutions in a Linux/UNIX environment, using Python, LAMP, Ruby, XML, flat file, and other structured data formats; a passion for open source programming a plus.
* Experience or familiarity with large scale data integration environments, including ETL / data load and mapping techniques from flat file, relational, and web services data sources;
* Demonstrated knowledge of overcoming the technical challenges associated with large-scale consumer Internet sites, and large asynchronous data flows.
* Outstanding communication skills and a track record of achieving success in a dynamic environment.
* BS/MS in Computer Science, or equivalent.
* Preferred skills in information retrieval algorithms, search, computational linguistics, human/computer interaction, location-based geo-targeting, and consumer shopping solutions.
* The right to work in the United States.
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