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Ask Jeeves is Hiring
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Summary Description:
Ask Jeeves, Inc. is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sr. Software Engineer to work at our Campbell location. The Software Engineer will develop and implement a large scale data processing system in a distributed environment, in C++. The development tasks involve all aspects of scaling and improving a high-volume end-user focused web service.
Responsibilities:
* Addressing scaling issues arising from storing large amounts of data and serving a lot of web pages
* Maintain and improve RSS crawling and parsing processes
* Implement new functionality
* Develop tools and utilities to track progress and provide statistics
Technical Skill Level:
* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer engineering, related fields or equivalent field experience.
* Very strong C and C++ understanding and development abilities
* Very strong UNIX abilities, including multithreaded/multiprocess development skills
* Good understanding of web protocols such as HTTP and HTTPS
* Good understanding of performance issues in a UNIX system and distributed environment
* Familiarity with web templating systems
* Familiarity with RSS and blogs
* Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash
* Familiarity with databases such as Sleepycat, GDBM, or MySQL
Professional Skill Level:
* Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
* Result oriented. Love to work on the problems until solutions are found.
* Take initiative
* Able to actively drive project
* Be creative, patient and efficient, produce practical solutions
* Able to adapt to quick requirements change and produce quick solutions.
* Attention to details
* Commitment to Team
Required Experience:
* 5+ yrs experience
* BS in computer science or equivalent field experience
http://www.askjeevescareers.com/askj...BD22A8A8C82A67
Ask Jeeves About Careers
the job is dated...but because it's still posted I'm assuming it's possible they haven't found a suitable candidate yet and are still looking.
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I could do that ------- No problem
Oh wait .........
Quote:
Commitment to Team
Rats, my downfall ............. I'm a loner ..........
I don't like to run with the 'pack' :eek:
Wellllll .......... I COULDN'T, could I :D
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everyone else - back On/T
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hehe yea same here my wrestling coach would say the same thing but i make up for it so if i even thought about it id take sick days but come back with the matrix lookin stuff.......of course sleeping in bed is just as fun