[PLUG-JOBS] Instant Action is hiring, and open house at Ground Kontrol (fwd)

Tom Sharples tsharples at qorvus.com
Tue Nov 3 19:52:31 UTC 2009


Good point, but mostly I think it (OBD, or Oregon Butt Disease) comes from 
too much time spent on back-end development, esp. when coupled with free 
beer and video games.

Tom S.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Shepard" <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
To: <plug-jobs at pdxlinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 11:00 AM
Subject: [PLUG-JOBS] Instant Action is hiring,and open house at Ground 
Kontrol (fwd)


>   And all this time I thought that back-end development came from too many
> sugars and fats in one's diet.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:45:06 -0800
> From: Karl Anderson <kra at monkey.org>
>
> Hello all,
>
> The company I work for, Instant Action, is hiring a senior back-end
> developer for our Portland office.  On the Python front, this involves 
> lots
> of Twisted, REST, XMPP, and SQL clustering, with really interesting things
> in the works like NoSQL, PubSubHubbub and other data pipelining, and 
> OpenID
> and OAuth.
>
> We're also having an open house at Ground Kontrol on November 11th, where
> you can talk about this and other positions (and drink free beer and play
> free video games).
>
> If you're interested, read the appended posting without paying any more
> attention to the requirements than you would for any other posting written
> by a recruiter, and send your resume and cover letter to
> jobs at instantaction.com, or I can forward it as well.  And let me know if 
> you
> have any questions about the team.  Here's a link to the open house:
>
> http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/11/02/free-drinks-at-ground-kontrol-also-possibly-you-could-get-a-job
>
> Senior Back-end Developer, Core Technology Team
>
> InstantAction.com is the new standard for gaming on the Web. With our 
> unique
> technology, we have been able to offer some of the most advanced 3D games 
> to
> ever be played on the web, the iPhone, and Facebook.  But, we're just
> getting started. We are looking for some top-talent Internet gurus with a
> passion for gaming to help redefine how games are played and distributed.
>
> GarageGames acquired by IAC, created InstantAction.com, the first 
> Web-based
> videogame network.  InstantAction is located in Portland, Oregon and on 
> the
> web at http://www.instantaction.com.
>
> Instant Action is recruiting for a mid to senior level product driven
> engineer with 5+ years experience in ecommerce middleware development to
> join our small core team of developers who build and manage the company's
> web entertainment and e-commerce video game portals.  Bring your 
> formidable
> Python skills, experience in the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), 
> and
> passion for coding, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale web systems.
> Our fast paced and growth oriented environment is perfect for web 
> developers
> who enjoy having a chance to analyze site performance and influence the
> design while developing the next generation of entertainment e-commerce
> services and products.  If you love playing video games, that?s a huge
> bonus!
>
> Title: Senior Back-end Developer
>
> Location: Portland, OR
>
> Requirements:
>
>     * 5+ years of web development on increasingly harder problems,
> both in technical challenge and in scale
>     * 3+ years building complex web apps and business middleware on
> the LAMP stack - some MySQL knowledge definitely helpful.
>     * Fluency in one or more of: Python, PHP, C/C++ or Java.
>     * Experience with AJAX, SEO, CSS and JavaScript a plus.
>     * SQL experience strongly desired, MySQL a plus.
>     * Must understand the business perspective of development
>     * Expertise in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
>     * A strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
>     * Fluent written communication and unusual verbal agility are strong 
> assets.
>     * Build systems that are simple and scale
>     * Experience writing XML to web service APIs
>     * Experience working with internal development and product teams,
> balancing requirements, etc.
>     * Experience working with fast-moving organizations.
>     * Comprehensive computer-science fundamentals, BA/BS in CS, MS or
> PhD is preferred.
>
>
>
> Pluses:
>
>     * Love of Python
>     * SQL experience (MySQL preferred; knowledge of
> horizontal/vertical partitioning a plus)
>
>       - redundancy, scalability, clustering, high-availability,
> analysis of complex systems for performance bottlenecks
>
>     * Specific interest in local search or social networks
>
>
>
> We are looking for those who are accountable, like working in a team
> environment and thrive under tight deadlines but most importantly,
> have a positive attitude, a sense of humor and who are passionate
> about gaming or the gaming industry.
>
> We are offer a fun, relaxed work environment, medical & dental
> benefits and a matching 401K!
>
> To apply, please send your resume and salary requirements to
> jobs at garagegames.com. Only resumes with salary requirements will be
> considered. Please use ?back end, Core Tech? in your subject line.
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