Monday, March 25, 2013

Senior Software Engineer – Platform (Seattle, WA) .... defeat the Evil Galactic Empire!!


We are looking for talented senior level Software Engineers to join our networking team. Cloud computing is one of today's hottest technologies, and we are leading the way. We have development positions in many interesting and technically challenging areas ranging from virtualized networking and storage to general distributed computing problems. As a member of our platform team, you will be implementing software to deliver scalable, highly available, and secure virtual data centers to our enterprise customers.

We are looking for individuals with experience building complex distributed systems. We use agile development techniques, and our service is built primarily on open source software and languages including Linux and Python. Experience with these technologies along with relational databases and scale-out architectures is preferred.

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Key responsibilities:

  • Design and implementation core component of our web-based 24x7 cloud computing service
  • Work closely with a talented team of engineers and architects
  • Meet scalability, availability, security, and performance goals
  • Rapidly build and evolve major features in collaboration with product management
  • Help resolve major customer technical issues
  • Communicate with management and customers
  • Research and experiment with key technologies, architectures, and standards


Required background and skills:

  • BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
  • Java, C#, or C++
  • 6+ years experience designing and implementing complex distributed systems
  • Deep knowledge of concurrency control, data structures, algorithms, and scale-out software architectures
  • Deep knowledge of database systems, transaction management, and object relational mapping concepts
  • Strong skills in analyzing, measuring, and optimizing scalability and performance
  • Experience using hypervisors
  • Self-directed and a great team member



We have a fun startup atmosphere, and are located in the historic Pioneer Square district of downtown Seattle.

Location:Seattle, Washington
Current U.S. work authorization REQUIRED
Direct hire, No Corp to Corp or Third-party agencies

We compensate generously for the right individual



Interested?  Ready to take your Rock Star domination to the next stage?  Contact us and let us help you get the awesome new job you've been looking for.

Thanks for checking it out!
- the Tech:Job team