Software Engineers Wanted - 2 positions - Boca Raton, FL

[Phillip J. Eby]

Hi all.  The position described below is open at Verio for two software 
engineers in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.  These are not contract positions, 
and you must be local or willing to relocate at your own expense.  Please 
e-mail a plain text resume (or URL to a web-based HTML one) along with 
salary requirements, or apply via the job postings at verio.com.  Thanks.


Key Responsibilities and time percentages thereof:

30% - Work with users to satisfy their needs, by establishing and 
refining requirements and developing solutions, preferably solutions that 

do not require any programming to be done.

15% - Participate in team decisionmaking, by asking intelligent 
questions and actively expressing the reasoning behind his or her views.

40% - Develop software with an active sense of ownership in the process 
and its results, on a variety of time scales from hours to weeks, either 
as independent tasks or as part of a group effort.

12.5% - Support our team's operators and administrators by providing
technical assistance on our software, or by serving as a standby system
administrator.  (The right candidate may at some point be eligible to 
take on-call duty and its associated pay, but this is not required or 
expected.)

2.5% - Handle unexpected, non-routine matters, exercising personal 
judgment in a way consistent with the existing values of the department 
and the business.


Essential Requirements

* Flexibility - should have experience working on a variety of kinds 
of software, preferably with a variety of tools

* Experience developing software in a fast paced, small group (2-10) of
developers, preferably with involvement in architectural decisions and 
the use of revision control software.  (Note: experience with larger 
teams is NOT a substitute for this requirement and may actually be a 
MINUS.)

* Ability and experience developing software for Unix-like platforms 
such as GNU/Linux

* Strong object-oriented development skills, relational database 
development experience, and knowledge of SQL.

* Verbal and written communication skills: should be clear, articulate, 
and persuasive, in writing and in speech.

* Analytical ability: should be able to tell the difference between 
the solutions people propose to fix their problems, and what their 
problems actually are.

* Must understand web application development; should be familiar with
HTML, JavaScript, and application server development such as servlets,
FastCGI, or other long-running server process approaches.


Non-Essential Requirements

* Python experience preferred, and you will have to learn it if you don't
know it.  But we'd much prefer a well-rounded developer who's new to
Python, over an experienced Python developer who's not well-rounded.

* Experience using "agile development" methods such as Extreme 
Programming or Scrum

* Experience in non-programming work, especially as a small business
manager or owner


Position Conditions

* Some short-term trips may be required for special projects

* Use of Python, CVS, and peer code reviews are mandatory.