[Python Edinburgh] job posting for a senior dev @ Ecometrica

[Éric St-Jean]

Hi!
I've never posted here, being based in  Montréal and active in the local 
python community here, so please pardon the intrusion. But i actually 
work in the Montréal office of a company that's based in Edinburgh, and 
we're looking for at least 1 developer. I'm pasting the job description 
below.

I'll be in Edinburgh *next week* (week of the 14th), so if anybody's 
interested, please do send me your cv and links and any other info asap, 
so that perhaps we can meet each other while i'm over there! As the 
description says, we're preferably looking in Montréal, because the dev 
team is all here, *but* if i find someone better in Edinburgh, i can 
make it an Edinburgh-based position, provided you're willing to come 
spend 1-2 months in Montréal when you start, and come over every now and 
then for 1-2 weeks. It's an awesome city, you'll love it i'm sure! Not 
as pretty as Edinburgh, but it has many other advantages!

Ecometrica <http://www.ecometrica.co.uk/about/ecometrica-story/>is a 
company of specialists and experts ingreenhouse gas (GHG) accounting 
<http://www.ecometrica.co.uk/services/greenhouse-gas-accounting/>,ecosystem 
services <http://www.ecometrica.co.uk/services/ecosystems-assessment/>, 
climate change policy, remote sensing and web based programming. We have 
unrivalled experience in the development and application of the major 
standards for greenhouse gas accounting and ecosystem change measurement.
Our mission is to make accounting for GHG emissions and ecosystem 
changes accessible to all organisations, including business and 
government, through web-based services that distill our knowledge and 
experience.
To get a feel for the kind of technical work we do, you can watch my 
presentation at Montréal-Python 24 
<http://www.youtube.com/user/montrealpython#p/c/21B297D88E79964A/0/nOO61o9gPcA>.
We are presently on the lookout for a senior developer position, based 
preferably in Montréal (Canada), but potentially in Edinburgh (Scotland) 
if the right candidate is located there. This is an immediate opening.
Ideally, you are very-well versed in at least some of:

  * Python (e.g., you know how metaclasses work, or how a large list
    will allocate memory upon the next append)
  * Backend Django development (e.g., you know querysets inside out -
    how and when they query the database, how their internals caches work)
  * Linux Infrastructure (deployment, security, etc.)
  * Cloud environments (we’re on AWS)
  * Frontend development (you can do magic with javascript, HTML and CSS)
  * Testing, both frontend (using e.g. windmill) and backend (python
    unittests)
  * Frontend design (usability, visual design)


We’re not expecting you to be an expert in all of this, but if you have 
a few of those points and are very smart, please apply!!!
You *must*:

  * have a good sense of humor
  * work well in geographically disconnected teams
  * have good communications skills in english
  * deal well with receiving a vague problem description, and take
    matters in your own hands to make sure it gets solved to everybody’s
    satisfaction with limited resources


The challenges are numerous and great, in all areas - infrastructure, 
backend, algorithms, database scaling (we have billions of rows in our 
ecosystem databases), frontend design and implementation, etc. We really 
need you!
In terms of perks, Ecometrica is a great place to work at. Schedules are 
completely flexible - i want you to get things done, and if you’re not 
feeling it one morning, go for a bike ride and work later! If you’ve got 
deadlines one week and really crunch it, go skying for a couple of days 
the next week! How you work and solve problems is also flexible, and 
you’ll get a mac or linux laptop, your choice (i’m assuming you won’t be 
choosing windows).
We provide a nice open office, unlimited coffee, tea and snacks, 
once-a-week team breakfast or lunch, and we’ll often open a beer or two 
on friday afternoon while finishing the week’s work. You’ll get to visit 
the other office from time to time.  Good options package. And of course 
full health coverage. It’s like working for a startup, but a startup 
which is already in the black and has lots of paying clients, so much 
less stress - we’re here for the long run but you get to join while the 
company is still relatively small (less than 10 in Montréal, 25 total). 
Salary and vacations will depend on your experience, but will be 
competitive.
The team is great, too. You won’t be simply working in a dev team, 
you’ll also be working with amazing, fun, very bright scientists both in 
Montréal and in Edinburgh. The 3 co-founders are all scientists, there 
are simply no PHB around to ruin your day!
You can send your CV to jobs at ecometrica.ca. But even better, send us 
links to sites you’ve built, projects you’ve completed, repos on github 
or bitbucket where you’ve contributed or are the lead developer, your 
twitter stream, or anything else that makes sense.

-- 
Éric St-Jean, MEng, ing.       CTO, Ecometrica
eric at ecometrica.ca        http://ecometrica.ca
Skype/MSN/Google Talk:wiswaud  +1-514-585-9939

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