[LA.pm] Fwd: Job Opportunity at PriceGrabber.com!

[Juan Jose Natera]

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From: Jennifer Maness <jennifer at pricegrabber.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2007 5:45 PM
Subject: [Losangeles-pm-admins] Job Opportunity at PriceGrabber.com!


If you enjoy the challenges of large scale and fast paced developments
and love working with a dynamic and ambitious team, without the hassle
of politics and red-tape, you have to check us out!  We work in small
teams within a Linux, Apache, and MySQL environment.  Because we are
growing, we are seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to help us develop
quality innovative applications.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate on and contribute to a growing codebase of Search
Marketing products and tools that serve to manage millions of dollars
in revenue per month
Come up with bleeding-edge solutions in a highly competitive and
ever-evolving SEM landscape
Define software architecture for the next generation of highly
automated applications
Have a "can-do" attitude and work closely with other bright engineers
as well as a team of highly-motivated analysts and statisticians

Required skills:

Serious Perl skills; if these mean anything to you, you're on the right track:

$|++
use Thread
bless ($data, $class)
%a = map {uc($_), 1}
our @ISA = qw(Exporter)
MySQL or other relevant RDBMS experience, preferably with exposure to
optimizing queries for large-scale data sets
Fluency in Linux or other *nix flavor (Visual programming?  Not here!)
Ability to work collaboratively in a shared code environment
Experience developing SEM products on the client-facing side (i.e.
major online retailer, agency, CSE, etc.); experience in the financial
sector specific to yield-based optimization is also great
Application development fundamentals, including but not limited to
object-oriented programming, test-driven development and automation

Nice-to-haves:



B.S. (or M.S.) in Computer Science
Previous development of automated bidding systems
Familiarity with working in an Agile/Scrum project management environment
Frontend development using PHP in a LAMP paradigm
User interface design for interactive web-based applications

In addition to a company-matched 401K, tuition reimbursement, medical,
dental, and vision insurance, we offer a jeans-and-flip-flop casual
working environment with a fully stocked kitchen, monthly parties, and
great people.



To express interest in this position, please send your resume to
Jobs at PriceGrabber.com.