Senior Perl Developer in finance - The Story of Maike (onsite), London, UK

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Posted: May 28, 2017

Job title:
Senior Perl Developer in finance - The Story of Maike

Company name: Perl Jobs by Perl Careers

Location: London, UK

Pay rate:
Probably the most generous salary package in London for Perl

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
Many (many) years ago I used to work for a large British broadcasting
corporation in West London, on an interminable Perl project later rewritten
entirely in Flash. One of the few highlights of my days was interacting
with Mäike [name changed to protect the innocent], a Senior Developer on a
downstream part of the project.

Mäike was a particularly bright guy who
was always laser-focused on finding high-quality solutions to problems. One
could go to many parts of the business with complicated problems and get
all manner of unusual solutions recommended. Or, one could simply save time
and go straight to Mäike, have a brief discussion of the relative merits of
approaches, and come away with a no-nonsense practical solution.

When I
found out a few years later that Mäike had not only joined a company in The
City, but was pretty happy with it, and rated his colleagues, I was
intrigued. I’ve subsequently found myself chatting with a couple of members
of Senior Management in the company, and can see why working there appeals
to Mäike:

* As a finance company, their customers rely on them to provide
services that Just Work, and work well. Pretty is not a requirement -
robustness and functionality absolutely are;

* The company is the industry
leader in their niche, and a commitment to understated excellence is
largely the reason for that;

* They use the right tools for the job, and
make sure they stay up to date - their backend systems are in efficient and
functional Perl (to which they attribute much of their success);

* They
want to hire the best, and they pay commensurate with that;

* It’s common
to see their developers at Perl conferences, because at the end of the day
the company supports the fact their team loves Perl, and are huge geeks;

*
The office is a very short walk from London Bridge…

Desired skills:
Perl

Very strong problem-solving abilities

Desire to work with smart
people

Website for more information:
https://perl.careers/jobs/the-story-of-maike---senior-perl-developer-in-fin
ance/

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/20804#contact