Perl Developer (onsite), The Netherlands - Amsterdam

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Posted: July 12, 2017

Job title: Perl Developer

Company name: Genscape

Location: The Netherlands - Amsterdam

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
Genscape located in Amsterdam has a vacancy for an

Perl Developer
Reports
to: MD, European Power

Our Company: 
Genscape, a DMGT company, is a
leading global provider of energy information and analytical services for
commodity and financial markets.

Utilizing patented technologies and
proprietary algorithms, Genscape provides accurate & timely data on
capacities, flow and utilization for all major energy commodities. The
product offerings include real-time information services for power, natural
gas and oil in North America and Europe as well as fundamentals-based
analytical platforms and market intelligence services which market
participants rely upon to better understand drivers, risks and dynamics of
regional power and gas markets.

Genscape is committed to enhancing the
market activities of our clients through access to superior fundamental
data, market intelligence and analytical capabilities. 

For additional
information about our Company visit our careers page at
www.genscape.com/careers.  

Our Team:   
Our teams of employees at
Genscape are highly motivated, innovative, and passionate for providing
excellent products and customer service. We look for individuals interested
in growing with our company, and working in an exciting, open and collegial
work environment.     

Due to strong international growth, Genscape is
seeking a (Senior) Perl Developer to expand the EPSI Platform development
team and tackle the challenges of scalability, speed and data management.
Based in Amsterdam, you’ll apply and develop your deep skillset in Perl
within a focused and entrepreneurial environment to keep the EPSI platform
at the cutting edge.

The EPSI platform enables European electricity market
participants (power traders, power station owners, consultants and
regulators) to develop scenarios of short and long term market development
based on supply/demand fundamentals. This B2B web-based platform has been
developed using open-source components, based on Linux servers and with
Perl as the dominant server-side technology and ES6 / React / Backbone as
the front-end. Our product vision is centered around a superior user
experience based on execution speed, interface usability, quality, and full
integration between data and analytics. The EPSI platform was established
in 2007 and has rapidly taken a leading market position in Europe. 

The
key objective of this role is to drive forward the technological foundation
to enable the continued expansion of our platform business in Europe and
internationally by expanding the capabilities of the Perl-based back end:
•
      Expansion of the analytical feature-set in accordance with business
objectives
•	The move to cloud and re-working platform architecture
to take advantage of scalability and manage growth in user numbers
•      
Speed-optimisation of scenario execution and data storage to ensure
market-leading performance
•	Expanding and re-working the ingestion
and processing of external data feeds to meet quality, flexibility, and
speed criteria

Desired skills:
•	You have 5+ years’ experience in a Perl software development role
•
      You have a good mathematical background
•	You have experience
working with Modern Perl, Moo, XS, PSGI/Plack
•	You have experience
with database architecture and development, MySQL
•	Development
practices: Unit testing, Refactoring
•	You have used version control
tools: Git
•	You have a familiarity with Agile development approach
•
      You have a master's degree in an exact science or engineering field
•
      You have Unix experience

Once you land this position, you’ll get to
enjoy:
•	A fun, fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
•	Being
part of a team of highly intelligent and highly innovative individuals
•   
   A company that offers a strong focus on work life balance
•	An
awesome office location with multiple perks
•	Plenty of paid time off
•	401k and a full benefits package that begins on your first day

Website for more information: http://www.genscape.com/careers

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/20890#contact