Senior Software Engineer - mod_perl (onsite), United Kingdom, London, London

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Posted: November  6, 2006

Job title: Senior Software Engineer - mod_perl

Company name: Shopzilla

Location: United Kingdom, London, London

Pay rate: Dependent on experience

Travel: 0-25%

Terms of employment: Salaried employee

Length of employment: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Onsite: yes

Description:
Shopzilla is one of the world’s largest shopping search engines. With an
index of over 35 million products from more than 75,000 stores, gathered,
organized and presented using all proprietary leading-edge technology,
Shopzilla provides consumers with the best way to find virtually anything
for sale, anywhere, and at the best price. In addition to our flagship
sites in the UK, France, Germany and US, Shopzilla also powers shopping
search for many of the Web's largest consumer sites including AOL, Lycos,
and many others. 

At Shopzilla, our goal is to build the greatest shopping service. We’re an
environment where great ideas shape our vision and true passion drives us
to the best solutions to the most challenging problems at the intersection
of shopping and search. 

Having launched in the UK less than two years ago, Shopzilla is now the
10th largest retail site in the UK and the 3rd fastest growing internet
brand in the UK. 
 
Senior Software Engineer - mod_perl
 
As Senior Software Engineer you will:
Share responsibility and ownership of the International websites for
Shopzilla
Work with legacy code to add new features 
Lead efforts to re-architect existing code to prepare for upcoming
challenges 
Lead the architecture and design for new solutions and features
Work closely with a team of engineers based in US and UK on a daily basis
Work closely with R&D and business analytics teams 
Dream up and design new products and functionality
Write code used by millions of people per day
Mentor junior members of the team
Help shape the future of online shopping


Required skills:
Perl/mod_perl
RDBMS fundamentals
Proficient in Object Oriented design and development
Ability to formally communicate architectural designs and plans
Experience working with developers and project/business owners (preferably
with remote development teams)
Experience integrating open source technologies in application development

Desired skills:
Test-driven development
Fundamentals in design patterns
Participation in Agile development environment
Template Toolkit experience
Degree in Computer Science or comparable experience
Domain experience in n-tier web application development 
Working experience with web and networking protocols and concepts

URL for more information: http://www.shopzilla.co.uk/

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/4899#contact
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