Senior Software Engineer - mod_perl (onsite), United Kingdom, London, London
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Online URL for this job: http://jobs.perl.org/job/4899 To subscribe to this list, send mail to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. 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 worlds 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. Were 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