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Software Engineer - Core Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA, Mission District
You...
- live and breathe open-source systems such as Redis, Hadoop, Mongo, HDFS, AWS (EC2/S3/ELB), Tornado, epoll.
- build systems that scale to millions of users
- love to tweak code/configuration files to get optimal performance — less machines the better
- don't mind working start-up hours
- code in whatever language is required to get the job done, you can go up and down the stack
- work with others to solve problems
- enjoy wearing multiple hats in a small team environment
- are willing to commute to Milk's office in the mission district of San Francisco
Responsibilities
- Write code and solve problems across Milk’s platform and infrastructure
- Work to define/build out multiple infrastructures for a variety of upcoming Milk projects
- Define and build high-performance, high-availability infrastructure
- Solve complex geospatial problems
- Optimize and troubleshoot complex distributed systems
Qualifications
- 3+ years scaling large systems
- Experience with production development and deployment of Python, Ruby, or PHP
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL database solutions
- Deep knowledge of *nix
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Perks
- Vacation, take it when you need it, no defined schedule
- You’ll be employee #8 with real equity
- Monthly allowance for flowers, gym membership and Ubercab
- You pick your setup (computer/monitor/etc)
- The latest iPhone
The application
- Please include a CV with references
- Email your application to jobs@milkinc.com and address it to Chris Hutchins.
- Have questions? Please email the same address.