Software Eng

Skills & Requirements

Skills/experience that we look for in a team member:

• Python, C, Cython, NumPy, Pandas
• Twisted, Git, PostgreSQL
• Network programming (sockets)
• Linux/UNIX: command line tools, filesystems, signals, pipes
  • May have at one time installed Gentoo
  • Once debugged a bizarre SIGSTP trap that didn’t do the right thing
  • Wrote an incorrect atomic-file-write function that one time
  • Doesn’t know how that shell line became a 500-character monster with two awks
  • Once got mad at your coworker for using wall
• Linux kernel experience is a big plus

Characteristics that we look for in a team member:

• Loves to build high-quality software – computer programming is a passion and a profession
• Enjoys learning and acquiring knowledge – quickly and independently
• Dislikes complexity and strives to find simple and elegant solutions
• Collaborative and team-oriented