Ack! Sorry everyone, I blame jet-lag. Everyone except Jonathan, feel free to ignore!
On 21/06/11 20:15, Menno Smits wrote: > Hey JB, > > I've been meaning to ask you how it's going at Rangespan. You sound > pretty psyched about the job which is fantastic. What kind of stuff have > you been working on so far? Is the working style quite different from > Resolver? (do you do TDD, pair-programming etc?) > > We just got back yesterday from California. Susanna had a conference to > go to at Stanford but we also spent some time in San Fran, Yosemite and > Napa Valley. It was a pretty fast paced trip, especially with Amelia > (shattered now), but it was a lot of fun. Yosemite was the highlight for > me - it's just stunning. > > Hopefully see you soon... M > > ps. Christian and one of the other guys from work are in Florence at > Europython - somewhat jealous :( > > > On 21/06/11 19:26, Jonathan wrote: >> Hey folks, >> >> We seemed to decide the list is happy with a few appropriate job posts. >> My new employer is hiring, and I'm excited about working here, so I >> thought I'd share this with the list: >> >> Rangespan is a six month old Python-oriented startup, currently around >> ten people, based in Paddington Station, London. >> >> In my first two weeks here I've been impressed by the high standards of >> quality and the company's vaulting ambition. We provide high-scale >> e-commerce technology to create a revolutionary marketplace between >> major online retailers, and a vast network of suppliers, transacting >> across millions of products daily. Development has progressed enough to >> start deploying and demonstrating the reality of this vision, but is >> still early enough that all of us have a substantial effect on the >> future of the company. >> >> We're looking for developers at a variety of levels, with strong >> computer science backgrounds, and either stellar academic record or >> proven industry experience. We'd like to see the sort of high profile >> that comes with expertise and a pro-active attitude: Python core >> contributors, conference speakers, open source contributors & project >> leaders, thoughtful agile evangelists, and scalability experts. We'll >> need a data scientist, too. >> >> The sort of experience we're looking for includes: >> >> * Highly fluent in Python, experienced with Django, Amazon Web >> Services, MySQL and MongoDB. >> * Ability to contribute to an Agile environment, introducing new >> practices, refining our process, being strong on testing and TDD. >> * Expertise in architecting, coding & deploying RESTful web services >> & web applications. >> * Automated deployments to EC2. >> * Provisioning new hardware and debugging live code. >> * Ability to attract additional world-class software developers. >> * BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or equivalent field. >> >> The founders are ex-Amazon executives and engineers, and bring a wealth >> of commercial and operational expertise. While the atmosphere is >> informal and affable, the technical team is intimidatingly proficient. >> We don't use recruiters, because they don't match up to the quality of >> candidates we insist upon. To quote one of our founders "It's critical >> to the success of our business to create the highest quality engineering >> team possible." >> >> Sorry I can't be specific about salary but it would vary widely >> depending on the applicant's experience. Suffice to say my personal >> offer was highly competitive for any industry outside of the city banks, >> plus for senior roles there would be equity involved, which I judged to >> be really attractive. >> >> I'm happy to answer casual questions personally, or take receipt of >> applications. Our formal job postings information is here: >> http://rangespan.com/jobs/ but in practice I think we'd be a little >> flexible about roles for the right applicant. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jonathan >> >> -- >> Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com http://tartley.com >> Made of meat. +44 7737 062 225 twitter/skype: tartley >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-uk mailing list >> python-uk@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk
