Senior Perl Developer for ThinkGeek.com

Senior Perl Developer for ThinkGeek.comJob Id:SOFG-SPERL

Here at ThinkGeek Laboratories, we are constantly developing new technologies to drive our website and its attendant systems, but we have reached the bandwidth limits of our current team and need to further parallelize. Thus, we have embarked on an experiment to overlay Randal Schwartz's programming-related memory engrams on other staff members. Unfortunately, early test subjects have not taken the process well. Not only are we nearly out of PHBs, but our budget for institutionalizing prior subjects is limited. We are therefore seeking subjects with extensive Perl coding experience, as we believe this will ease the restructuring of the mental pathways. Subjects in ThinkGeek experiments will have opportunities to play with cool new stuff long before it appears on Engadget or Gizmodo, root access to the machine that goes "ping," and an atmosphere where you can pick your hours, run any desktop OS you like, and the freedom to wear shoes whenever your pinky toes are not hooked up to transcutaneous electrodes.

ThinkGeek is a small, close-knit group of fun, weird, and enthusiastic people who run one of the most successful niche e-commerce sites on the Internet. As part of SourceForge, Inc, a publicly held company, ThinkGeek employees receive an excellent benefits package while enjoying the benefits of working in an exciting start-up environment in our Fairfax, Virginia office.

Our software is developed in-house, so projects will run a wide gamut of business areas (accounting to warehouse management, and everything in between). Development will be on an existing suite of software, so the ability to adapt to and extend an existing architecture is a must. Responsibilities will include: web/console/batch based application development, maintaining and configuring development servers, participation in requirements and specifications gathering processes, software quality assurance and internal documentation. You need:Professional programming experience Perl / mod_perlStrong Unix / Linux skillsProfessional experience working with databases (SQL Server / MySQL)Extensive knowledge of ApacheIt would be really good if you had:XMLHTML/XHTMLJavascript/AJAXRetail industry software development experienceWeb Services development (servers/clients)Experience developing automated functional and performance testing suitesFirst name Jen or Dave a plusYou should be able to work and learn new skills independently when necessary, but also work as part of a team. You possess the ability to comprehend and implement complex business requirements in an exacting manner. You have a team-oriented personality. You know how to work hard and have fun. Enough said. This is a cool job. Apply for it.

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