Software/Professional Services Engineer

Etechhi; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading email software provider is looking for a highly experienced Software Engineer to join its team in Seattle. Responsibilities include collaborating with customers, developing specifications, and delivering web-based solutions. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, at least 5 years of software design experience, and a background in email technologies. Strong skills in Perl and UNIX server development are preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience designing software.
• Experience developing email technologies highly preferred.
• Strong communication skills are vital.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to determine needs.
• Agree upon specifications with customers.
• Assist with integration into customer applications.
• Deliver web-based solutions to customers.

Skills

Software design

Email technologies

UNIX (Linux, Solaris or FreeBSD)

C

Perl

TCP/IP and UDP networking

Unit and regression testing

PHP or Java

Memory debugging tools

Open Source contribution

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field

Job description

A leading, international provider of email software is looking for a highly experienced Software Engineer to join its prestigious engineering team.

Job Description

• Work closely with customers to determine needs that need to be met and what components need to be delivered
• Agree upon specifications with customers that are necessary to satisfy their requirements, and then develop the components accordingly
• Assist with integration of both the custom-built components and the core messaging platform into the customer’s application
• Complete a wide range of projects, from carrier-class deployments to supporting millions of messages per day to appliances used by Fortune 500 companies
• Perform within a team to deliver web-based solutions to customers
• Develop software on a pre-determined timeline, adhering to pre-defined specifications

All candidates MUST have the following experiences to qualify for consideration

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Must have at least 5 years experience designing Software
• Experience developing email technologies is highly preferred
• Experience with UNIX (Linux, Solaris or FreeBSD) server development in “C”
• Highly proficient with Perl
• Strong communication skills are vital as customer interaction is a key responsibility
• Experience writing multithreaded applications, as well as writing TCP/IP and UDP networking code
• The ability to write unit and regression tests in Test::More based systems
• A solid knowledge of PHP or Java is a plus
• Strong Familiarity with gdb and other command line debuggers, as well as memory debugging tools and techniques (valgrind, lint, dmalloc, libumem, etc.)
• Good understanding of multi-platform portability concerns
• Experience contributing to Open Source projects, specifically CPAN projects is highly preferred

If interested and QUALIFIED, please send resume in Microsoft Word format to [e-mail].