Now Hiring: Senior Engineer

Friday, 23 March 2007

Twitter is looking to bolster our engineering team with an experienced developer of large-scale systems.

This may be you if you love Twitter and also have:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 5+ years of real-world software development experience
  • Experience architecting high-volume web applications and/or messaging systems
  • Excellent and influential communication skills with engineers and non-engineers
  • Extensive experience programming in C, C++ and/or Java as well as scripting languages (Python, Ruby)
  • Deep familiarity with Unix/Linux environments, HTTP, TCP-IP
  • Experience with Jabber, Ruby on Rails, MySql a plus
  • Strong interest in Twitter and developing a world-class Internet application

This position is full-time in our San Francisco office. It offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience (plus benefits) in a unique company.

We are looking for someone who wants to play a leadership role, solving hard problems on a dynamic team (currently, 10 people). It’s sure to be an interesting ride.

Please email people AT obvious.com with a resume.