from the bloglines

Senior Software Engineer
Summary:
Bloglines is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sr. Software Engineer to work at our Campbell location. The Software Engineer will develop and implement a large scale data processing system in a distributed environment, in C++. The development tasks involve all aspects of scaling and improving a high-volume end-user focused web service.
Responsibilities:
Addressing scaling issues arising from storing large amounts of data and serving a lot of web pages
Maintain and improve RSS crawling and parsing processes
Implement new functionality
Develop tools and utilities to track progress and provide statistics

Requirements Technical Skill Level:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer engineering, related fields or equivalent field experience.
Very strong C and C++ understanding and development abilities
Very strong UNIX abilities, including multithreaded/multiprocess development skills
Good understanding of web protocols such as HTTP and HTTPS
Good understanding of performance issues in a UNIX system and distributed environment
Familiarity with web templating systems
Familiarity with RSS and blogs
Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash
Familiarity with databases such as Sleepycat, GDBM, or MySQL
Professional Skill Level:
Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
Result oriented. Love to work on the problems until solutions are found.
Take initiative.
Able to actively drive project.
Be creative, patient and efficient, produce practical solutions.
Able to adapt to quick requirements change and produce quick solutions.
Attention to details.
Commitment to team.
Required Experience
5+ years experience
BS in computer science or equivalent field experie