Boxed Ice 2009-10-28T11:45:55Z Boxed Ice is a software development firm based in the UK. We have the best people working on interesting projects solving complex problems within the best working environment. We work on our own projects building tools that we need ourselves, for example Server Density, our hosted server monitoring service - http://www.serverdensity.com Find out more about the company at http://www.boxedice.com/about/ TOOLS ETC • We do the majority of our work using PHP and Python, but also use Objective C for iPhone development. • Of course, we also use HTML, CSS and JS for frontend work. • We use GitHub for source control and FogBugz for bug/task tracking and customer support. • MySQL is used for customer accounts, invoicing, etc (i.e. where transactions are needed). • We use a non-RDBMS, MongoDB, for the performance critical work (e.g. storing server monitoring data). • All of our servers are Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosted by Rackspace across multiple data centres. • Testing is done using cloud servers provided through Amazon EC2 and The Rackspace Cloud. COOL FACTS • Our primary database master has 72GB of RAM and quad core processors. • We are working with Rackspace to develop their managed auto failover service for multiple data centres. • The company founder, David Mytton, is an in-active member of the php.net documentation team. • Our Server Density database is over 200GB. • We built the graphing functionality in our server monitoring iPhone application by hand. HOW YOU WILL WORK You can work when and how you want so long as the work is done. We work closely together to mentor each other but also expect you to use your skills and experience to do what you feel is best. We communicate extensively via GTalk and Skype. All positions are work from home with regular meetups where possible. WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON Interesting and complex problems like integrating with cloud provider APIs, accessing system (Linux, Windows, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD) APIs to get performance data, statistical analysis and trend prediction, real time alerting through e-mail, SMS and iPhone push and creating cross platform code using Python. WHAT YOU WON'T BE WORKING ON Boring and repetitive tasks like building unit test suites, poorly written legacy code with no documentation and servers that could crash at any minute. THE POSITION We are looking for a developer with PHP and Python experience to work on our hosted server monitoring product, Server Density. This will be a remote working position with regular communication via GTalk and Skype, and whilst our preference is for people based in the UK, specifically in Birmingham, we will consider applicants from other parts of the UK and abroad. SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR • At least 6 months of PHP and Python experience. • Knowledge of and experience with statistical analysis. • A number of successful past projects (that are still online). • Contributions to open source projects and/or production code samples we can examine. • Experience with at least Linux server administration and ideally OS X and Windows. • Excellent or native English skills. WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR COVER LETTER • Your GitHub and Stackoverflow usernames. • Critical feedback about Server Density - e.g. how you found the signup process, additional metrics you would like to see. • Details of 2 technical references including phone number and e-mail address. false 5755 Visit http://www.boxedice.com/careers/ and fill out the form at the bottom of the page. Remote working http://www.boxedice.com 2 Programming