[asterisk-biz] Even MORE Asterisk coders wanted: TalkPlus, Inc. - Silicon Valley, CA

[John Todd]

[re-transmission - we've still got positions open for the right people.]

Apologies if this is written in a way that is atypical of a job 
search request - I have determined that most astute readers try to 
read between the lines in any job description, and the Asterisk 
community is populated with a cynical and intelligent sort, so I'll 
just make things a bit more transparent than normal.  Many of you 
know me, and those that do not can do a quick Google search to 
determine that I am fairly active in the Asterisk community on a 
variety of fronts, so this is not a frivolous posting.

TalkPlus looking to hire some Asterisk-proficient C coders for 
various dialplan, AGI, and integration tasks for a large-scale 
deployment of a fairly interesting voice application.  This is 
full-time work in California, at good industry wages (iow: this is 
not minimum wage coding for the hopes of future worth, though of 
course future value is what everyone should use as their criteria for 
making an employment decision.)

I can only describe the application and service which is fairly 
intricate and requires significant hardware/network resources when 
deployed.  Anyone involved with this project would almost certainly 
be implementing the largest VoIP application platform of their 
career.  Asterisk plays a significant role in many of our components, 
and we wish to expand and strengthen those portions of our service 
offering.

We have rolled out a very preliminary sub-set of our features, and 
those wishing to take a look can point their web browsers at 
http://www.TalkPlus.com/ for a basic view of our firm.  Keep in mind 
that we are not hiring people to deploy what is already released, so 
please envision a much larger strategy and deployment on mobile 
devices than the interesting things that already appear on our site.

I think it is worth mentioning that much of the code will be 
"internal only," but I expect that many of the patches or changes 
that are made for our firm will be released back to the Asterisk 
community, hopefully returning some of the value that we have 
received from Asterisk.  However, this is very dependent on the 
project at hand.

Here are the requirements:

Mandatory skills:
   - extremely strong C coding experience
   - extremely strong Asterisk dialplan/AGI experience
      in a service provider/enterprise setting

Must be very strong in:
   - MySQL/Postgres or other SQL-based database system
   - Perl
   - SIP and general VoIP protocol networking
   - general Linux/UNIX system administration

Preferred:
   - I know who you are from reading your well-written patches, posts, 
or articles.
   - You have other OSS projects that you have worked on
   - You have a portfolio of visible work
   - PHP or other web-to-database application/middle layer experience 
(Zope, etc.)

Locale:
   - This job is located in San Mateo, CA.  Remote work is not 
considered, as this
       will involve close cooperation with the team here.
   - Exceptional candidates will get relocation expense.
   - Candidates must be permitted to work in the US

Bonus points if you have written articles, books, or given classes in 
C, database design, or Asterisk.   I am looking for coders who can 
think on their own, and who have managed large OSS development 
efforts with a team under their technical or administrative guidance. 
This is not a management position, but it requires the careful 
forethought of someone who is used to such roles within a small 
company.  This is a coding job, without much overhead or nonsense - 
we are a small company, and we have some realistic but 
fast-approaching deadlines.  There are significant "upside" 
potentials with this project, but it requires the best programmers to 
make the success happen.

Please send replies via email only to jtodd at talkplus.com and I will 
contact you or forward appropriately.  No third-party applications - 
placement agency email will be deleted without review.

JT