[asterisk-biz] More Asterisk coders wanted: 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.

One of my new ventures is 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.

Sorry to be so vague on the details or even the company name - I 
personally dislike listening to hand-wavers talking about 
un-describable projects, which tends to remind me of why inventors of 
perpetual motion machines never allow close scrutiny of their 
devices.   While at the moment we are certainly "stealth", that will 
not last for more than a few more months at which point you would be 
the subject of close questioning by all your peers and friends about 
your involvement, as our product is expected to generate what will 
hopefully amount to widespread press coverage.  This is not vaporware 
- we have operating platforms, and now we have to make them scale.

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 loligo.com and I will 
contact you or forward appropriately.  No third-party applications - 
placement agency email will be deleted without review.

JT