Sponsored Post: Job Openings - Squarespace

Squarespace Looking for Full-time Scaling Expert

Interested in helping a cutting-edge, high-growth startup scale? Squarespace, which was profiled here last year in Squarespace Architecture - A Grid Handles Hundreds of Millions of Requests a Month and also hosts this blog, is currently in the market for a crack scalability engineer to help build out its cloud infrastructure. Squarespace is very excited about finding a full-time scaling expert.

Interested applicants should go to http://www.squarespace.com/jobs-software-engineer for more information.



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Sponsored Post: Job Openings - Squarespace

There was a bit of drama earlier when I posted a free job opening for Zynga. It caused unfortunate and just plain wrong accusations. It also caused a number of requests for more free job posts, which I should have anticipated, but obviously I can't let this blog become cluttered with that kind of stuff. Earlier I tried a job board type service, but that never really worked out. So what to do? Someone suggested a sponsored post approach and I think that's a good compromise. It minimizes the noise, let's people know about work, and brings in a little revenue. It works like an advertisement. If you are interested please let me know. When we have any job openings there will be a sponsored post like this one, that you can easily ignore or pay attention to, depending on your situation.

Squarespace Looking for Full-time Scaling Expert

Interested in helping a cutting-edge, high-growth startup scale? Squarespace, which was profiled here last year in Squarespace Architecture - A Grid Handles Hundreds of Millions of Requests a Month and also hosts this blog, is currently in the market for a crack scalability engineer to help build out its cloud infrastructure. Squarespace is very excited about finding a full-time scaling expert.

Interested applicants should go to http://www.squarespace.com/jobs-software-engineer for more information.

Zynga Needs a Server-side Systems Engineer

Ashleigh Anderson from Zynga let me know that they have an opening for a Systems Engineer working on some new games they are developing. Given the state of the job market I thought it worth posting. Here are more details...

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Facebook is Hiring

I thought with the job situation these days that people might be interested in some open jobs at Facebook. Here's what's available:

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Facebook is hiring! We are looking for a Systems Engineer/Architect and Site Reliability Engineer. I have attached the job descriptions below. If you are interested, please contact Michelle Bostock mbostock-at-facebook.com. Thanks and Happy Holidays! Systems Architect Palo Alto, CA Description Facebook is seeking a seasoned Systems Architect to join the Operations team. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto and will report to the Manager of Systems Operations. Responsibilities * Analyze application flow and infrastructure design to improve performance and scalability of the site * Collaborate on design of services infrastructure from servers to networking * Monitor, analyze, and make recommendations as appropriate to improve site stability and availability * Evaluate hardware and software technologies to improve site efficiency and performance * Troubleshoot and solve issues with hardware, applications, and network components * Lead team efforts from design to implementation, prioritize tasks and resources while interacting with Engineering and Operations * Document current and future configuration processes and policies * Participate in 24x7 on-call support Requirements * B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience * 4+ years of experience in Operations with large web farms * Extensive knowledge of web architecture and technologies, including Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, TCP/IP, security, HTTP, LDAP and MTAs * Strong background/interest in application and infrastructure design * Scripting and programming skills * Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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Site Reliability Engineer Palo Alto, CA Description Facebook is seeking talented operations engineers to join the Site Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, a passion for tinkering with Linux, and an almost insane fondness for fast-paced, seat-of-your-pants troubleshooting and crisis management. The position is full-time and is based in our main office in downtown Palo Alto. This position reports to the Manager of Site Reliability Engineering. Responsibilities * Monitor the stability and performance of the website * Remotely troubleshoot and diagnose hardware problems * Debug issues with Linux software, applications and network * Resolve technical challenges encountered in LAMP technologies * Develop and maintain monitoring tools and automation systems * Predict and respond to utilization variances across multiple datacenters * Identify and triage all outage related events * Facilitate communication, coordinate escalation, and work with subject matter experts to implement critical fixes * Automate and streamline processes * Track issues and run reports Requirements * 2-3 years+ Linux support/sys admin experience in an Internet operations environment * BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience * Working knowledge of Linux, Cisco, TCP/IP, Apache and mySQL * Experience working with network management systems and monitoring tools, such as Nagios, Ganglia and Cacti * Competency in Shell, PHP, Perl or Python. C is a plus * Solid understanding of web services architecture and commonly employed technologies * A sense of urgency in responding to and resolving critical issues that relate to the performance of the site and/or core infrastructure * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Participation in a shifted coverage schedule, including working nights and on-call rotations

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clusteradmin.blogspot.com - blog about building and administering clusters

A blog about cluster administration. Written by a System Administrator working at HPC (High Performance Computing) data-center, mostly dealing with PC clusters (100s of servers), SMP machines and distributed installations. The blog concentrates on software/configuration/installation management systems, load balancers, monitoring and other cluster-related solutions.

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