Bay Area (Burlingame): mid-level engineer. Our product is a highly configurable LAMP web application in the high-volume event management space. It's an end-to-end solution, from registration to check-in to reporting. There are also modules for exhibitor registration, session management, housing, and air travel.
Our technologies include the Zend Framework, Git, Jira, Hudson, and a highly-available MySQL replication solution. We use agile methodologies to support the product in two monthly maintenance releases, tightly paired to a sprint. If you're familiar with "A Successful Git Branching Model", you have a solid idea of how we pair sprints to releases. Our team is distributed between California and Virginia.
Some unusual selling points for our business:
* Engineers spend roughly 10% of their total time traveling in support of events using the software. It's a fun opportunity to see new places, learn new things (we do a lot of major technology conferences), and get a lot of cool conference freebies.
* The business is not a startup; it's a small business. You can generally expect to go home on time every day. There is no "sweat equity" -- you get paid a fair market value for your time.
* We are on the federal holiday schedule. This generally allots a few more days off than your usual small business/startup.
* The product is currently fairly stable for the majority of its use cases. You'll have a lot of opportunity to work on enhancements and new features as you become more familiar with how it works.
* While we have a daily scrum meeting, we hold it in IRC. That means you have one less meeting to distract you from what you're doing every day, since you can work in parallel.
Feel free to check out http://www.aetherquest.com/ to learn more about our company. If you're interested in applying or just have any questions, feel free to email me at relwell@ the domain above.
Our technologies include the Zend Framework, Git, Jira, Hudson, and a highly-available MySQL replication solution. We use agile methodologies to support the product in two monthly maintenance releases, tightly paired to a sprint. If you're familiar with "A Successful Git Branching Model", you have a solid idea of how we pair sprints to releases. Our team is distributed between California and Virginia.
Some unusual selling points for our business: * Engineers spend roughly 10% of their total time traveling in support of events using the software. It's a fun opportunity to see new places, learn new things (we do a lot of major technology conferences), and get a lot of cool conference freebies.
* The business is not a startup; it's a small business. You can generally expect to go home on time every day. There is no "sweat equity" -- you get paid a fair market value for your time.
* We are on the federal holiday schedule. This generally allots a few more days off than your usual small business/startup.
* The product is currently fairly stable for the majority of its use cases. You'll have a lot of opportunity to work on enhancements and new features as you become more familiar with how it works.
* While we have a daily scrum meeting, we hold it in IRC. That means you have one less meeting to distract you from what you're doing every day, since you can work in parallel.
Feel free to check out http://www.aetherquest.com/ to learn more about our company. If you're interested in applying or just have any questions, feel free to email me at relwell@ the domain above.