Senior Software Engineer

Skytap is looking for talented senior level Software Engineers and Architects to join our platform team. Cloud computing is one of today's hottest technologies, and Skytap is leading the way by providing self-service virtual data centers in just a few clicks. We have development positions in technically challenging areas ranging from virtualized networking and storage to general distributed computing problems. As a member of our platform team, you will work with other highly skilled engineers to design and implement software to deliver scalable, highly available, and secure virtual data centers to our widely varying customers.

We are looking for individuals with experience building complex distributed systems. We use agile development techniques, and build our service primarily with open source software and languages including Linux and Python. Experience with these technologies along with relational databases and scale-out architectures is preferred.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of a core component of Skytap's web-based 24x7 cloud computing service
• Work closely with a talented team of engineers and architects
• Define and meet scalability, availability, security, and performance goals
• Rapidly build and evolve major features in collaboration with product management
• Resolve major customer technical issues
• Communicate with customers
• Research and experiment with key technologies, architectures, and standards

Required background and skills:

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent degree or experience)
• 6+ years experience designing and implementing complex distributed systems

Strongly preferred background and skills:

• Deep knowledge of concurrency control, data structures, algorithms, and scale-out software architectures
• Deep knowledge of database systems and transaction management
• Skill in analyzing, measuring, and optimizing scalability and performance
• Experience using hypervisors

Skytap has a fun startup atmosphere, and is located in the historic Pioneer Square district of downtown Seattle. To learn more about Skytap, please visit our website at .

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