Software Developer

Job Description

Grant Street Group is a fast growing software company in downtown Pittsburgh. We use open source software and modern Perl to build large scale hosted web applications. We create web-based electronic payment systems, auctions, and tax collection systems for banks, financial companies, and state and local governments.

You can expect to solve interesting and challenging problems involving financial transactions, horizontal scaling, grid processing, natural language processing and more�

We have been hiring great Developers for many years, and we want to further expand our distributed team of talented and friendly Developers. Most of our experienced Developers telecommute; on-site positions are also available.

Required skills and experience:

• Senior Perl programming experience (or expertise with other dynamic languages such as Python, Ruby - Candidates must have an interest programming in Perl).
• Mastery at writing elegant and robust software
• Expertise in relational databases and SQL
• Knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and CSS
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Excellent grades and a track record of success, ideally has been a key contributor to Open Source projects

Here are just some of the tools and approaches we use. Experience with any of them is helpful:

• MySQL, ORMs (DBIx::Class, Class::DBI)
• git
• jQuery, Ajax
• Modern Perl (Moose, Catalyst)
• Selenium
• Large-scale production Web environments (FastCGI, nginx)
• Sphinx
• Linux environments (RHEL, CentOS)
• Amazon Web Services and Free Open Source Software is a plus
• Messaging frameworks (rabbitmq, 0mq)
• Numerical and financial calculations

We are interested in contract, contract-to-hire or permanent hires. On-site and telecommute opportunities.

Grant Street Group is an Equal Opportunity Drug Free Workplace Employer.

Grant Street Group's culture reflects an emphasis on teamwork, high standards, individual responsibility, and work/family balance.