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Posted: February 15, 2005
Job title:
Senior Software Engineer for Perl Web Apps
Company name: CareScout
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Wellesley
Travel: 0%
Terms of employment: Salaried employee
Hours: Full time
Onsite: yes
Description:
Company Background:
An established company with an entrepreneurial spirit, CareScout is a
senior care information and services company based in Wellesley, MA that
has been dedicated to helping Americans make informed eldercare decisions
for seven years. A recognized leader in the long-term care field, CareScout
specializes in connecting families to quality care providers at preferred
rates. CareScout’s top-tier customer base includes the nation’s largest
individual and group long-term care insurers, work/family benefits
providers and Fortune 500 companies.
CareScout is also well-known as a family-friendly company with a flexible
working environment, and employees receive four weeks paid time off.
CareScout is a fun place to work within a strong team environment; casual
office attire; easy to reach office location near intersections of Rt.
128/95, the Mass Pike and Rt. 9. There is plenty of room for growth within
our small company serving clients across 50 states. Health benefits, free
parking and stock options are all part of compensation program. Visit
www.carescout.com to learn more about CareScout.
Job Description:
The successful candidate must be a solution-oriented technical professional
who has extensive experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and
maintaining web-based applications in accordance with business
requirements. This position will require that you manage and mentor a small
team of developers through the application development process, while
rolling up your sleeves and contributing directly as a developer yourself.
The Senior Developer provides technical assistance and direction to the
project team regarding specifications, design issues, development
guidelines, and testing. This position will work primarily with Perl, but
also with a variety of other technologies and will maintain responsibility
for the development and evolution of mission-critical applications and
systems.
The duties of the Senior Software Engineer will include front end
development with multiple tools such as Apache, Perl, mod_perl, and other
emerging tools, in addition to back-end development using relational
database tools and techniques. Some familiarity with Linux systems
administration is required. In addition to development of new code,
responsibilities include maintaining and enhancing existing web
applications developed under an architecture consisting of Linux, Apache,
Perl CGI, mod_perl, and MySQL. This position requires active involvement in
internal and external technical support, and ownership of deliverables from
beginning to end. This is a challenging position which requires the ability
to translate business needs into web & component-based applications using a
variety of technologies. Excellent organization and communication skills
will be key for this role.
Compensation:
Salary commensurate with experience; health benefits; stock options; 4
weeks paid time off.
Required skills:
Requirements:
* Strong analytical, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.
* Act as a technical lead for a small team of developers through the design
and implementation of the applications.
* Excellent technical and coding skills.
* Substantial experience and proficiency using several of the following
tools: Linux, Apache, Perl, mod_perl, MySQL, CVS, CGI.pm, CGI::Application,
DBI, and Class::DBI.
* Some Linux systems administration experience required.
* Familiarity with MySQL and relational database concepts in general.
* Ability to specify, implement and deliver solutions for multi-faceted
technical problems.
* Ensure that the members of a team execute assigned tasks in an efficient
and timely manner in order to meet project time frames and client
expectations.
* Must be a strong team player and able to learn new technologies.
Qualifications:
Professional Experience & Credentials:
* Must have degree in a related technology field, bachelors preferred.
* Must have at least 5 years of software development experience.
* Good professional references a must.
* Experience in consulting or within a software development company a
strong plus.
* The strongest candidates will also have experience in healthcare or
long-term care, and will possess an understanding of the issues facing
these industries, now and in the future.
Personal Traits & Attributes:
* Outstanding verbal and written communication skills are a must.
* Strong organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple
competing tasks while meeting deadlines.
* Driven by the desire to learn and to exceed expectations.
* Ability to work collaboratively with internal technical and non-technical
teams in order to ensure delivery of high-quality solutions.
* Willingness to continuously develop the company’s services and
capabilities for both internal and external clients.
Contact information:
Direct applicants only, no recruiters please.
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