Software Engineer with Perl focus

San Mateo, CA

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Software Engineer, Perl Focus – Oodle Inc.

San Mateo, CA

Oodle builds classified ad solutions for hundreds of websites including Facebook, Myspace, Military.com, Local.com, and Lycos. Pulling together and organizing millions of listings from all over the Web, Oodle is simply the best and most efficient way to buy and sell through online classifieds. Today you can find over 40 million listings in our network from 80,000 advertisers making Oodle the fastest growing classified ad service on the Internet. (See for yourself at www.oodle.com)

The Role: We are looking for 1-2 senior software engineers with strong Perl skills to build systems for better classification and acquisition of classified listings. Engineers will build and maintain tools and algorithms for improving the quantity and quality of Oodle's index of listings. You will use automated methods for determining spam and data quality and natural language processing methods to extract data, such as locations and prices of items, from the text of classified listings ranging from motorcycles to sports tickets. Content engineers should have a strong interest in the challenging problem of extracting structured data from unstructured text.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Architect and develop efficient, scalable, and robust web services systems.
• Work closely with other engineers in a small informal team environment.
• Contribute to the overall design and architecture of the Oodle back end.

Requirements:

• BS or MS in Computer Science.
• A passion for building great software and pride in the quality of your programming.
• Strong skills in Perl.
• Experience with SQL, Java, C++, PHP a plus.
• Ability to communicate technical issues with non-engineers.
• Startup mentality (self-starter, proactive, flexible).
• Experience working on a large-scale consumer website applications strongly preferred.
  

About Oodle:

Oodle is a well-funded startup located in San Mateo.  We provide competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, stock options, and we strive for a healthy work/life balance.

If you are interested in this position, please indicate the job title in the subject line and send your resume to: jobs@oodle.com.  Or for more information please visit our listings page at http://www.oodle.com/info/jobs/.