Openings for additional Haskell developers... About Anchor ------------ Anchor Systems, based in Sydney Australia, has successfully been providing managed hosting and infrastructure to clients around the world for almost 15 years. The critical difference in the service we offer our customers often boils down to providing operations expertise and infrastructure configuration balancing the short term needs to get a new installation running with the long term imperatives of security, scalability, and flexibility. The engineering department is building the analytics capabilities, internal systems, cloud infrastructure, deployment tooling, and operations practices that will be needed to take the company to the next level. We have every intention of changing the hosting industry to make developing applications — and operating them at scale — easier for people facing massive growth. Haskell is the working language for all internal development, and we're exploring it for web facing code too. The benefits of type safety, resilience when refactoring, and stability over time added to the power of functional programming has already paid dividends. We have a significant programme of work ahead, and we're looking to add further capability as we face these challenges. Interested in helping? Requirements ------------ You'll need to have demonstrable experience programming in Haskell, familiarity with open source development practices, and the ability to tolerate other people refactoring your code. Exposure to the harsh realities of IT operations and experience of the thrill of Linux systems administration will stand you in good stead. Knowledge of the history, progress, and problems in configuration management will be helpful. A history of contributing to libraries on Hackage would be relevant. More relevant would be a track record of working well in the open (regardless of language or project). Good documentation is as important as good code (a type signature is not sufficient), and command of written English is necessary both to collaborate with your peers and to describe and promote your results. A Bachelor's in science, engineering, or xenobiology will be well thought of. Your specific field of study certainly doesn't matter, but how you use computing to solve problems in your chosen field does. A degree in engineering will be a distinct asset. An undergraduate degree in computer science will not be held against you. Applying -------- If you're interested, send a PDF copy of your CV to , along with the URL to your GitHub account. We also invite you to include a pointer to something that shows you in a good light: a mailing list thread where you argued a contentious position, a piece of particularly thorny code in which you found an elegant solution to a problem, or even an essay or article you've written. We don't do international relocations (sorry everyone who wants to work remotely from Hawaii; I want to work remotely from Hawaii too), but we readily sponsor work visas for new hires should they need one. So whether you've just moved to Australia or have been here for generations, give us a shout next time you're in Sydney. AfC Sydney -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Head of Engineering Anchor Systems 201 Elizabeth Street Level 11, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia http://www.anchor.com.au | afcowie@anchor.com.au | +61 2 8296 5133