F/TIME: Software Engineer - Boston, MA

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Sombasa Media, Inc.
320 Congress Street
4th Floor
Boston, MA

careers(at)sombasa.com



Sombasa Media
ABOUT US:
Sombasa is an online marketing company empowering e-commerce through its
individualized e-mail publications. Launched in April 1999, Sombasa was
founded to provide marketers a way to reach receptive online shoppers while
providing a fun and informative way for consumers to keep updated on
products and services. The company's e-mail publications feature products
from many of the leading online merchants such as overstock.com, gear.com,
and 800.com. Its flagship product, BargainDog has been named a USA Today
'Hot Site' and a Yahoo! 'Daily Pick.' Based in Boston, Sombasa secured
private financing in October 1999 from the Boston-based venture group
'CommonAngels.'

Software Engineer
Reporting to the CTO, you will be responsible for the design, implementation
maintenance of Web and e-mail based applications using cutting-edge Internet
technology. We have major new projects to start, so taking ownership is
essential.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Significant C/C++ development experience Internet development experience
including knowledge of HTML and CGI, familiarity with server-side scripting
environments (ColdFusion, ASP, PHP, etc.) a plus.
Ability to design, implement, and employ SQL databases in a production
environment, familiarity with MySQL and/or Oracle preferred.
Strong familiarity with a networked UNIX environment including development
tools (gcc, make, etc.), administrative basics, and common user tasks.
Understanding of TCP/IP networking fundamentals
Familiarity with Internet e-mail protocols and standards and experience with
common Internet tools (sendmail, qmail, procmail) a plus.


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