We already have these in the industry. They're Staff+ Engineers and Architects. It's generally the norm to not be cranking out code at this level, but they make sure everyone is moving in the right direction, assisting managers, and mentoring juniors.
Could you go more into this? How did you go about the evaluation and what metrics were you using? How did you capture the 'developers just hated it' in a way that leadership understood?
I'm not disputing the outcome, just feel like it would be useful for others in a similar situation.
I'm assuming that you run Kafka within AWS. Much of the hardware requirements/suggestions I've seen for Kafka are all for non-virtualized environments. If you can get into it, could you share some details...
- What is the size of your Kafka cluster
- What instances types do you use?
- Do you use EBS or use ephemeral storage?
- How much do you over-provision to deal with instance loss?
We're hiring all types (Analytics, UI, Test-Automation, Generalists) of developers and at all levels at the moment.
Responsibilities: What will I do?
* Looking for all levels of experience
* Contribute to the design and development of product features as well as major components
* Contribute to the innovation and evolution of the Spiceworks suite products
* Work directly with our growing community of over 2 Million IT pros as well as experience developers who are experts in the industry
Qualifications: What does it take to do this job?
* Looking for all levels of experience
* Object Oriented programming skills with Ruby-on-Rails ( Python or equivalent)
* Application and/or Web Application experience is a must
* Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Prototype) and Ruby-On-Rails
* Solving large-application/user-level problems, performance, scalability, etc.
* Skilled with distributed software (native or webapp)
* Some experience with SQL is desired
Email me at sajana @ spiceworks . com if you're interested!
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