Software Engineer -- Server Applications


    Engineer - Books Project


    Make your mark in history. Help create one of the largest free
    libraries of digital books in the world!

_The Internet Archive <http://www.archive.org/>_ is a non-profit
organization 501(C)(3) seeking to provide universal access to all
knowledge. We are an online digital library; our collections include
audio, video, texts, web sites and software. Internet Archive works
together with organizations like Creative Commons and EFF to preserve
and protect the public domain, the open source movement and the commons
in general.

We seek an inspired and inspiring programmer to help build our digital
texts collection. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining
processing pipelines of digital books from a variety of partner
libraries and adding them to our growing collection. Also there are user
interface challenges involving PHP, AJAX, and JavaScript for helping
people work with these books over the net.

*Skill Set:*

   * Strong background (3+ years) in a server side scripting languages
such as Java, Perl, PHP or Python   required (but, this is a PHP job)

   * Significant knowledge Unix/Linux and GNU tools required

   * Experience working with open source software and systems required

   * Knowledge of PHP, XML and distributed computing strongly preferred

   * Experience working in a production environment

   * Natural problem-solver and troubleshooter

   * Love and respect for books; pride and care in your work

   * Knowledge of image formats and image compression desirable

   * Not afraid of terabytes


   * BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Please send your resume and cover letter to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>_ with the subject line "Software
Engineer -- Server Applications". The Archive thanks all applicants for
their interest, but advises that only those selected for an interview
will be contacted. No phone calls please.