Software Development and Management for Premiere Internet Services   Desarrolladores de Sistemas y Dirección para Servicios de Internet de Alta Calidad


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Fundador y CEO:
  Adrian Scott, Ph.D., founder of Ryze, founding investor in Napster, ...


Currently Hiring: Ideal candidates will have excellent English abilities, good discipline and excellent mathematical / analytical abilities. We can provide advanced training for those with talent.

If you are interested in an opening, email your C.V. (preferably in English) to jobs @ altasoftware.com. Please tell us about some projects you've worked on, what you were able to achieve, and what things you like doing the most.

About Working at Alta Software / Ryze.com

We are the software development headquarters for Ryze.com, and are physically based in Panama, in the City of Knowledge Tech Park (Ciudad del Saber). The CEO and founder of Ryze is based at this location and was previously a founding investor in Napster, as well as co-founder of Flycode, a startup which raised nearly $4 million from Silicon Valley and Hollywood investors.

Ryze.com was launched in 2001, and is a profitable service. We pioneered the area of social networking (e.g. Friendster, Myspace, etc.), and Ryze focused on business networking, helping business people make connections. Ryze.com delivers millions of pageviews and e-mails each month, and has nearly 500,000 registered members worldwide.

Our Panama office, Alta Software, has been open for more than a year and is now building up its team for further expansion. As a work environment, we aim to provide a productive, supportive environment that attracts great people. Pool and gym facilities are within a short walk from our office. We can arrange for work permits for outstanding candidates. We expect team members to steadily upgrade their skills and abilities, and provide support for that in a healthy environment.

Ryze has been mentioned in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and many other publications. The founder of Ryze was a founding investor in Napster, and has been involved with several other Silicon Valley high-tech and finance companies, including including Hewlett-Packard, Match.com, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, etc. He has an extensive network of contacts in Silicon Valley, including many founders of Internet companies, and many venture capitalists.

PHP Software Developer (PHP/Java/Linux)

Desired:

  • Experience creating PHP / Mysql applications
  • Object-oriented experience (especially Java)
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
  • Ability to follow coding standards / patterns


Linux Operations Engineer / Systems Administrator

We are looking for a Linux Operations Engineer / Systems Administrator.

You'll help us build our systems and operational environment so we can deliver an always-available, fast and secure service to our members and customers.

The ideal candidate would have experience in Linux operations / systems administration, will be extremely systematic and oriented towards systems, processes and documentation.

A strong mathematical ability would be a plus.

Technologies will include:

Linux (e.g. Red Hat 9, Centos)
Mail: sendmail, qmail
Apache, PHP, Perl, shell, MySQL, RAID, SSH, BIND, MRTG, Nagios, DNS, CVS
Multiple server site configuration
Database Replications, Tracking/logging
Optimization configuration, caching
Firewall configuration

Duties will include:

  • Documentation
  • Developing systems to maintain systems operational, alert team of outages
  • Outage prevention techniques
  • System performance tuning
  • Database performance tuning
  • Planning and deployment of software and o/s upgrades
  • Developing and improving the network management/monitoring architecture
  • Linux systems administration, configuration and security
  • Network configuration and troubleshooting
  • Hardware specification, installation and troubleshooting
  • Linux installation and troubleshooting
  • Disaster prevention & recovery planning

Job duties include configuring, deploying, monitoring, tuning and maintaining a heterogeneous server datacenter environment 24x7 - 365. Candidates are expected to carry a cell phone and/or pager for off-hours mission critical support.

Usability Engineer

[See useit.com for info on what usability is] Duties will include:

  • Tests of the user experience
  • Paper tests of new sites before technology development
  • Online tests of possible changes to site
  • Analysis of site usage & user paths
  • Being an expert on usability trends and guidelines
  • HTML, CSS, some graphics, web log analysis

This job would be most suited to a detail-oriented, analytical person, who is good at listening.


Internet Product Marketing Manager

Requirements:

  • Great understanding of analytical marketing, direct marketing
  • Extensive experience with using the Internet
  • Understanding of theories of high-tech marketing, new product adoption
  • Passion for talking with customers to understand their needs in English, including verbally, not just by email :)
  • Experience using spreadsheets with equations for analysis (e.g. Microsoft Excel)
Duties include:
  • Guiding the site feature plan and marketing tests
  • Customer segmentation and targeting
  • Identification of most profitable customers and how to sell them more stuff
  • Analysis, identification and evaluation of new business opportunities
  • Producing measurable results (e.g. subscribers, traffic, new members, etc.)
The ideal candidate should have some technical skills or capabilities, such as SQL.

If you are interested in an opening, email your C.V. (preferably in English) to jobs @ altasoftware.com. Please tell us about some projects you've worked on, what you were able to achieve, and what things you like doing the most.


Ciudad del Saber
Edificio 820-A
Clayton, Panamá
Tel.: 317-0829

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