Wrote job posting for TLA+ infra/release engineer #4
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+1 to require a BSc: While this role might not focus on theory and algorithms, the nature of TLA+ and its tools requires some theoretical knowledge; not just because it has ties to academia. Also, we want the candidate to eventually become a TLA+ user -- dogfooding makes for good results.
Perhaps add experience with open-source development (working in the open) to the list of preferred skills?
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Looks good to me. Should the experience level be "required" or "desired"? Should we mention salary and benefits? NB: The official spelling of INRIA is "Inria". |
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I think we should be up front about salary and benefits, which also brings up another area I forgot about: is this a worldwide posting? Do we require proficiency in English or some other human language? Is this a contract or full-time position? |
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Most people from the TLA+ project are located in the American or European time zones. I'd suggest keeping the number of time zones low. Related, mentioning benefits and salaries seems difficult unless we commit to specific regions. How do other companies do this with remote positions? We should require English proficiency. |
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Was talking it over with a friend and came up with the idea that we can actually have two separate requirement/preferred qualifications: The first is the "traditional" BSc in CS/SE/Physics/Math plus some amount of work experience (three years?) and less specific experience required (as in, no direct experience with our test frameworks). The second is the "non-traditional" bootcamp type education with more work experience (four or five years?) and more specific experience required (direct experience with Eclipse, test frameworks, etc.) Thoughts? |
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Interesting suggestion, but makes sense to me! |
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@konnov says that IS outsources the problem of prorating salaries and benefits for geographic regions. Perhaps, we can defer the problem until we change this from an imaginary job ad to a real one after the foundation has been established. In its current form, a salary range is more of a message to potential foundation members. Speaking of members, we could incentivize becoming a founding member by giving founders a discount. |
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