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[This posting is NO LONGER OPEN. However, you may want to keep an
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eye on future openings at this organization.]
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Octanti Associate GmbH is looking for excellent hackers.
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The job is extending equity derivative systems at a bank in Munich. This job
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requires relocation to Munich. German language skills are absolutely
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unnecessary.
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Much of the current work involves modifying a legacy system so that it can
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be used with dynamic languages, particular Common Lisp. New projects will be
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as independent of the legacy system as is technically and practically
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feasible. For performance reasons (and due to the advanced state of Common
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Lisp implementations), these will likely be done in Common Lisp.
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We expect, in the next year, to do interesting work with parallel
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programming and partial evaluation (and likely CAML).
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This job requires a lot rigorous methods (e.g. program transformation),
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abstract thinking and problem solving, working with other systems (e.g.
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Excel, legacy systems), and lots of hacking. Much of the existing code is
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C++. In production, where the users use the legacy system, there is no
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development environment.
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This is a very unique and challenging job -- a very stimulating and
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rewarding one -- for someone who likes programming and computation. In order
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to do our job (e.g. help traders make money) we must use advanced techniques
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in a difficult environment. But advanced techniques are used only when they
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are likely to pay off -- things are very much "worse is better."
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Particularly difficult: we make lots of small changes to our systems, and
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these must not break anything. We have to make (informal) proofs of
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correctness -- appropriate to the risks -- to make sure that things will
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very likely work. Also, we have limited ability to control our
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software/hardware environment.
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Good experience would include: embedded systems work, compiler work,
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numerically intensive programming, parallel processing, correctness proofs,
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extending systems like Scheme-48 or working in PreScheme.
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We have a lisp-flavored ad at www.franz.com.
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If you are interested, please send me information about yourself:
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heath.putnam@octanti.com
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