HEAD OF DATA<p>Songkick is looking for an experienced developer to lead the data acquisition and processing activities of our small but extremely talented technical team.<p>We are web startup creating a site for live music fans to make it easier and more fun to discover and go to concerts. This Guardian post (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/apr/02/elevatorpitchsongkickwants" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/apr/02/elevatorpitc...</a>) is a good overview, but there are even more exciting developments underway behind the scenes. We’re 18-months old and growing fast, with a 11-person team (all big live music fans ourselves..) based in Shoreditch, east London.<p>Backed by experienced investors in web and music companies including Y Combinator, Dan Porter (co-founder, Ticketweb), Stefan Glaenzer (ex-Chairman, Last.fm), and Index Ventures (investments include Skype, MySQL, Last.fm and Viagogo), we are well capitalised for the next 2 years.<p>This is an opportunity to work on some very hard, very intriguing problems; we are engaged in massive-scale data acquisition and processing. Our CEO and CTO have backgrounds in machine learning which is indicative of the way we approach these challenges.<p>We’re looking for people with a genuine passion for the disruptive power of the web, and a desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment and share in the excitement of growing a global business.<p>SALARY + START DATE + PERKS<p>Competitive salary + generous stock options. Start date ASAP. Perks include monthly concert tickets stipend (use-it-or-lose-it), great location, and charming multi-national colleagues hailing from California to Rio Grande via Bedford and Schwäbisch Hall.<p>RESPONSIBILITIES<p>- heading the data acquisition- and processing side of our development operations, providing tools to maintain our comprehensive database of live music information<p>- developing strategies for data acquisition, storage, quality assurance and processing to support our website and other products<p>- leading and growing a ‘data team’ within our team of in-house developers:<p>- motivating individuals and developing their skills<p>- identifying, and recruiting for, skills gaps<p>- interacting with outsourced developers to provide datafeed adaptors, web scrapers etc. as necessary<p>- monitoring our data processing systems and ensuring scalability as demand increases<p>- Interacting with our quality assurance team to ensure that data-related issues are resolved in a timely fashion<p>WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR<p>- experience providing and scaling an infrastructure from an early stage to maturity to support data intensive web applications and services, ideally within a UNIX/Linux environment<p>- experience designing and implementing systems to aggregate noisy, ambiguous, heterogeneous data from multiple sources<p>- experience designing and implementing systems using a combination of automated and manual processes to ensure a high level of data quality<p>- proven ability to effectively lead, motivate and grow a team of developers<p>Also a big plus would be experience of:<p>- agile / lean development practices<p>- test- and behaviour-driven development<p>- Ruby on Rails<p>To apply please send your CV, URLs of cool things you've built / worked on, and a short email introducing yourself to joinsongkick@songkick.com by 31st January 2009. Tell us about the most recent concert you’ve been to if you like!