State of the Boston Software Engineering job market – HOT! – Mass Unemployment down to 7.4% in Aug

It’s been a busy Summer and Autumn is just around the corner…. hopefully the Red Sox get out of their funk soon.

The overall economic recovery is moribund and reminds me of the early 1990s. Without getting into politics, lets just say that both parties are complicit and we have 20 years of bad choices to start correcting. It’s not going to happen overnight, and will be painful.

However, the one, super-shiny, bright light in this economy is the Tech Economy – and nowhere is the engine of job growth burning more brightly than in the Boston, Massachusetts software engineering job market!

As this Boston Globe article points out - http://bo.st/pDnegF the Mass State Unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been since Feb 2009 – 7.4% with net jobs created of approximately 42000 since the year began.

The market trends for software engineers/tech talent in the Boston area are on the same trajectory as earlier in the year – and are in heavy demand. However, the more experienced (read expensive salaries) candidates, and those without hands-on coding skills are having a much tougher time.

Macro-economic trends are still very favorable for the tech economy, and like everyone — this time of the year is one of the busiest all around.

If you’d like to learn more about the market – hiring for your organization, or to conduct a highly targeted, discrete search – please reach out to me – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston area’s #1 Software Engineer jobs/recruiter!

Tech job fair turns away recruiters – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 software engineer jobs/recruiter

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Great post from Entrepreneur about developer interviews

Great post from Entrepreneur about developer #software engineer job Interviews-how the tech screen is pretty useless fhttp://bit.ly/fsMiQT

Lead Software Engineer-Java, algorithms, supercomputing, biotech startup, Cambridge, MA to 160k+ options @scottdunlop http://ow.ly/4nGbC – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter/jobs

Lead Software Engineer-Java, algorithms, supercomputing, biotech startup, Cambridge, MA to 160k+ options @scottdunlop http://ow.ly/4nGbC

Outstanding opportunity - This is NOT your standard J2EE app.  It is high performance distributed computing, very mathematically and algorithmically intense.  It’s much closer to pure computer science than just putting together a lot of open source frameworks.

Drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com to learn more – Boston’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter/jobs

Cambridge, MA software engineers – startup with Google connections – multiple STAR software engineer openings – Rails, Python, Cassandra, Riak, Hadoop, HBase, Redi, Seam, puppet, chef, capistrano, fabric etc

http://bit.ly/bB3NEk

Our client, with patents pending and all-star team assembled in entering hyper-growth mode on the engineering side.

We are working directly with the Founders and have already made successful, happy placements.

We think one of the key attractions for our client is that they are dealing with massive data ! They add on average 93M records per day and are already beginning to work with the same database systems that Google and Facebook are using – super huge intellectual challenge here

This is a title-agnostic environment.

Could hire from a Very experienced, very solid VP Engineering/CTO who wants to be coding and growing in a small company to several VERY smart junior engineers and everywhere in-between Lots of responsibility and growth potential!

Keywords: Java, J2EE, Cassandra, Riak, Hadoop, HBase, Redi, Seam, puppet, chef, capistrano, fabric, scott dunlop, the bivium group

Drop me a line – scott@biviumgroup.com – Boston area’s #1 Software Engineer recruiter!

Boston, MA Software Engineer jobs – Hands-on Software Manager – C#/C++ Financial

Sign of the financial market picking-up speed — financial software product companies have turned on their hiring! Looking for a hands-on Manager/Lead/Architect who can work cross functionally and manage a team — C#/C++ Windows, financial vertical nice to have, but not a “must have” – 127k package + 100% paid med/dental benefits. Boston, MA location — for more info http://bit.ly/bBNMmA

Some startups go bust, others go BOOM!

Striking differences these days between the “haves” and the “have nots” as some VCs, CEOs and management teams throw in the towel, while others do the hard work necessary to see a company through a down market. In the past few days, major startups like Kraft startup matchMINE, and ex-ATG alum startup Allurent, have either ceased operations, or had significant layoffs.

At the other end of the spectrum, are daily conversations I am having with CEOs, VPs, and CTOs of both large and smaller firms — that range from mildly concerned to overly confident in their business model, (and continued recruiting). There’s no doubt this market is now shifting to a balanced market — an equal demand of jobs to candidates — however, because it’s happened to decline so far, so fast, the perception of most companies (and perception BECOMES reality for most) is that good candidates are in ready supply. The truth? Somewhere in the middle — great talent is still hard to find, but it *has* become just a bit easier to locate. Great companies? All in the eye of the beholder. There are risky big companies, and “stable” startups — it’s all about doing your due diligence. Market turbulence is an opportunity for great recruiters and great companies.

$2,000 referral reward for Lead/Manager Software Engineer Mobile Search vc backed startup, Cambridge, MA – C++/Java consumer-facing- Bivium Group/Scott Dunlop exclusive

A BIVIUM GROUP EXCLUSIVE client involved in the mobile and speech space
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We have placed 6 people on this team, including the hiring manager for one of the HOTTEST software startups in the mobile space. Nationally recognized as a leader – still giving great equity – outstanding culture and team in place.

#1 Priority is to hire another Hands-on Software Manager/Team Lead as well as several experienced mobile/handset developers:

We’re looking for a candidate to lead a small team to build our suite of  mobile applications.  Requirements are:

-          Must have experience building user-facing products
-          Must be familiar with Java, with C++ competency a plus
-          Must have insights on mobile-phone user behavior
-          Should have experience building mobile or PC-based products (vs. only web-based products)
-          Must have strong insights on product definition and user interface design
-          Must have had prior experience with managing a team and managing large projects

2 other roles under this hire:

Software Engineer
 
We’re looking for a candidate to lead to help build our suite of mobile applications.  Requirements are:

-          Must have experience building user-facing products
-          Must be familiar with Java and C++
-          Must have insights on mobile-phone user behavior
-          Must be able to work independently
-          Should have experience building mobile or PC-based products (vs. only web-based products)
-          Should have strong insights on product definition and user interface design

CLIENT SDK DEVELOPER

 We’re looking for a candidate to lead to help build our SDK for mobile applications.  Requirements are:

-          Must be familiar with Java and C++
-          Must have experience with designing and developing APIs and libraries
-          Must be familiar with developing on small-footprint (such as embedded) environments
-          Must be able to work independently
-          Should have experience building mobile products
-          Should have insights on mobile-phone user behavior
-          Should have experience building user-facing products

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Please send resumes to scott@biviumgroup.com – subject line “Cambridge Mobile” and reference the referral reward on my blog to be eligible.

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Development Manager/Team Lead – C#.NET – transaction processing – profitable startup

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The role is a HANDS-on Development Manager/Team Lead – mix of 40% hands-on work (design/architecture and a little implementation) and 60% leadership tasks – managing engineers, release schedules. C#/.NET environment. Issues of scalability/transactional systems is best fit.

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Woburn/Burlington, MA area salary to the 130s + equity DOE
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As a senior member of the Engineering team, the selected individual will have the following responsibilities:
* Oversight of the technical design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support of message transformation and delivery software development
* Team management responsibilities, including the direct supervision of approximately 5-10 team members
* Implementation of state-of-the-art software engineering practices using latest but appropriate tools and technology

Qualifications:
* A solid software engineering background, including at least ten years of hands-on development experience in a commercial environment
* A solid understanding of the .NET architecture
* Experience of Microsoft development environment Visual Studio Team System (VSTS); Knowledge of Team Foundation Server (TFS) would be a plus
* At least five years of experience managing software development teams
* Experience of large scale transactional systems with serious scalability and reliability requirements; experience of supporting business-critical production environment running in data centers would be very helpful
* Demonstrable knowledge and experience of software development lifecycle and methodologies spanning development, testing, release and deployment management
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills
* Willingness to work in an energetic, fast-paced, and team-oriented environment
* The ability to work independently; ability to manage conflicting priorities effectively
*any knowledge of protocols like SWIFT, FIX, etc would be a bonus

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Please send resumes to scott@biviumgroup.com – subject line “C# Development Manager”

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I have been in the technology industry for over 18 years. I have worked within several startups including positions such as Vice President of Operations, General Manager and Founder at three technology based startups – including my own consulting firm from the late 80s and into the 90′s. I left the startup world to join one of New England’s oldest and largest recruiting agencies where I assisted in the meteoric growth of a new office in a new geography. My performance over the past few years has placed me in the top 1% of National Recruiters. My philosophy is simple – I am a career partner to both our candidates and clients.