Chief Technology Officer

COMPANY: Last.fm

JOB TITLE: Chief Technology Officer

RELATED DEGREE:

BSc Hons, Computer Science (Southampton University)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Building many websites and databases, programming utilities and tools
• Open source contributions to multiple projects
• Linux user, developer and advocate for over 10 years

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Passion for all things Computer Science and programming related
• Broad technical knowledge spanning many fields
• Programming skills to quickly prototype ideas

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

• It's a rare opportunity to work on a product used by millions of people every day, in a rewarding environment, with many like-minded and brilliant people on the team
• Access to lots of great music doesn't hurt either

CAREER GOALS:

• Solve hard technical problems in elegant ways
• Build awesome products that people want to use
• Quest for knowledge - keep on learning new things