Come Join The Team That Is Transforming The Travel Industry!
How did ITA Software become the leading software innovator in the airline industry? With great technology and great people! Every individual in our fast-growing company has a substantial impact on ITA Software's success. As we continue to greatly increase our staff, we are looking for talented people who thrive in a culture that is socially relaxed, yet hard-working and technically superlative.
Join a team of extraordinary engineers working on challenging problems that directly benefit millions of travelers. ITA uses the best open source software to build our industry-leading systems. We seek independent people who will define and build new capabilities for our systems, working closely with airlines, travel agents and other customers. We have multiple positions open for talented people with experience in Lisp, C++, Python or Java.
Responsibilities:
Designing and implementing algorithms to make our search and pricing systems more capable and more efficient.
Abstracting configuration languages from ever-changing customer rules.
Designing and implementing fast server code to compute information needed by the Search system.
Interpreting business rules, new taxes, regulations, etc into code.
Developing and maintaining messaging layers to reliably process real-time data feeds from legacy computing systems.
Designing and building user interfaces for our systems, working closely with our customers to meet their needs.
Designing and extending our XML APIs and collaborating with our customers to make the most effective use of our APIs.
Knitting together all the components to create robust, reliable systems with automated error handling and monitoring.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in computer science or other technical field or equivalent work experience. Master's or doctoral degree, or similar experience is a plus for senior positions.
Knowledge and Skills:
Exceptional programming skills and be willing to code full time; i.e., candidate will take responsibility for implementing finished products based on algorithms developed.
Demonstrated track record of applying computer science to practical problems (though not necessarily travel or transportation problems).
Research experience in algorithm design and analysis, machine learning, natural language processing, or related areas is a plus.
Highly self-directed, a strong individual contributor and a strong team player.
About ITA Software, Inc.
ITA Software has earned recognition as the leading provider of innovative technology and services for the airline industry, and was also recently named one of the Best Places to Work in 2007 by the Boston Business Journal. Profitable for many years, ITA recently closed $100 million in equity financing - noted as one the largest venture deals to be completed in the New England area over the past five years. ITA Softwares technical roots began in 1996 when it was founded by computer scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Location:
This position is for a full-time employee in Kendall Square, Cambridge. We are conveniently located near the Kendall Square T stop on the Red Line. No agencies please.
Benefits:
ITA Software offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a generous benefits package, which includes 100% paid monthly premiums for you and your family for medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance! ITAs employees also take advantage of a commuter benefit (free parking or T-pass), tuition reimbursement, and professional development. For a complete list of benefits please visit
http://www.itasoftware.com/care...
How to Apply:
If you are interested in this position, please solve one of the programming puzzles found at
http://www.itasoftware.com/care... and send us your solution along with your resume.
We look forward to receiving your submission!