Open Source Search Social

Following on from the undeniably interesting Search/Lucene social in London last month we’re organising another one… this time broadening the scope a little to other OS search projects and related geekery… Solr, Hadoop, Mahout, etc.

We’re meeting up on Monday the 15th of June, at The Pelican pub (nearest tube Westbourne Park).

If you’re working in the search field and fancy an informal chat then come along. Please sign up on Upcoming or drop me a line if you fancy coming along.

Update 28th May, 16:19:- Added Upcoming link

Search / Lucene social meet-up

Having just finished our product launch (apologies for the gratuitous plug) I’ve now got time to worry about more important things, i.e. organising beers.

We’ll be in The Pelican pub just near the Pixsta offices in Notting Hill from 7pm on the 27th of April. If you’re keen to come along and talk about Lucene, or search in general, then please do. There may also be talk of machine learning, computer vision, distributed systems, etc.

All I ask is that you sign up on the Yahoo event page so that I’ve got an idea about numbers (need to book tables, blah blah blah).

Pixsta job specs

I’ve just noticed that we now have job specs for the positions we’re looking to fill.

Positions include:

• Researcher (machine learning, computer vision)
• Java developer (search, Lucene)
• QA Lead
• Technical Architect (search, Java, SOA)
• Account Managers
• Multilingual Sales

The office is on Portobello Road in west London. We’re playing with some cutting-edge technology, in a positive and enthusiastic environment, so if you’re looking or have any questions then get in touch.

Pixsta hiring developers

Just a quick note to say that Pixsta is hiring developers in London. We’re looking for a range of developers, and ideally a QA engineer. I’d like to hear from software superheroes whatever their experience.

The focus of the work is likely to be search and image processing, mostly in Java, so that’d have to be something that you’d be able to run with. You also have to be eligible to work in the UK.

As for us, we’ve got a solid team, in a sector that’s growing quickly. We’ve got loads of exciting projects, which is why we need more people, and have lots of opportunity for creative talent to spread their wings. Get in touch.

Contact me at richard (at) pixsta (dot) com. No agencies please.