Genius Pool Jobs

Ruby On Rails Developer - Making Managing Websites/WebApps Easy

World Wide Web Hosting LLC — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:57:05 GMT

The Position Site5 is seeking a mid-level Ruby on Rails developer. The chosen candidate will be working from home with a small group of top-notch, highly knowledgable developers who are passionate about their coding. You will be working on writing a group of related Rails 3.2 applications which are currently being developed from scratch, in-house. The applications will replace our CRM & billing system, Synco, and our client account manager, Backstage. You can read more about them at http://www.eng5.com Our ideal candidate is pragmatic, quick thinking, and a great problem solver. You should not be afraid when google returns 0 results for the answer you're looking for. Below is a list of requirements needed for this position as well as some additional skills that would be desirable.

Skill Requirements

Ruby and object-oriented programming (2+ years)
Rails (2+ years)

Rails database migrations

Testing (Rspec, Shoulda, Test::Unit etc…)

MySQL (including database design and performance tuning)

Prototype or jQuery

API integration experience

Modern HTML & CSS skills

Comfortable working with Git

Able to view solutions from a customer perspective

Additional Skills Desired

cPanel API experience
SOAP

Sinatra

Rack

Active::Merchant

Gem Authoring

SCSS

CoffeeScript

Involved in open source projects

Meet the team:

Justin Mazzi, Chief of Engineering

- Github: http://github.com/jmazzi - Twitter: http://twitter.com/jmazzi - Last.fm: http://last.fm/user/jmazzi

Dan Richert, Software Engineer

- Github: http://github.com/drichert - Twitter: http://twitter.com/drichert - Last.fm: http://last.fm/user/pfoam

Joshua Priddle, Software Engineer

- Github: http://github.com/itspriddle - Twitter: http://twitter.com/itspriddle - Last.fm: http://last.fm/user/nevercraft

Why should you work at Site5? Site5 is very active in the open source community which you can read about more at http://www.eng5.com. You can also have a peek at our projects on Github http://github.com/site5. Here are a few reasons you may enjoy working for Site5:

You will be working from the comfort of your home anywhere in the world!

We are a small company with under 75 team members and have some great opportunities to move up and further your career!

All employees receive 17 days of paid time off per year.

Health/dental/vision insurance is available to U.S. employees.

Your input and suggestions matter, and we encourage them.

We encourage learning new skills and we will pay for the books to help. We want you to grow and move up in the company. Your success is our success!

Emphasis on using and contributing to open source software.

Creative and fun atmosphere. Our development team is just as passionate about their music as they are their code.

Flexible schedule.

Variety of problems to solve.

Freedom to use the tools you want to develop our software.

Ruby on Rails Developer

Unpakt — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:16:39 GMT

Ever hired a mover? 37 million people move every year in the USA, but the process of finding a mover remains stressful and confusing. Unpakt is creating the Kayak of the moving industry, and we are looking for a talented Rails developer. This person loves working in an agile environment, and wants to solve a real-world problem with a large market potential. At the start, you will integrate into our team and work closely with Pivotal Labs, our development partner. Unpakt is a small team with solid financial backing, led by a highly successful entrepreneur. We are creating an intense but fun and respectful culture. Our compensation package includes competitive salary, equity participation, and help with any relocation expenses. Job Description: Test Driven Development Aggressive Refactoring Additional Skills Desired: Experience with testing frameworks SQL Javascript

Lead Ruby on Rails Developer

Unpakt — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:14:34 GMT

Ever hired a mover? 37 million people move every year in the USA, but the process of finding a mover remains stressful and confusing. Unpakt is creating the Kayak of the moving industry, and we are looking for a talented lead developer. This person loves working in an agile environment, and wants to solve a real-world problem with a large market potential. The team lead will take ownership of the code base, mentor others, and communicate effectively with the non-technical members of the team. At the start, you will integrate into our team and work closely with Pivotal Labs, our development partner. Unpakt is a small team with solid financial backing, led by a highly successful entrepreneur. We are creating an intense but fun and respectful culture. Our compensation package includes competitive salary, equity participation, and help with any relocation expenses. Job Description: Test Driven Development Aggressive Refactoring 5+ years’ experience in production software environments Additional Skills Desired: Pair Programming Experience with testing frameworks SQL Javascript Ability to coach less experienced developers Ability to communicate well with non-technical teammates