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Agile Ruby Developer

Overview

Top 10 Rails site (Alexa Top 1000) seeking talent for our small Portland, Oregon based development team. AboutUs.org is a structured wiki of all websites. We run much of our site on AWS and are experimenting with other technologies that scale to support hundreds of thousands of users working together on millions of pages. We're venture-backed with a history of leading startups to successful acquisition.

Requirements

We are looking for people to join an elite team. To be successful, you'll need to have already done the following:

• Deployed web applications
• Wielded advanced programming
  • closures
  • metaprogramming
  • distributed computing
  • service-oriented architecture
• Aligned with XP/Agile methods

Our Tools

• Ruby/Rails
• Git/GitHub
• JavaScript/jQuery
• MySQL
• Nginx/Passenger
• Tokyo Tyrant
• AMQP
• AWS: SimpleDB, SQS, EC2, S3
• Linux/CentOS/Ubuntu
• Pivotal Tracker
• New Relic RPM

Our Challenges

• Managing our scale
  • 4000 requests per minute
  • Message queues with 10s of millions of messages
  • Choking Tokyo Tyrant with 100s of gigabytes of data
  • Tables with 10s of millions of rows
• Well-specced code that works seamlessly across heterogeneous DB backends
• Constantly evaluating new technologies in our production environment
• Operating hybrid setups between the cloud and our datacenter

How We Work

• MacBook Pros
• 30in displays
• Pair programming
• Agile workflow
• Small team

Where We Work

• Portland, Oregon (no telecommuting)
• Overlooking the Willamette River and Downtown
• Huge open-plan office

Benefits

• AboutUs provides the following benefits at no cost to the employee:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Basic Life
  • Short/Long Term Disability

How To Apply

• Please send your resume and a cover letter to . Include 'Developer Position - YOUR NAME' in the subject line.

• We're hiring you for your mind. Please showcase it by answering some of the following questions in your cover letter:
  • What is a recent programming insight you discovered and what was intriguing about it?
  • Why do you want to work with us? (be specific!)
  • What Open Source communities/projects are you a part of and why do you like them?
  • Tell us about a time you brought initiative to your team and made a positive change.
  • What modern programmer do you admire and why?
  • How do you learn and keep up with the field of computing?