Top 10 Rails site (Alexa Top 1500 and improving daily) seeking talent for our small Portland, Oregon based development team. AboutUs.org is a structured [[WikiWiki|wiki]] of all websites. We 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.
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We are looking for team-focused, talented programmers. Demonstrated proficiency in Ruby/Rails is a plus. The successful candidate will be punctual, self-motivated, an excellent verbal and written communicator, and comfortable in our fast-paced, highly energetic environment.
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=== Requirements ===
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We are looking for people to join an elite team. To be successful, you'll need to have already done the following:
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* Deployed web applications
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* Aligned with XP/Agile methods
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=== Our Tools ===
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* Ruby/Rails
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* Git
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* JavaScript and jQuery
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* MySQL
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* Nginx/Passenger
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* Amazon's EC2 and S3
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* Linux/Ubuntu
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* Chef
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* Xen
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=== Our Challenges ===
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* Managing scale
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** thousands of requests per minute
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** jigabytes of data (jigabytes!)
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** tables with 10s of millions of rows
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* Continuously evaluating new technologies for use in our production environment
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=== How We Work ===
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* Agile workflow (weekly iterations mediated by a Kanban board)
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* Pair programming in a small team environment
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* Quarterly retrospectives
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* We deploy code to production several times a day
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* MacBook Pros (your choice of OS X or Linux) & 30" displays
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=== Where We Work ===
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* Portland, Oregon (no telecommuting)
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* Overlooking the Willamette River and Downtown
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* Huge open-plan office
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=== Benefits ===
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* AboutUs provides the following benefits at no cost to the employee:
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** Medical
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** Dental
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** Vision
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** Basic Life
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** Short/Long Term Disability
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=== How To Apply ===
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*Please send your resume and a cover letter to <email>25f94e7d8d3b6a2ccf361ff80e221582</email>. Include 'Developer Position - YOUR NAME' in the subject line.
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*We're hiring you for your mind. Please showcase it by answering some of the following questions in your cover letter:
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** What is a recent programming insight you discovered and what was intriguing about it?
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** Why do you want to work with us? (please be specific)
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** What Open Source communities/projects are you a part of and why do you like them?
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** Tell us about a time you brought initiative to your team and made a positive change.
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** What modern programmer do you admire and why?
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** How do you learn and keep up with the field of computing?
