AboutUs.org/Jobs/Developer
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Agile Ruby Developer
Overview
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 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.
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.
Requirements
We are looking for people to join an elite team. To be successful, you'll need to have already done the following:
- Successfully worked in a team environment with other talented people
- Aligned with XP/Agile methods
- Deployed web applications, preferably at scale
- Navigated complex systems without a lot of hand-holding
Our Tools
- Ruby/Rails
- Git
- JavaScript and jQuery
- MySQL
- Nginx/Passenger
- Amazon's EC2 and S3
- Linux/Ubuntu
- Chef
- Xen
Our Challenges
- Managing scale
- thousands of requests per minute
- jigabytes of data (jigabytes!)
- tables with 10s of millions of rows
- Continuously evaluating new technologies for use in our production environment
How We Work
- Agile workflow (weekly iterations mediated by a Kanban board)
- Pair programming in a small team environment
- Quarterly retrospectives
- We deploy code to production several times a day
- MacBook Pros (your choice of OS X or Linux) & 30" displays
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.
. 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? (please 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?