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FetLife: Rails Guy (or Gal) with a Design Eye
Posted about 16 hours ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description

Location: Anywhere

URL: http://fetlife.com

About FetLife

In a very short time, FetLife has become the world's most popular social network for kinky people. With over 540,000 members and over 150 million monthly pageviews, we're only getting bigger, and fast.

FetLife is run by a bunch of geeks who just want to make a difference in this world by writing sexy code and designing intuitive interfaces. We thrive on making stuff that people love using. And we're looking for people just like us to join our family.

If you want to work on a site that hundreds of thousands of people use religiously, and work with peers who take enormous pride in their work, there is probably no better family to join.

And it's true, anyone can talk to the talk. But, we walk the walk. We contribute to open source (http://fetlife.com/fetlife/open_source_projects). We speak at conferences (http://fetlife.com/fetlife/presentations). That's just how we roll.

The 411

We are looking for someone to sit between, and complement, both James Golick (@jamesgolick) and me (@johnbaku) on the team. Someone whose sole focus would be to constantly improve FetLife. Own the vision with us and help us take features and improvements from paper all the way to implementation. Then once deployed, iterate over them because nothing is good enough for you.

Mad skillz needed

You need to possess the following mad skills to join the FetLife family as an Rails Guy (or Gal) with a Design Eye:

Ruby on Rails craftsman. Design patterns are your bitch.
HTML/CSS Standardista. Microformats, amirite?
Test-Driven zealot. You dream in RSpec.
Speaks fluent ruby. kinkster.virgin? ? "hey John!" : "John is so jealous!"
JQuery is your friend. Who needs any other.
Manager of One. We want a leader, not a yes man.

Bonus Points

Bonus points goes to anyone who groks the following and/or has experience with:

Open source contributor. We live and breathe OSS.
HTML Design Skillz. Put John to shame.
System Administration. rm -rf /

Take Note

We are looking to only work with the bomb-diggity. Our peer. Someone who learns from us as much as we learn from them. Someone we'll be proud to say is part of our family and who will play a large role in pushing FetLife forward. If you are not this person, please consider another position.

To apply: Email us at jointhefamily+37s@fetlife.com and let's talk.

Ruby on Rails Developer
Posted about 16 hours ago - http://www.railsjob.com - description

Silicon Valley Start-up Axcient, Inc. is Hiring!!!

Ruby on Rails Developer

Position Summary
Reporting to the VP of Engineering, the Ruby on Rails developer will be a key player in the development of the next generation web UI for the Axcient Uptiva line of products and services.
Major Responsibilities
• Participate in the architecture, design and development of a slick, intuitive web UI
• Create wireframe demos for senior management and all key stakeholders
• Generate tight, efficient, high quality code for the Ruby on Rails mvc framework
• Support the Ruby based user interface development for the Axcient data center

Experience & Skill Set
The ideal candidate will have recent, demonstrated experience delivering an intuitive, visually stimulating web UI for a commercially shipping product using the Ruby on Rails mvc framework .

Meaningful development experience with most of the following is required;

• Consumer centric web UIs where ‘ease of use’ is the key driver
• Three of more years of experience with the Ruby on Rails framework
• Excellent familiarity with Ruby on Rails development environment
• Webservers – mongrel, webrick, apache, etc.
• Web services restful interfaces
• Website wire frames
• Ajax
• Html, xhtml
• CSS
• MySQL

Optional, but highly desirable skill sets;

• Experience with the spring-hibernate mvc framework
• Good programming skills in java and/or c/c++
• Experience with jira and svn
Ideal Personal Characteristics
• Technology Savvy - The ability to come up to speed quickly on new technologies relative to software in complex, non deterministic systems environment.
• Personal Integrity & Initiative – A high-energy individual with sound judgment who is sensitive to the needs of a small and rapidly growing company. Key attributes are intelligence, loyalty, honesty, customer focus and being a team player. A self starter with high motivation to ‘get the job done’.
• Hands-on Orientation – Prepared to be involved in the hands on aspects of software development. Will ‘roll-up-the-sleeves’ and get things done without the assistance of a large supporting organization.
• Excellent Problem Solving Skills – Ability to crack tough technical problems quickly when a solution is not immediately obvious. A combination of mental flexibility, creativity, analytical ability and sound judgment, which is required to develop and execute against seemingly intractable technical problems.

Educational Background
This position requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
Compensation
The important contribution expected of the Ruby on Rails developer is reflected in a competitive compensation program.

tweetmyjobs.com are looking for a Rails/Facebook Developer in anywhere
Posted about 18 hours ago - http://railswork.com - description

Buddy Media: Director of Engineering
Posted about 19 hours ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description

Location: New York

URL: http://www.buddymedia.com/

Buddy Media

In today’s social world, every brand needs a Buddy.

The Buddy Media Platform powers the social marketing efforts of some of
the world’s largest brands and agencies – from Anheuser Busch, Southwest
Airlines, Disney and NHL to TBWA\Chiat\Day, WPP’s M80, Universal
Music/Geffin Records, Digitas and Razorfish among many.

Brands and agencies use the Buddy Media Platform to publish and manage
social content, listen and act on consumer conversations, and analyze
and track results. Agencies also use the Buddy Media Platform to
immediately grow social media revenues, while defending their existing
business from competitors. From publishing an offer to sharing product
news, the Buddy Media Platform gives brands and agencies total control
over their social marketing efforts to make social work.

Buddy Media is a privately held company, based in New York City, founded
by Mike and Kass Lazerow in September of 2007. Buddy Media is backed by
Softbank Capital, European Founders Fund, GreyCroft Partners, Peter
Thiel, Mark Pincus, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon and additional
investors.

Buddy Media is looking for a bright and self-motivated Director of
Engineering. The primary responsibilities of this role will be to manage
and mentor an experienced team of engineers in our New York office with
a goal of building on our already well established suite of social
platform utilities, scaling to meet new demands, and focusing on
stability through excellent standards and process control.

An ideal candidate will have 5+ years worth of experience leading teams
of engineers and working with company stakeholders to meet build
requirements. The candidate should have an expert knowledge of hands on
object oriented programming in a web environment.

The candidate should have intimate knowledge of release processes and be
capable of putting these processes into place. The candidate should
have experience leading frequent code reviews with relevant engineers to
ensure code is maintainable, enhanceable, and adheres to all code
standards.

Responsibilities

-Collaborate with senior business managers on technology, process and
solutions to support strategic initiatives.

-Work within a high performance distributed architecture

-Lead platform development in a LAMP (php) environment.

-Act as release manager for all internal builds.

-Manage multiple individual teams of developers and meet with each
team

leader on a weekly basis.

-Establish release processes and code standards among individual
teams.

-Meet all deadlines as established by senior business managers.

Necessary Skills

-Expert knowledge of the full LAMP stack.

-Expert OOP background with a primary language of any of the above
(PHP, Python, Ruby, Java)

-Source Code Version Control (Git, SVN)

-Expert knowledge of Design Patterns including MVC.

-Expert knowledge of MVC web frameworks.

-Expert knowledge of RDMBS.

-Attention to detail, specifically from a code standard perspective.

-Hands on experience with release process patterns such as Agile and
Waterfall.

-Working knowledge of HTML/Javascript (JQuery).

-XML/XSLT

-Hands on experience with REST/SOAP API structures.

Preferred Skills

-Expert PHP5.

-Hands on Git experience.

-Facebook Platform experience including hands on experience with
FBML,FQL, FBJS, and Open Graph Objects.

Reports to:

VP, Engineering.

Buddy Media Inc. offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive
benefits package including: health insurance, retirement plans, paid
time off and participation in the company equity plan. All benefits
listed are subject to change. Buddy Media Inc. is an equal opportunity
employer.

To apply: To Apply, click here: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=BUDDYMEDIA&cws=1&rid=37

Ruby on Rails Contract Developer Position: 20-30 hrs/wk
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Sr. Web Developer at: US,DC, Washington,
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BiggerPockets.com are looking for a Ruby On Rails Contract Developer in Anywhere: Telecommute
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CrowdFlower: Front-End Designer/Developer
Posted 1 day ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description

Location: San Francisco, CA

About Us:

CrowdFlower is changing the way work gets done. We build a quality control system that distributes work to half a mlilion people around the world, and analyzes the results to guarantee the highest possible accuracy. We have a real business model, our revenues are growing, and were venture-backed. We also have a sweet office in the Mission at 16th and Valencia. Its taco time-all the time.

We offer an array of excellent benefits: health insurance, new MacBook Pros, 30" monitors, free drinks and snacks, indoor bike parking, and flexible work hours. Also, we boast the biggest collection of office plants this side of the Mississippi.

The Job:

Were looking for someone whos equally comfortable relentlessly pursuing a task independently or pairing up to get a job done. You should be able to design and implement the best solution to a given problem from start to finish. Youll work directly with client services to give the best experience to our customers, while continually improving our core product offering-the best crowdsourcing toolset anywhere. We thrive on innovation-our company is at the forefront of the emerging crowdsourced labor market.

Our front-end is used by thousands of people every hour around the world. Everything our engineers do has real and tangible impacts. You wont be just another cog in the machine.

A few things youll focus on as a front-end developer at CrowdFlower:

* Implementing custom interfaces for our clients.

* Distilling complex requirements into simple interfaces that make our account managers jobs easer.

* Improving our documentation and refactoring existing JavaScript as needed.

* Helping us build a solid front-end test suite.

* Ensuring that our interfaces work on modern browsers, as well as Internet Explorer 7 and up. Dont worry, well never ask you to touch IE 6. Ever.

Must-have:

* A solid command of JavaScript. When something breaks, you either know exactly why it broke, or can find out easily.

* The ability to bend CSS to your will. You know what "has layout" means and often dream of forgetting what it means someday.

* A keen eye for design that tends towards simplicity and typography. Every component of your designs has a purpose.

* The ability to manage your time and projects yourself. We dont micromanage.

FTW:

* Ruby skills. Were a Ruby and Merb shop. The more Ruby skills you have, the better.

* A good grasp of exactly why HTML5 and CSS3 are the coolest things since "under construction" animated GIFs.

* A deep and profound love of MooTools.

* Git skills and GitHub repos full of cool stuff youve hacked on.

* Crowdsourcing (the name of our game). Big ups if youre familiar.

To apply: Apply Here: http://www.applytracking.com/x.aspx?track=2aNq0Lh7wH6hceBVn5GTavp7%2fkEjTQ6yK%2fRWWVyh4sAW%2b5%2bFZNd%2fGZXnd4EFlw%2btooqvpQnY25qoguzSto9a2fCGtO3kBRLL

Ruby on Rails Developer- San Francisco at: 94109,CA, San Francisco
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Ruby on Rails / Lamp Dev positions at: USA,CA, San Francisco
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Ruby on Rails Web Developer position available in Chicago. relo paid. at: USA,Illinois, Chicago
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Academia.edu: Academia.edu looking for software engineer
Posted 1 day ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description

Location: San Francisco, CA

URL: www.academia.edu

About Academia.edu

Academia.edu helps academics follow the latest research in
their field. On Academia.edu, academics follow other academics in their field,
and they get a Twitter/Facebook-style News Feed that contains the latest
research from people in their field on Academia.edu – the latest papers, talks,
status updates, and blog posts.

Vision

Our vision is to dramatically speed up the rate at which
research spreads through the world. We want research to spread around the world
at Twitter/Facebook speed. Currently it takes weeks/months and sometimes more
than a year for a paper to hit the desks of everyone in the world who should
hear about it. Our vision is for all research to be channeled to the people who are interested in it in a matter of hours, rather than weeks or months.

We believe that there is an opportunity to make a big impact
on the rate at which research is shared.

Traction

We launched in September 2008, and now have 190,000
academics on the site, and are growing by 10-15,000 academics a month. Users of
Academia.edu include some of the most famous academics in the world, including Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Noam Chomsky, Paul Krugman, and Steven Pinker.

We recently raised our series A from Spark Ventures, and a
number of angels including Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu and Thawte), Rupert
Pennant- Rea (Chairman of The Economist), and Thomas Lehrman (founder of Gerson
Lehrman Group).

Team

We are a team of 6 based in downtown San Francisco (Kearny
and Bush). More info about the team is here: http://academia/about.

What we are looking
for

We are looking for an exceptional software engineer to join
our team. Academia.edu has a very engineer-driven culture. We describe below
how we think about our culture, and also the qualities of the people we want to
join us.

What professional qualities do we admire?

Exceptional
engineering: innovation at the cutting edge of web development to
overcome the complex challenges that can arise.
Obsession
with product and user experience: obsession with creating a great
product, and a great user experience. Feeling anguish and pain when the
site is slow, or when a user interface or feature is bad, and pleasure
when the site is fast and intuitive.
Problem-solving:
intellectual satisfaction from solving problems. Finding the best and
quickest solution to the problem the team is currently working on.
Technical
ambition: pushing the boundaries of the technologies we work with. For
example, when thinking about the best UI for a feature, having no fear in
considering creating a new JavaScript framework, if that is what is
required to make it work right.
Finishing:
finishing products and deploying code. Believing that exceptional
engineering, combined with exceptional creativity, are what makes a
startup succeed.
Versatility:
comfort with tweaking a CSS style or optimizing a SQL query all in the
same morning
Ability
to prioritize features: being able to look at a ton of possible
features on a whiteboard, add more to the mix, and then choose which one
has the highest priority
Being
thoughtful about productivity: thinking about what working
environments and structures ensure optimal productivity. Ensuring that the
right environment and structures are in place for everyone.
Dedication:
willingness to get up at 4am to restart the servers, and then build
something the next day so the servers don’t go down again
Personal
investment in what we work on: caring personally about the impact of
our work on people around the world

What personal qualities do we admire?

Independent
thought: being able to learn from people around us when we need to,
and also challenge them when they need to be challenged
Being
inquisitive: thinking of ways of improving things that we interact
with
Creativity:
being able to develop new ideas for the product and enhance the vision of
the company
Passion
for the Academia.edu vision: passion for building a platform that
could change the way that research is shared and discovered
Keenness
to have an impact on the world around you: keenness to be the one to
build the platform behind Academia.edu. The possibility of positively
improving the lives of millions of people via what we build is very
exciting for us.
Being
visionary: thinking ‘What will the world look like in 10 years’ time,
and how can we build that now?

Experience

What is most important, by far, is that you are a quick
learner who can discover and pick up new techniques fast.

Web
development: you have 2+ years of web development experience
Full
stack: you have experience designing and implementing the full
stack of a web application: sysadmin, database implementation and optimization,
application development, front-end CSS, HTML and JavaScript.
Scaling: ideally
you have some experience scaling an application to deal with an increasing
user base. This is not essential though.

Here are some of the technologies that we work with:

You should be comfortable finding the right tools for the
job while becoming great at whatever tool you're using. Experience with Rails
is a plus, but far more important is your ability to pick up new technologies
quickly.

What are we offering?

The
chance to build an awesome product that could
revolutionize research
The
chance to work in a fun and intellectually inquisitive team

We also offer some nice benefits! You will get a market
salary and stock options. We want to hire someone exceptional, and we want to
be generous with stock options to make this happen.

In addition, you will also get:

health
insurance
any
ergonomic chair of your choosing
a
laptop with two huge monitors
a
smartphone (iPhone/BlackBerry/Nexus One)

Where is the job based?

The job is based in San Francisco. We will help with visas
and other issues relating to re-location.

How do I apply?

If you are interested to learn more, please email Richard
Price at richard--at--academia.edu.

To make your application stand out, please sign up to
Academia.edu, and let us know what you think of the site:

what
is good about the user experience, and what is bad
what
features we have that you think are good, and which are bad, or which are
missing

If you are not affiliated with a university, you can sign up as an independent
researcher. Please be as detailed as possible in your comments on the site.

To apply: If you are interested to learn more, please email Richard Price at richard—at—academia.edu.

Verticalmove are looking for a Full Time Ruby on Rails Developer in San Francisco, CA
Posted 1 day ago - http://railswork.com - description

not disclosed at this time. are looking for a Ruby on Rails Web Developer. Chicago employer - will pay for relocation + interview trip costs. in Chicago, IL
Posted 1 day ago - http://railswork.com - description

Ruby on Rails Web Developer position available in Chicago. relo paid.
Posted 1 day ago - http://www.railsjob.com - description

Junior RoR developer in London based startup at: United Kingdom, London
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Meetup: UI Engineer
Posted 1 day ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description

Location: New York, NY

URL: http://www.meetup.com

Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.

Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.

As a UI Engineer, you
will:

Work
closely with both software engineers and product managers
Design
and implement top notch products
Create
clean maintainable code using primarily JSP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Advocate
for best practices, great usability and exceptional quality

An ideal candidate has:

Expertise
in cross browser markup HTML and CSS
Solid
experience in JavaScript and AJAX
Experience
with a JavaScript framework (MochiKit a plus)
Experience
with designing end-user, web-based applications
Experience
with a server-side web framework (JSP, PHP, Rails, .NET, etc)
Proficiency
with Fireworks, Photoshop or related tools
User
Interface design knowledge
Experience
with a version control system (Git a plus)
A
strong attention to detail and a feeling of pride and ownership over the
quality of our product
Strong
verbal and written communication skills
A
passion and desire to work at a company trying to change the world

Every member of the Meetup Team is expected to: be an Innovator; be a Collaborator;
be a Champion for their ideas; be an Expert; have High Standards; be dedicated
to the power of self-organized groups and our mission of A Meetup Everywhere
About Most Everything ("MEME"); and most importantly, Get Stuff Done
That Makes a Difference!

Meetup is a results-oriented company with an excellent financial footing, a
viable and proven business model, and more importantly, a mission to change the
world. In order to do this, we need your help. If the above describes you
and your passions, we want to hear from you!

To apply: If the above describes you and your passions, we want to hear from you!
To apply: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oQnhVfw9&s=37Signals

Senior App Developer with Ruby at: USA,CO, Denver
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PinchIt, Inc.: Ruby Developer
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Ruby developer
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Spiceworks: UI Application Developer
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Location: Austin, TX

URL: www.spiceworks.com

Summary: What’s
this job about?

At
Spiceworks developing software is not a job… it’s a passion. A passion fueled
by the desire to innovate every step of the way; to have a firsthand impact on transforming
how IT pros get their work done. And to be tirelessly fine-tuning and improving
your ideas based on what end-users really
want and need.

Spiceworks
innovative model combines a network management app with an online community of
over 900,000 IT pros. IT pros from around the world who rely on Spiceworks to
carry out their day-to-day IT responsibilities…and to connect with each other
to exchange tips, IT advice…and even jokes! Called the “Facebook of IT,”
Spiceworks users interact not only with each other, but also with our dev team
– to tell us what features will have the most impact on simplifying their day.
And it’s no coincidence that those are the features that show up in our product
roadmap!

Spiceworks
needs killer developers who will take us to the next frontier of impactful innovation.
Who will take new ideas, run with them and turn them into realities. Realities
that will have a direct and practical impact in the IT trenches. Developers who don’t just code on auto-pilot,
but who will think about usability every step of the way. Who will tap into our user base, interact
with them directly and get real-world feedback and insights to make ideas and
features as relevant and useful as possible in today’s IT trenches.

Responsibilities: What will I do?

As a
Spiceworks Application Developer you will be responsible for the design and
development of entire product features as well as major components. Additionally,
you will contribute to the innovation and evolution of the Spiceworks suite
products. You will also be responsible for designing
consistency and other UI standards across our products (working closely with
other members of the UI team). As with
all development positions at Spiceworks, you will get to work directly with our
growing community of over 900,000 IT pros.

Qualifications:
What does it take to do this job?

·
Object
Oriented programming skills with Ruby-on-Rails ( Python or equivalent)

·
Application and/or web application experience is a must

·
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Prototype) and Ruby-On-Rails

·
Solving large-application/user-level problems

·
Skilled with distributed software (native or webapp)

·
Some experience with SQL is desired

BS or BA in Math, Engineering, Computer Science or related
field preferred

About Spiceworks:

Founded in 2006, Spiceworks™ develops the first free
social business application that combines systems and network management software
with an online community of IT professionals to help over 1 Million IT pros and 140,000 managed service providers (MSPs) simplify everything IT. Spiceworks
makes it easy for businesses to manage their networks, collaborate to solve
technology problems, and find the best practices, products and services they
need day-to-day. Through its Voice of IT™ market research program, the company
enables direct conversations with IT professionals, conducts surveys and
provides insight on important technology usage, staffing and purchasing trends
by small and medium businesses worldwide. Spiceworks is a privately held
company headquartered in Austin, Texas with funding from Institutional Venture
Partners (IVP), Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. For more information visit
www.spiceworks.com.

To apply: www.spiceworks.com/jobs

msnbc.com: Developer, Foundry (Redmond, WA)
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