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Posted about 4 hours ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is seeking a Web developer to create the premier online space for training business journalists in an evolving Web-based environment.
Duties include: The Web developer will research and propose a new content management system for businessjournalism.org and transition the site to that system. This position will develop a Web-based registration system for regional and online workshops; will devise creative solutions to deliver just-in-time and scheduled training online, including using podcasts, chats, live and archived video, and real-time meeting software; will be encouraged to develop games and/or other interactive methods to engage and teach journalists how to better cover business. Also, this individual will use social-networking tools to help business journalists connect and share their knowledge through discussion boards, virtual mentoring, user ratings and other ways. This position will be expected to produce results in a fast-moving and challenging environment, creating new training solutions, developing prototypes and experimenting with untested training methodologies on current (Web, iPhone, Google G1, BlackBerry, etc.) and future platforms. The Web developer will be encouraged and expected to produce elegant solutions by thinking creatively.
(onsite) at: Phoenix
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Posted about 4 hours ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
Awesome 3-4 month Contract-To-Hire opportunity with our local Portland Oregon client. We are looking for the best of the best, an outstanding Ruby On Rails developer to join an award winning development team. They are an established full-service interactive agency specializing in interactive marketing and communications.
Working in this role you will:
Work on several open source projects at one time; collaborate with other highly skilled RoR developers. You will be responsible for problem solving, meeting obtainable deadlines, utilizing: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX and basic web UX standards. In this role you must obtain extraordinary communication skills and be exciting about learning new, cutting edge technologies. Prior experience working in a test-driven, AGILE methodology with strong QA knowledge of writing automated test scripts, fixing bugs to enhance existing features is preferred. Proven experience in a UNIX operating system, JavaScript and knowledge of relational database design and normalization. A bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience required. We are looking for a developer with 3-5 years experience developing in Ruby on Rails managing a development team as a lead developer. Please be ready to work directly with outside clients, helping define requirements and architecting new systems.
(onsite) at: USA,Oregon, Portland
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Posted about 4 hours ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
We're a small start-up looking for a skilled Rails developer to come on board and take the technical lead before we launch.
THE BUSINESS
This is a billing application that helps anyone with a revenue share-based business model manage their partners, contracts and transactions. One customer we're talking to has 1300 partners and 200 million transactions annually. We are mainly targeting new media companies and service providers.
THE APPLICATION
The application runs on Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, EC2 and has one component written in C++ for heavy-duty data processing. You don't have to take ownership of the C++ code, but you will be in charge of everything else. It's less than 10k lines of Ruby code and you should be able to master it pretty quickly. The application is almost finished.
THE TEAM
We are one technical person plus two people in sales and business development. Two of us have 10-15 years experience in telecommunications and billing and are well connected in this space.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are bootstrapped, but expect to generate revenue pretty quickly because of our unique value proposition. We are going to give you a significant percentage of the equity to come on board now and you will be the first person to get paid once we start making money. We're hoping you can allocate 10-20 hours a week here in the beginning. (telecommute) at: USA,CA, Santa Monica
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Posted about 4 hours ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
SCVNGR (pronounced "scavenger") is a mobile gaming company founded out of Princeton University. Our patent-pending technology enables organizations and individuals to create location based games, promotions, team building events and interactive tours. We're venture backed by one of the top firms in the country and have seen tremendous growth over the last year, amassing well over 100 clients in 43 states.
We're seeking a talented web developer to join our growing team full-time in our Boston, MA office. The qualifications are listed in more detail below, but the ideal candidate is exceedingly bright and hardworking. Everyday will offer a new challenge, requiring entrepreneurial flexibility, strong motivation and a goal-oriented work style.
Starting salary is 65-80K based on skills and experience. Options and other benefits (great health care, dental) are also provided.
Give us a shout! If you're interested, please send a resume (PDF or plain text) to jobs@scvngr.com. (onsite) at: United States,MA, Boston
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Posted about 6 hours ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: San Francisco, CA
We’re a small, highly profitable company.
You’re a code ninja.
Let’s write sweet, sweet code together.
We already have three popular, viral apps and we’re looking to expand our small team. There’s so much demand for our products that we need great people right away — this is a huge opportunity for the right person.
Some details:
0) You’ll be asked to own development of entire apps, from DB to app code to basic design.
1) You’ll be expected to code fast and well, with little hand-holding.
2) We’re built on LAMP, but have used Ruby on Rails in the past. We’re pretty much technology-agnostic — no set rules, just using the right tool for the job. If you don’t know PHP, that’s no biggie. You can learn it.
3) Bonus points for any/all of these skillz: memcached, jQuery-fu, visual design sense, Facebook API, OpenSocial API, Twitter API, Ruby / Rails, sysadmin-fu, sick chops on a musical instrument
Compensation will be salary, equity, medical, dental, vision, and epic times.
We’re in the midst of getting an office but we’ll be in the Mission.
If you think you might be a good fit, get in touch right away. Thanks for your time!
To apply: Send resume to hot@hotxd.com
Posted 1 day ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: Phoenix, AZ
URL: www.businessjournalism.org
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is seeking a Web developer to create the premier online space for training business journalists in an evolving Web-based environment.
Duties include: The Web developer will research and propose a new content management system for businessjournalism.org and transition the site to that system. This position will develop a Web-based registration system for regional and online workshops; will devise creative solutions to deliver just-in-time and scheduled training online, including using podcasts, chats, live and archived video, and real-time meeting software; will be encouraged to develop games and/or other interactive methods to engage and teach journalists how to better cover business. Also, this individual will use social-networking tools to help business journalists connect and share their knowledge through discussion boards, virtual mentoring, user ratings and other ways. This position will be expected to produce results in a fast-moving and challenging environment, creating new training solutions, developing prototypes and experimenting with untested training methodologies on current (Web, iPhone, Google G1, BlackBerry, etc.) and future platforms. The Web developer will be encouraged and expected to produce elegant solutions by thinking creatively.
Minimum Requirements: At least four years’ experience in Web development; expertise in a variety of programming languages; bachelor’s degree in related field.
Desired Qualifications: Experience in e-learning and knowledge of programming languages such as Apache, Nginx, HTML, XML, JSON, YAML, JavaScript, CSS, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails/Ruby, Django/Python, Drupal-Joomla/PHP, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Air, Postgresql, SQL Server and MySQL. Applicants should have an understanding of emerging technology trends and be on top of their area of specialty.
To apply: Contact DavidHill@businessjournalism.org
Posted 1 day ago - http://www.railsjob.com - description
We're looking for an experienced UI designer for a part-time, short-term contract gig.
Graphics design experience is welcome, but we're looking for someone who's focused on making the user experience better, not making the buttons prettier.
Experience working within a Rails team is required. We need someone who understands how Rails builds pages from partials within layouts.
You'll work for the CTO, but primarily with our CEO to define the screen contents and controls.
We need a committment of at least 15 hours per week. More is better. Pay is somewhat negotiable, DOE, but we're targeting the $20-30/hr range. European and Eastern European candidates are especially welcome as our CEO will be working from France for the next couple of months. US-based candidates are also welcome, but hours of availability are important.
Feel free to contact me if you'd like more information before applying.
Posted 1 day ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: London
URL: http://www.withassociates.com/We-re-recruiting
Working With
We’re looking for a fourth person to join our full-time team, though exactly what sort of person is the first job we’d like you to help us with.
About us
We’re a small digital agency operating out of a North London studio which we love. We also love what we do.
Don’t let all this ‘loveliness’ distract though. We’re dedicated and serious about what we do, and expect the people we work with to feel the same about what they do.
What we actually do is work with businesses of all sizes on building digital solutions that fit their businesses and budgets. Be that a CMS driven website or aggregating 3rd party tools and services.
Clients and Associates
Our size gives us the agility to work with a broad range of clients, from independent artists to international furniture manufacturers, via NESTA supported start-ups, collectives and renowned design agencies.
The job
The core of the role is working with Rails in a supporting role to our Technical Director. In addition to this, knowledge of the following will add great weight to your application:
Ruby (not just Rails)
TDD
Git
Javascript
HTML/CSS
Full time £20K – £30K depending on experience.
The ideal candidate
Your first brief then is to help us define the level of your role:
Are you a junior developer, or relatively new to Rails from another background, and wishing to dedicate your energies and grow your skills on a variety of projects?
Or are you more mid-weight in experience, and able to make this role your own and convince us that your abilities are what our company should be investing in?
Either way, either level, we want someone who can be part of our team as opposed to just working in it. We’re looking for your ideas as well as your skills.
To apply: Email your CV / GitHub profile to hello@withassociates.com
Posted 2 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: San Francisco, Ca
URL: http://doloreslabs.com
Dolores Labs is a completely rad startup in San Francisco that does lots of really awesome stuff. Let me tell you a little bit about what we want you to do.
Skills that are a must
- Startup: You’re able to learn quickly, design creative solutions, and work independently.
- People: As a client liaison you’ll have to do things like communicate.
- Ruby: We’re a Ruby shop, you should be familiar.
- Unix: Our servers are Ubuntu, our workstations are f-ing unibody MacBook Pros.
- HTML / CSS: Screw Dream Weaver, you write it all by hand.
- JavaScript frameworks: We use MooTools. JQuery’s cool. You just need to be able to write solid JS.
FTW
- MVC Web frameworks: We use both Merb and Rails.
- GIT: That’s right, none of that non-distributed version control nonsense.
- Side projects: You have a pet project that you’ve open sourced and enjoy hacking on.
- Crowdsourcing: You’ve played with Mechanical Turk.
- Taste: You take using emoticons seriously. Last night you ate wild boar with blackberry compote.
- Humor: You have a sense of it. ;)
More about the job
Help our clients successfully crowdsource their tasks by writing code to support their specific needs. Iterate on various crowdsourcing projects and interface with the client. Contribute to Dolores Labs’ suite of tools and utilities to make crowdsourcing a breeze for our clients
More about DLabs
We get work done. Work that usually takes less than a minute for any lay person to complete. We have created a number of tools that make it easier to create, perform and analyze this work. The labs was founded by myself Chris Van Pelt, and Lukas Biewald. There are thousands of people around the world working for us, 7 of us here in San Francisco. We’re funded and generate revenue. You can find out more at our website, http://doloreslabs.com.
Peace
To apply: Send your amazing resume to resumes@doloreslabs.com
Posted 2 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: http://heroku.com
Do you love to program in Ruby? Do you get a serious kick out of tracking down hard-to-pinpoint issues, and solving problems for customers? If so, we need you to lead our budding support team here at Heroku.
Your primary responsibility will be daily customer support. That means investigating reports, working closely with our engineering team to fix bugs and keeping our knowledge base stocked with useful answers to the most common issues.
In addition, there will be ample opportunity for you to shape and influence our entire support workflow. If you’re obsessively DRY, and have the chops to build tools that automate tedious tasks, this is definitely the place for you!
At Heroku you’ll work on a truly game-changing product with some of the coolest people in the business. Our work environment is fun and flexible with all the perks you’d expect from an industry-leading startup.
We’re based in the SOMA area of San Francisco, and expect you to primarily work out of our office.
To apply: Send your resume to jobs@heroku.com
Posted 2 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: Cambridge, MA (Kendall Square)
URL: http://www.google.com
Gupta Media is an online agency in Cambridge, MA, specializing in the entertainment/music industry. Our recent projects include work for E3, Universal Music, Sony Music, MoMA, Bonnaroo and other entertainment properties.
We are looking for a rock-star user experience developer who will push the envelope and create the user experience for current and future projects. Our products thrive on the leading edge of technology, whether it’s applying social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Ning, or harnessing Cloud technology to drastically change the way advertisers reach their audience online.
The ideal candidate lives and breathes DHTML/CSS/JavaScript, has 2-5 years experience in a UI development position, creates compelling visual mockups and storyboards, and is a fountain of knowledge in web technology. Folks who bring creations to life in Ajax-driven HTML (EXT, JQuery, Dojo, YUI, …) as well as Flex, Flash, & ActionScript will have a huge impact here.
Responsibilities:
- Develop compelling user interfaces for our online products
- Deliver working code in a rapid prototyping environment
- Work with software engineers, project managers, graphic designers,
and clients throughout the entire project cycle
Required Qualifications:
Education and experience:
- BS/BA or higher in Graphic / Information / Digital Media Design
- 2-5 years experience in web-based User Interface development
- Successful delivery of multiple web and/or software applications
Creative skills:
- Creates strong, clean screen layouts with clear information design and crisp typography
- Possesses a User-centered design philosophy and a great eye for detail
- Envisions creative approaches to complex design problems and conveys ideas into tangible form
Communication skills:
- Collaborates effectively with others in a cross-functional team, and is able to rationalize and present design ideas and decisions effectively
- Prioritizes and manages work to adhere to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
Technical skills:
- Highly proficient in several web development technologies (XHTML/DHTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX, Flex, Flash).
- Fluent in PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash, or similar products
- Experience with PHP, Ruby, SQL a bonus
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits commensurate with experience
Please no phone calls, no resumes without portfolios.
- Location: Kendall Square/Cambridge
- Compensation: commensurate with experience.
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don’t contact this job poster.
To apply: gogi@guptamedia.com
Posted 2 days ago - http://railswork.com - description
Does the idea of developing a wide range of web applications sound appealing to you?
Are you capable of adapting to new technologies and design trends in order to master your craft?
If so we’d like to hear from you. Your role will be to work on various projects, ranging from Facebook apps to Ruby on Rails applications.
Who you are
You will be someone who loves working through the entire technology stack, database to browser. You love great software build applications for yourself and friends just as an excuse to learn new languages and technologies.
As much as you love the elegance and power of good architecture, your number one focus is delivering software to do the job that you pride yourself on doing well.
You are comfortable with agile methodologies that allow a software team to execute quickly and effectively.
When a project requires a new skill-set, you don’t shy away from the problem and instead adapt yourself to create a solution.
You are a seasoned veteran that has kept his or her skills up to date or you are still in college and want to get some production experience under your belt.
Who we are
We are a new consulting firm in the Detroit area looking for local experts. Our client base is quite diverse and so we offer a wide range of potential projects for our employees.
We are passionate about agile development and all of our projects have short development cycles.
Telecommuting is ok, but once we transition to offices we would like everyone to work from there for the majority of their time.
Posted 3 days ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
You: A Ruby on Rails rockstar with at least 6 months of Ruby experience who is tired of working for a Web 2.0 wanna-be and wishes you worked for a company with a real strategy, lots of visibility and the latest technology.
Us: An innovative consumer technology company, with amazing people, proven track record, real revenue and a tangible future.
We are a fast-moving, energetic company developing the next generation of consumer portals. The management team has a track record of building profitable Internet companies. We are adding smart and creative people to our dev team. The weapon of choice is Ruby on Rails. We prefer our candidates to know Ruby inside and out, but have a VERY strong team so if you're a talented engineer who's been aching to jump on the Ruby on Rails train, give us a shout!
A few perks:
Hip office in a great location
Pick any hardware and OS you like: laptop/desktop, Mac/Linux/Win
Bi-weekly company happy-hour parties
Fully stocked fridge: snacks/soda/lunches
Compelling and meaningful work…that really makes a difference
Fantastic colleagues
Nintendo Wii with Excite Truck (onsite) at: USA,CA, San Francisco
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Posted 3 days ago - http://learningruby.jobcoin.com - description
Company: RoundPegg
Location: Boulder, CO
Description:
Writing a Rails front-end for a startup in Boulder Colorado looking to bring companies and people together in more successful ways!
Please apply by sending a story about writing a rails app for someone and another story about the worst job you ever had.
To Apply:
Posted 3 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: Montreal
URL: www.webdweller.com
About us
o Webdweller is an innovative startup and a passionate team that will transform online advertising.
• Position summary
o We are seeking a talented and experimented Ruby on Rails developer to create high volume
frontend,cuttingedge web sites and backend
applications.
o The ideal candidate must have demonstrated proficiencies in developing webbased applications and have completed at least one major project or product.
• Responsibilities
o Using Ruby on Rails with front‐end & back‐end technologies, design, develop, unit test, timize and deploy and document scalable web applications.
o Participate in the code and architecture design;
o Participate in the automation of continuous integration and deployment between development, integration and production stages.
o Provide support and perform system maintenance / upgrades.
• Qualifications and experience
o Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of professional web development experience or 5+ years of professional web development experience.
o Mandatory Skills
- Strong knowledge of Ruby on Rails; prior experience developing a Ruby on Rails application is a must;
- Strong knowledge with OO design patterns and agile engineering practices (e.g., test‐driven development, object‐oriented design,
refactoring) and SOA architectures (i.e., web services design, integration with 3rd party services);
-Strong experience with common web development technologies HTML,CSS, XML, JSON, HTTP, JavaScript (e.g.: AJAX, JQuery, Prototype), HTML,CSS other related technologies.
- Good experience developing, testing, deploying and maintaining web applications using Open source technologies (i.e. LAMP, Java, Python,
Rails).
- Minimum of 3 years experience with SQL‐related database development and administration (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL);
- Comfortable with UNIX environments, shells, version control systems (e.g., Subversion, Git) and Capistrano;
- Experience with concurrency and distributed systems.
• Candidates should possess the following characteristics:
o Design and develop clean and reliable code;
o Excellent at problem solving;
o Being pragmatic to get the job done;
o Work in small teams or small companies, deliver tasks in a fast‐paced environment;
o Work with agile development processes (e.g.: SCRUM);
o Communicate, fluently with team members; give and receive feedback;
o Be self‐motivated. Excel at converting needs into solutions even in the absence of
detailed specs and requirements documentation;
• Optional skills & experience
- Amazon Web Services (e.g., S3, EC2);
- UNIX system administration;
- Python and Java J2EE programming skills;
- UML design;
- Released products / personal work demonstrations.
• Language requirements
o French, English.
To apply: send a resume to fbrunel@webdweller.com
Posted 3 days ago - http://www.railsjob.com - description
Ruby on Rails Developer - Work From Home!
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Compensation: $40/hr(C2C all inclusive)
Position: 6-month contract likely to extend up to 1 year. Work remotely from home.
** Candidates must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident (Green) Card holders **
Description
This is initially a 6-month contract but is likely to extend to up to a year. Also, this contract allows you to work from home. You will likely meet other team members once per week but you'll be working remotely most of the time. Because of the in-person team meetings weekly or biweekly, we can accept only local candidates at this time.
The company provides a service, primarily to the mortgage industry, acting as a processor for IRS and SSA requests for income and identity verifications. The customer uses an existing online application (Ruby on Rails) to enter information for the request. They then fax official documents to the company. The back office operation then matches up the faxes with the online orders, formats them properly, verifies that all the information is legible, within the legal requirements for the request and then batches the requests for processing by the IRS or SSA. The current implementation has some software to support operations but still involves quite a bit of paper copying and scanning. The system under development has a goal to eliminate all paper and dramatically improve back end operator throughput.
The back end is Ruby on Rails 2.x (Linux) with PostgreSQL database. Knowledge of Oracle and/or SQL Server 2005/2008 is a big plus considering the backend database is going to change to one of these very soon. The new front end is Flex 3 (Flash 10). Flex 3 experience is a plus but not required. The new system will run parallel with the existing system with the longer term goal to eventually replace the existing system completely. Performance monitoring, reporting and dashboard type views are also planned.
Required Experience
- Ruby on Rails 2.x
- Linux
- PostgreSQL database or other database experience
- FLEX 3 (Flash 10) experience a plus but not required
Feel free to call/mail me for further details ASAP
Regards,
Yatish Patel
LogicMinds, LLC.
Phone: (972) 853 7327
Fax: (858) 876-1655
E-mail: yatish@logic-minds.com
Yahoo IM: yatishpatel07
G-Talk: yatishpatel07
Web: www.logic-minds.com
Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
Do you eat code for breakfast?
We are looking for talented coders to enhance the Assembla.com Ruby on Rails application, and to design new tools and repository features.
Apply online at https://www.assembla.com/search/show_job/333
You will work with other great developers who have succeeded in our trial process. We work on interesting startup projects and leading edge cloud services. You set your own hours. You will build your experience and reputation leading distributed agile development.
We are looking for full-time, or part-time with more than 25 hours per week available. We want to work with the best, and create long term relationships. We will offer you some trial tasks, with immediate payment, and learn to work together. If that goes well we will offer you a long-term contract.
You can work anywhere in the world and set your own hours. You should have a computer and a broadband Internet connection.
Be sure to post a resume, a desired hourly rate, and the numbers of hours that you have available per week.
(telecommute) at: USA,MA, Needham
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Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
Do you have a passion for building innovative web applications that will be used by hundreds of thousands of developers? Aptana (www.aptana.com) is updating and expanding its suite of online services and is seeking savvy, full-time engineer to develop the Web user interfaces for a suite of new product and service offerings. We need you to help build out online services that support the needs of developers creating, debugging, testing, and deploying web applications.
Responsibilities:
Write front-end code in Ruby, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript
Work closely with product management to design and implement key front end interfaces
Help to design and evolve REST based APIs
Assist in driving requirements for distributed data and management services
Be part of an agile team and create a culture that attracts the best of the best
Location:
This is a full-time position at Aptana's headquarters in San Mateo, CA.
Aptana, Inc. is conveniently located right at the Highway 101 and Highway 92 interchange.
We are about a 10 minute bike ride from the Hillsdale CalTrain station.
Compensation & Benefits:
Aptana believes in competitive compensation and benefits that matches our expectations of your quality talents, strong motivation to do great work, and ability to bring out the best in your peers.
(onsite) at: USA,CA, San Mateo
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Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
We are seeking experienced software developers to design, implement, and improve our Ruby-on-Rails-based local news platform. You have experience building and scaling user-focused web applications, are an independent and creative thinker, and have a strong desire to take ownership of software projects at an early-stage company. Links to current projects a plus, open-source projects a bigger plus. (onsite) at: USA,NY, New York
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Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: www.seriousbusiness.com
ABOUT SERIOUS BUSINESS
Serious Business is dedicated to building the best social games on the web. Located in San Francisco, CA, Serious Business has 18 employees focused on building the next generation of engaging social games. Serious Business was founded in 2008 and raised $4 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners in 2008.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Serious Business Flash Game Developer is responsible for the design and creation of flash-based games. The candidate must have professional experience in creating both real-time and asynchronous flash-based multiplayer games. The candidate must have a solid grasp of game systems design and general software design. Both front-end and back-end development experience is highly desired. Strong UI/UX skills is a must.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Designing and implementing Flash games using ActionScript 3
- Designing and implementing modular and highly-performing server-side game logic
- Designing and implementing database schema and access mechanisms
- Strong advocate during concept and design phases
- Design game mechanics and balance
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-4 years programming experience creating Flash (ActionScript 2 and 3) games
- 2-4 years programming experience with AJAX, JS, CSS, & DHTML
- 1-2 years programming experience with Ruby a plus
- Ability to quickly prototype and iterate towards production-level quality
- Comfortable with developing on Unix environments (Mac OS X and Linux)
- Must furnish a portfolio of playable Flash games prior to consideration
- Must furnish sample code prior to consideration
CULTURE
We are serious about culture here at Serious. More than just great engineers, we want to hire great people. We are going to be spending a LOT of time together, so we want you to know our expectations up front:
- Smart, this is Serious Business after all
- Gets things done – we value prototypes and code over posturing and talk
- Agile, tee dee dee, able to work on a variety of projects
- We’re a team – so everybody does the dishes
- Entrepreneurial – everybody has serious ownership and serious say in Serious Business
- Excited to work on projects with lots of unknowns and designing elegant solutions for problems that have quite literally never been solved before
LOCATION
Downtown San Francisco (2nd and Market)
PLUS LOTS OF BULLET POINTS
- 30 inch monitors (because we love pixels)
- Aeron chairs (used from Craigslist, but hey)
- MacBook Pros (standard)
- Full health, vision, dental
- Commuter passes
To apply: Send code samples, portfolios, and resumes to work@seriousbusiness.com and let us know how you heard about the job. Principals only, please. We will not accept any leads outside of our existing recruiter relationships.
Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.rubynow.com - description
Spymaster is the social game that has taken Twitter by storm. Ever wanted to develop fun, addicting games for large communities of passionate users? Now’s your chance! We’re a small group of fun, highly-motivated Internet geeks. We work hard, and play harder. We’re looking for a few more people who share our passion to join us. Salaries are competitive and benefits include health and dental. Excitement level is high, and coffee cups are full. We also enjoy kick-ass music while we work.
We’re looking for karate-choppin’ code ninjas to help us continue to build and improve Spymaster, as well as develop our other top-secret projects. (onsite) at: USA,CA, San Francisco
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Posted 4 days ago - http://www.mirrorplacement.com - description
Tags: San Francisco, Fulltime, On-site, Team Member, VC Backed Startup, Jeans & Sandals
We are creators of the social game that has taken Twitter by storm. Ever wanted to develop fun, addicting games for large communities of passionate users? Now’s your chance! We’re a small group of fun, highly-motivated Internet geeks. We work hard, and play harder. We’re looking for a few more people who share our passion to join us. Salaries are competitive and benefits include health and dental. Excitement level is high, and coffee cups are full. We also enjoy kick-ass music while we work.
We’re looking for karate-choppin’ code ninjas to help us continue to build and improve our social game, as well as develop our other top-secret projects.
Requirements
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BS in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent experience - 3-5+ years working with Ruby
- 1-2+ years working with Ruby on Rails
- Good testing practices
- MySQL, Linux, Git
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Experience developing social network-specific applications - Experience working with social network data portability protocols (ex. Facebook Connect, MySpace Data Availability, OpenSocial, etc.)
- Experience with large scale Rails deployments
Bonus Points
Posted 4 days ago - http://jobs.37signals.com - description
Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: www.yola.com
Does the idea of developing a white label version of the Facebook Platform attract you? Do you think you’re capable of developing a docking system that would easily give an embedded web application access to a host website’s resources?
If so we’d like to hear from you. Your role will be to develop simple, lightweight ways in which one web application can dock with another application and interface with the host’s authentication, billing and messaging systems.
Who you are
You will be someone who loves working through the entire technology stack, database to browser. You love great software and efficient software development and build applications for yourself and others just as an excuse to learn new languages and technologies.
You are comfortable with techniques such as XP that allow a software team to execute effectively but also want to exploit similar short feedback loops applied to the customer discovery side of the business. You are familiar with and interested in the Lean Startup methodology.
As much as you love the elegance and power of good architecture, your number one focus is delivering software to do the job and you pride yourself on doing that well. When work is over you like to go away and live the rest of your life to the full and you have hobbies or sports you love to pursue.
Who we are
We are Yola, a $25M VC backed startup in SOMA San Francisco. With over 2M users in our first two years of operation we are building out an online publishing platform for businesses and are one of Business Week’s top 50 startups to know about in 2009. Our CEO, Vinny Lingham was recently nominated as one of the Young Global Leaders of the year by the World Economic Forum.
You will be the lead engineer for Clickpass – a company acquired by Yola and which is now building Yola’s platform strategy. You’ll get all of the all the equipment you need, great benefits and free lunches (delivered in). Most importantly you’ll also get to work with great people including former Googlers, EBay-ers and dyed-in-the-wool startuppers.
Requirements
Ruby on Rails
AJAX / Javascript
Enthusiasm for fast, iterative development (hypothesis and test)
Understanding of and experience with metrics-driven development
Compensation
Competitive salary
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
401k contribution matching
How to apply
Please respond to this advert with your resume and a note as to what it is about the position that attracts you. We have a great team only consider candidates that take the time and care to talk about why they are interested in our specific position.
Application deadline
12AM, Wednesday 7th July
To apply: Apply Here: http://www.applytracking.com/x.aspx?x=qmAaYBtO9cxDqteHV8kh4kiSYcKWq4jNb%2forj0X5fEk%3d
