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Our company seeks a full time developer with the ambition to be more than just a cog in a giant machine. This is not just an ordinary job and we are not an ordinary company. We hate the mundane and we avoid the boring, normal, and easy jobs because we aim to be at the forefront of Web 2.0 development. The ideal developer is an avid learner who is excited about web application development and wants significant growth potential in a job. This person must be ready for a job that is hands-on, demanding, and deadline-focused, but that also fosters entrepreneurship, promises on-the-job training, and provides a work environment that allows developers the freedom to work however is most productive for them. Our company is a rapidly growing team of international coders! We share a few things in common: * We are passionate about development --> this is actually fun for us! * We are all sponges for learning -- we love learning new technologies and are quite good at it. * We are high-velocity people -- speed is everything, and we are quick problem solvers. * We are agile developers -- we get that the old rules don't work anymore! We are open to bringing on people who are in any country -- as long as they are good communicators and flexible with hours. This position will involve WORKING WITH A TEAM -- which means being online and available, and teaming up to solve hard problems. Further, this is a full-time ongoing position -- not just one gig. So we are looking for the hourly rate you would charge if we brought you in for 160 hours a month, ongoing. We expect some type of discount over a regular fee, obviously. This is a JOB -- not just one consulting project. Which means it will be much more profitable for you. Consulting projects are uncertain and inconsistent. This is the opposite. Please DO NOT apply unless you are interested in full-time work as an INDIVIDUAL being part of our team. (If you are representing a company, only apply if you are willing to dedicate us 1 individual full-time - who will interface with our team.) Thanks! Jobs at richappsconsulting dot com

Let's face it, good help is hard to find. But, we still keep crossing our fingers that the occasional Ruby ock star will grace us with his or her interest. Like many startups, we think we're cool. Like many startups we're even making a little money. Unlike many startups, we're under no illusions about how hard what we're trying to pull off is. What we're doing hasn't been done in the United States before until now. This is going to be huge, or blow up in a grand and fiery burst of worthless stock options. What you'll be doing: -A lot of web apps programming for a non-public site. Here's what we need from you: -An open mind. Our product isn't sexy, but the work behind the scenes is. -Ruby knowledge that kicks major butt. On Rails is even better! -Be a damn good big picture thinker & number cruncher. Here's what you'll get from us: -Crazy people passionate about an important cause. -An awesome line item on your resume. -The opportunity to work with serial entrepreneurs. If you haven't started your own company yet and would some day like to, you can't pass this up.

Software Engineer @ SlideShare Is SlideShare (www.slideshare.net) For You? Do you ... * know that Ruby can scale, and want to prove it to the world? * get excited about building products that will be *immediately* used by millions of people? * love coding in ruby, with or without the rails framework? * want to shape the direction of the next wave of online social media? * love thinking about cool technical problems (examples: making tagging work over millions of items, designing REST APIs that don't suck)? If this sounds like your kind of gig, then check out this slideshow to understand a bit more about us. http://www.slideshare.net/rashmi/meet-dave-meet-slideshare/ Cool, you're back. Isn't Dave a hoot? We're looking for a passionate and talented software engineer to help us take slideshare to the next level. SlideShare is THE best place on the web to share presentations ... think "the youtube of powerpoint" and you won't be too far off the mark. We launched in October 06, are growing fast (4.5 million monthly visitors last month), and we just got funded! http://tinyurl.com/6zakh9 We have to offer: -existential bliss: every week millions of people will use the code you wrote last week -you get to work on one of the biggest Ruby on Rails sites on the web -birds-eye view of a thriving social media site -things get a bit exciting sometimes, especially when we stand up for free speach! http://tinyurl.com/3kq6st -fun work environment. No bureaucracy, meetings, or politics -great commute/lifestyle (office is in SOMA district of SF, near BART and CalTrain) -competitive salary and benefits -generous equity package -bad-ass mac laptop and a big external monitor free with every purchase! -access to a recording / mixing studio (it came with the office, and the landlord is cool with letting people use it) You should be: - independent-minded hacker/architects who gets off on scaling challenges and beautiful code - you're not a sysadmin, but you could play one on TV - you've made good stuff before (personal projects, open source, or work projects that were all you) and can show us the code - you have lots of ideas about how to make websites (especially slideshare!) better Bonus points for: - Already an expert in Ruby / Rails - Previous experience building and nurturing big consumer internet sites - Previous sysadmin experience or deep Linux/MySQL admin skills What we're looking for are people are eat, drink, and breath code, live on the web, and have sysadmin-level skills configuring Linux and MySQL. Tags: ror ror mysql python php s3 ec2 linux social_media social_networking munin monit nagios cacti sphinx lucene facebook opensocial Write jon AT slideshare DOT net for more details. Include a resume, and if possible some sample code.

We are a comedy and entertainment site that needs a Ruby person to help with fixes, tweaks, ad integration, new feature roll outs. Part-time but on-going work. Please send resume and your rate. Thanks.

About Us -------- Backed by one of the most notable VC firms in the world, we are looking for an exceptional RoR developer to join our currently small & strong team. We are a new and progressive venture in the healthcare industry. Yet we have real revenue, real paying customers, and are growing at an alarming rate. We apply aggressive process analysis, develop user-centered web applications and cutting edge IT infrastructure to provide excellent customer service, quality care, and seamless process integration for our doctors and internal admin staff. We are a very small team and intend to stay that way and maintain our solid and fiscally responsible business model. ** We are revolutionizing healthcare and therefore NO HEALTHCARE experience is needed! We want fresh ideas from other industries. We want your analytical approach and your innovative solutions. If you care about the customer and care about delivering great solutions then we want to meet you. ** Proven successful management team hails from Stanford, Princeton, Yale and has successful track record of previous startups. About You --------- * Personality You must be able to interact with our receptionists, doctors, and nurse team in order to learn their process, form open and direct relationships in order to hear their day-to-day struggles and brainstorm creative solutions. We know that "personality" isn't a typical requirement of engineers --> but it is in this case. * Confident Perhaps to the point of being a bit "pushy" with your ideas. We want you to have convictions! We are looking for someone that has a passion for doing things right and making trade-off decisions among various technical approaches. Must be comfortable to debate and defend your positions and to push for change. * Passion for the customer You should WANT to dig in and learn our business and the complex processes that people in the healthcare industry grapple with day-to-day. There are tons of inefficient and manual process steps that we can simplify (or eliminate) with clever web application solutions thereby adding loads of value and happiness in the process (we're already doing this!) * Computer Science Degree We understand that there are many people out there today who "code", and that's great. With our small team, we're looking for people who can hold their own in terms of algorithm discussions, performance optimizations, potential hardware trade-offs, etc. For this reason, we're only interested in great developers that also have a BS in Computer Science or equivalent. * Smart and hard working Ready to take on responsibility and take action. Team is not willing to push you. You'll be working 99% of the time without any supervision (just guidance on priorities and technical collaboration). The ideal candidate will come in, ask how they can help, take on projects, and run with them. * Ruby on Rails This is a MUST HAVE. We're looking for someone who can be our resident guru. We've brought together a crack team of engineers from various other language disciplines and specialties and we're programming in RoR right now, but we want someone that can be our resident expert and provide that resource so we don't fritter around with things you already know and can steer us accordingly. Even 2 years of experience in RoR is adequate to meet "guru" in our eyes if you've gone deep in it. * Other stuff that would be great Very strong Javascript background, CSS and DOM knowledge jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous desired Unix/Linux background (Ubuntu and Amazon EC2 experience a plus) Strong DB/SQL skills, MySQL preferred Work Environment & Team Dynamics -------------------------------- * Location A combination of working remotely (80%) and in-office (20%). We generally meet physically 1 or 2 days per week at our office in downtown San Francisco. Other than that we're using Skype, WebEx, and IRC to sync up on the day's activities and priorities and then it's back to IRC to get stuff done. For this reason, we think that a minimum of 5 years of work experience is required --> otherwise the remote work aspect may prove challenging. * Small team This is why it's essential that we find the right fit. * High productivity No red tape or bulky process --> heavy on results, light on process Embrace TDD/BDD style of development with an eye for code refactoring * Learn the business Your first few days will be spent doing training with our receptionists and doctors in one of our clinics, learning the human processes we want to automate and simplify. We want you to know our business! * Full stack Our team "does it all" at this point. Web server instances, database care, automated testing (rspec & selenium), deploy scripts, etc. At some point as we grow we'll specialize, but for now you can get great exposure to a very broad set of responsibilities and functions while you simultaneously bring your own unique talents and specialties to the team. * Technologies We're using lots of the latest technologies: Ruby on Rails, Memcached, EC2, S3, Prototype, Scriptaculous If you meet the criteria --> give a holler ------------------------------------------ VERY IMPORTANT: Although we would love to hire this person as soon as possible, we are not in a rush and we are not desperate to hire the first person that comes along. Our current operations are running just fine and we're adding revenue customers every day. But we'd love to accelerate even more projects that improve our profitability and user happiness. Therefore, we can take our time to look for the right person. Please only apply if you meet the criteria. Startup energy and interest is a must. We work hard, push each other and have fun along the way. We'll use your answers to the questions below to follow-up with phone screens. After the phone screen there will be an onsite coding test with one of your potential teammates (not HR) to showcase your skills (should be a positive thing!) 1. What sounds great about this opportunity? Why are you interested? (This helps us immediately weed out the desperate, shotgun blast people) 2. What’s the coolest project or technology you've worked on? 3. What are your 3 biggest strengths wrt what we're looking for? 4. Why are looking for a new opportunity? 5. Attach your resume Thanks. We look forward to meeting you!

Most internet startups think they've got something really cool that people are gonna like. Some even claim they're the next big thing. Of course they can't really be objective and neither can we about our startup. The difference is that our claims are way bigger! We're going to change the world and revolutionize the social web, recommendation systems, and ultimately the internet and all of commerce. Unlikely? You bet. But don't you want to be a part of the excitement and ditch your boring job and your idiot boss? We are looking for a few super-smart web application developers who want to be part of the revolution from the very start, joining a team of heroes out to change the world. Want more info? Visit our blog and show us how brave you are. No cape required. You must have broad web development, systems and scaling skills and proven abilities - extra points for experience with Facebook apps, as we will be bootstrapping part of the growth on FB. You must be passionate, innovative and ready to join the next internet revolution at the very start. Note that we are currently looking for seed funding, so we don't expect full time commitment at this time - but we want to know who may be interested in joining the team when the time comes. And it should be soon. Email us at cognase.com, username is ben, with your CV and we can set a time to meet and tell you more about the revolution.

Hi, We're a London-based start-up looking for a front and a back end developer on an hourly or contract basis. We're working with a large international publisher on an exciting new online dictionary project. See our competition site for details and the gist: http://www.speechbox.com If this excites you, and you have the required experience below, then please drop us a line with your CV, contact details, availability and rate. Please note, you must be based in the UK (London preferable) as we will want to meet you (if chosen) to discuss your experience and explain our ambitions and plans. We'd also like to meet with you on a regular face-to-face basis (once every 2-3 weeks), to get that team vibe going. Position One: We're looking for a Rails developer to work on extending our dictionary/thesaurus search functionality. At least 1 year experience developing Rails applications At least 4 years building web applications MySQL Any merb experience would be a bonus Prior experience with Amazon S3/EC2 also helpful but not required Solid software architecting skills (Performance/Scaling/Patterns) Experience with TDD/BDD preferred BSc in Computer Science or equivalent UK-based Position Two: Front-end Developer wanted with the following skills: XHTML/CSS2.1 in a Ruby/Rails environment SASS jQuery svn Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks Exacting eye for detail Superior IE taming abilities At least 3 years experience Send details to: dev@speechbox.com We look forward to hearing from you.

Avid Life Media is looking for Ruby rockstars to join our team in Toronto. Avid Life Media is a network of niche online destinations. We most recently acquired HotOrNot (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/hotornot-apparently-very-hot-acquired-for-20-million/) and 3 of the top 100 Facebook apps. Avid has a strong management team with a great track record for creating profitable companies (and two IPOs). We are now looking to develop a world class engineering team in Toronto that is passionate about building consumer facing web apps from the ground up. Entrepreneurial? Think you have what it takes? Email raja[at]avidlifemedia[dot]com

We are still in stealth, so just call us foo. So here's the deal, we're a mobile / social / navigation startup that just got Series A funding and we want to demo in the next CES, but we need to find the founding web architect to put the thing together. We've got an awesome device team on board for the Linux nav device, but need a great web architect to complete the stack. So what do you look like? - Hands-on - MVC web development --- Ideally Ruby/Rails, PHP, Python or Java (we'll be using Rails, and maybe some other language for client-synchronization functionality) - MySql or PostGres - Consumer and/or Social experience (no, not frat parties, but F8, Open Social, etc) - On-site in Palo Alto, CA - Must be able to work in the US - Maps mashups Nice to haves: - Mobile development on WinCE or Linux device - LBS or PND experience Send a link to your linked-in profile or online resume. This is a Salary and Equity position. == NO ATTACHMENTS. they get munged by the email anonymizer. ==

Summary The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) - located on the Oregon Health & Science University's South Waterfront campus in Portland, Oregon - is seeking experienced Rails and Javascript programmers. Qualified applicants will work full-time with the OCTRI Biomedical Informatics Program to develop AJAX-enabled web-based applications supporting clinical and translational research. Qualifications Requires: • Significant experience with Ruby, Rails, and object-oriented Javascript using Prototype • A strong undergraduate computer science or mathematics background, and a proven ability to apply these concepts in diverse environments • Exposure to algorithms, data structures, dynamic programming, functional programming, lazy evaluation, graph traversal, sorting, searching, database systems, asymptotic analysis, and computational theory • Experience writing and generating SQL on several database platforms • Ability to create and understand DML employing correlated subqueries, directional joins, and aggregate operations • Strong enthusiasm for the technology, tools, and methodology: if you were financially independent, you'd still be writing software • The ability to write software without the aid of an integrated development environment Prefer: • Commitment to an open development methodology; experience in the free software community preferred • Experience in a GNU/Linux or Unix environment; experience using Apache and common open-source applications to host and administer web content • Proven ability to communicate effectively, both in person and in writing • Proven ability to reason spatially and inductively Advantages to working at OCTRI: • Full benefits package from Oregon Health & Science University • Retirement plan is currently fully funded by the institution at 12% of gross salary • Access to a diverse academic environment in one of the nation's leading teaching hospitals • Use your programming talent to improve human health, the health care system, and disease research. • Opportunity for collaboration with researchers at leading universities and medical centers nationwide OHSU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution.

We're a small Ruby on Rails development shop (www.rubyonrailscontractors.com), and we've been booking a lot of work! We're looking to work with some additional contractors who can take on some of the load. We'd love you to have experience with: - Ruby on Rails, or - Unobtrusive Javascript This is a great opportunity for CS students looking for some summer cash, as well as more seasoned professionals. Please respond with your typical hourly rate, contact information, resume or portfolio, and, if you can, your favorite line(s) of RoR or Unobtrusive Javascript code!

Princeton Server Group, a Business Unit of TelVue Corporation, is seeking a Ruby on Rails enthusiast and expert to work on our digital video automation and content management appliance product lines. Princeton Server Group creates Linux-based Broadcast Automation Applications that help our clients acquire, manage, and play digital media. This is a chance to work with a sophisticated media application written in RoR and being used every day in the broadcast industry. We are looking for someone that believes in and is excited by how Ruby and Ruby on Rails has re-shaped the application development space and who can help us develop a Ruby codebase that manages and interacts with all aspects of our video servers. Specifically, we are looking for a candidate with a thorough understanding and past experience with: * Ruby, version 1.8 and forward * Ruby on Rails 1.2 and 2.x * MySQL 4.x and 5.x * Lighttpd * Linux (2.4 and 2.6 kernel) * Javascript (ECMAScript) In addition, experience with the following would be a plus: * Flash including ActionScript (Flex experience a plus) * Python 2.3 through 2.5 and PHP 4 and 5 a plus * PostgreSQL 7.x and 8.x a plus * Experience with media applications including content management systems, digital asset management systems, streaming video servers, IPTV, and broadcast television. We use Agile development methodologies and are strong believers in object-oriented programming practices such as design patterns. We are interested in finding a candidate that has ideas on performance tuning large RoR applications. This position is for our Princeton, NJ office where you will work as part of our media technology development team. We want an expert on-site, and so please at this time no telecommute or remote candidates. TelVue Corporation / Princeton Server Group is an exciting company developing cutting edge digital video and broadcast communications technology for public access, educational, and professional broadcasters. TelVue Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides competitive salary and benefits. If interested in this position, please send resume to dpisarski@princetonservergroup.com.

RoR Power (http://www.rorpower.com) is a boutique recruiting firm specializing in Ruby on Rails opportunities. We are seeking for a few talented Ruby on Rails developers with a passion for music. The company has a patented technology for music discovery, and is using it as a foundation for a platform in web 2.0 social media. The company has offices in San Francisco CA, Herndon VA, and Savannah GA. It recently received $7M in funding and is rapidly scaling up. The web 2.0 social media platform it is creating is done entirely in Ruby on Rails. The company is looking for a few experienced Ruby on Rails developers, both front end (jQuery / jRails, Prototype, Scriptaculous, etc) and back end focused. We need superstar (or future superstar) RoR developers to build a world-class online digital music media destination. This is a tremendous opportunity to make your mark in the RoR community by innovating and scaling a large media streaming RoR deployment. The VP of Engineering only wants to hire the best talent, and you will find the team to not only be technically sound but incredibly fun and creative. QUALIFICATIONS: * Experience with developing a high-volume, B2C website, using Ruby on Rails, LAMP, or Java. * Developer who LOVES music. * Excited to work in a start-up and thrive in chaos. * The desire to work on great products, and produce high quality clean and efficient code. * Solid experience with standard web languages/protocols (HTML / HTTP / AJAX / CSS / REST). * Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent. TO APPLY: Please email your resume and samples / URLs of past work to jobs (at) rorpower (dot) com. This is NOT a spam folder that no one looks at. Resumes submitted to this address are automatically loaded into our db and crunched immediately for suitability.

LinkedIn is looking for an experienced engineer to work closely with our team building and deploying the next generation of Ruby on Rails applications. We're looking for someone who can remove broken lightbulbs with a potato; someone who reads Make magazine for the pictures; someone who could turn two rubber bands and a gum wrapper into a valid source of concern for the Atomic Energy Commission. If MacGyver calls *you* when he's in a pinch, you're the one for us! You will work closely with the Light Engineering Development team to configure, deploy, and monitor production-ready applications using any or many of: apache, nginx, memcached, mongrel, hobbit, nagios, monit ... and anything else it takes to get the job done. You'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing our deployment and monitoring solutions and processes. You'll be supporting revenue-generating applications which serve nearly 1 *billion* pages per month. We'll be looking to you when it comes time to solve the really tough problems. Responsibilities: * Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot our cluster of OpenSolaris containers * Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot apache, nginx, and mongrel webservers in various direct and proxied configurations * Perform logfile analysis and performance profiling to help optimize resource use * Measure and monitor system performance using packages like Hobbit, Monit, Nagios, and god * Create, maintain, and refactor Capistrano recipes for deployment of applications to staging and production servers * Install, configure, and maintain MySQL database servers * Actively investigate interesting new tools and techniques * Work with Operations to provide the needed hardware and software for a scalable Rails production environment Requirements: * 5 years experience administering systems in a high-uptime production environment * 3 years experience administering Solaris or OpenSolaris systems; experience with Containers virtualization mechanism highly desired * 2 years experience supporting web applications in a production environment * 2 years experience writing tools to automate administration, testing, monitoring, and debugging * 1 year experience installing, configuring and maintaining SQL-based RDBMS with a strong preference for MySQL and replicated systems * Demonstrated ability to complete all phases of a major project * Strong analytical skills paired with strong, methodical troubleshooting skills * Experience with measurement and monitoring tools such as Hobbit, Monit, Nagios, etc. * Ability to effectively interact with other organizational units such as QA and Operations * Understanding of the server side software, scalability, performance and reliability aspects * Clear understanding of network services such as NFS, DNS, SSH, etc, their configuration and troubleshooting * Experience with hardware vendors, hosting and bandwidth providers * Ability to work in a fast paced, test-driven collaborative and iterative programming environment * Excellent attention to detail * Relentlessly self-starting with excellent sense of priorities and the ability to serve multiple customers concurrently * Interest in developing programming skills a plus; experience in Ruby programming a strong plus

Seeking a seasoned lead developer to take on the challenges of a Agile environment, working on various new product initiatives for the bio-medical space in well-established, successful medium sized firm. Required Skills: Ruby 2.0 architecture and coding [2-3 years] Understanding of the best practices in Object Oriented Programming [4 years] Superior Communication Skills Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environment [1 year] Comfort working in cross-functional teams which include both technical and non-technical resources Technologies: Back-end: Ruby on Rails, MySQL Databases Front-end: XHTML, CSS, Javascript (Scriptaculous/Prototype), AJAX Desired skills: Behavior-Driven Development Coding against and authoring User Stories RESTfulness Candidates without prior Ruby experience who have exceptional related skills (e.g. PHP), with a proven history of absorbing other language and platforms quickly, will be considered.