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I am looking for a flexible Rails developer to help me with a small website that I developed. The work would mostly be ad-hoc and could often be just a few hours a week, but might raise to a couple of days per week as work demands.

I have a few initial tasks, so I am looking for someone that could handle:

   1. Moving the site to a sliced-server (e.g. SliceHost). The site currently runs on a shared-server, but the database performance is really starting to become a problem (queries that normally take 0.02 seconds can just jump to >3 seconds). So I'd need a new server set-up (i.e. Rails, mySQL, regular database backups, process monitoring, email alerts)
   2. Updating the code to run Rails 2. The site is currently stuck on 1.2.6, because it makes a lot of use of customised AjaxScaffoldGenerator - http://www.ajaxscaffold.com. So I either need someone just to make this old code compatible, or upgrade it to the newer ActiveScaffold and customise it.
   3. Lots of minor development and new features (e.g. I have: a weekly query I run and export to Excel which would be good to automate, I have a new visual-design for the site that needs skinning onto the site.
   4. Testing and deployment. The site is in need of some tests and a good deployment script.

The site currently uses the following: fckeditor, attachment_fu, ajaxscafold and acts_as_authenticated. It has 12 models, 3000+ paying users and has been running for nearly two years.


If you are interested, can you drop me an email to guy {dot) callaghan [at} googlemail.com introducing yourself, an indication of your rate, and ideally a CV.


Many Thanks
Guy

Job description
CTO-in-training needed in or around the London area, to work primarily from home.

If you have set your sights on becoming a CTO but still enjoy coding, our stealth startup is the right ‘fit’ for you. We need a ‘hands on’ Ruby on Rails pro who has led deployment of complex RoR sites. We are hiring for that role – but we also want to hire our future CTO.

Need to find experienced Ruby on Rails developers

Key requirements:
- Speak English in an advance level
- 1 plus year of Rails experience on production project
- Could be available immediately or in next two weeks
- Experience of Agile development and Scrum meeting methodology
- Be experienced developers with 4yrs of development experience
- Available in business hours in the US time zone

Send your resume with the subject RoR to hr@decidestaffing.com

This is a unique opportunity for a creative and highly skilled Web Developer with at least 3 years commercial experience to join a leading Internet services and hosting company. You will be joining a small focused team and will be developing customer facing and internal systems for multiple brands. You will be working with Ruby on Rails in an agile environment. The role involves constant exposure to new technologies and you will be keen to constantly learn new skills. You should be motivated by both technical and commercial achievement. This is an opportunity to make a real difference to a small team in a rapidly growing company, and to have real influence on its future direction and success. Key skills/qualities Enthusiasm Proven track record of designing dynamic web sites Ruby on Rails Agile development (XP/Scrum) Test driven development Experience of version control i.e. Subversion/Git Strong communication skills - ability to present your ideas to a team Competent using Linux / OSX Experience of database design using MySql or Postgresql Flexible, committed and punctual Able to operate under pressure and meet deadlines Focus on frequent delivery of working systems This is a permanent full time position For more information please visit http://www.advantage-interactive.com/jobs

 

We currently have an established team of three Ruby on Rails developers with the following capabilities:

Technical Experience:

• Each developer was selected from a large pool of candidates passing multiple rounds of written and oral technical interviews
• Experienced in rich AJAX Web 2.0 applications using JavaScript and Rails helpers to interface Prototype and Script.aculo.us libraries.
• Deep knowledge of Rails 1.2 & Rails 2.0 frameworks and REST::NET web services, attachmentfu, Rmagick, Spry framework etc
• Deployment expertise in Windows and Linux to setup architectures with mongrel clusters using either apache or nginx

 

Recent projects the team has completed:

• Custom-built ERP system for a manufacturing company (7000+ programming hours)
• Custom-built administrable online content-sharing application (1000+ programming hours)
• Entertainment portal, allowing users to search for and view online multimedia from various sources (500+ programming hours)

 

The team is in South America, so the rates are substantially below typical US standards while the developers are vertically below US time zones, making communication much easier than with India.  They prefer to work with an Agile development methodology that includes frequent releases and communication.  The team has excellent written English with good spoken English.

 

We would be more than happy to have a phone call at your earliest convenience, where we can discuss your programming needs and our experience in more detail. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Here is a brief list of the technologies the candidate (back-end engineer) will need to be familiar with:

• Ruby on Rails
• MySQL
• JavaScript/jQuery
• REST
• Linux

Responsibilities:

• Design/architect new features as part of our Ruby on Rails application(s)
• Maintain and refactor a production, high-scalability web site
• Work with product management in a close-knit team
• Contribute product, service, and business-improvement ideas and energy

Requirements:

• Extensive experience developing web applications, especially the back-end of high-scalability, consumer-oriented sites
• Must know Ruby/Ruby on Rails!
• Thorough knowledge with web standards, such as XHTML, XML, JavaScript, HTTP, CSS
• Strong data structure and OO-design skills
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL, and extensive experience with MySQL
• Experience with Apache and Linux (RHEL or Fedora Core)
• Ability to be self-directed and contribute meaningfully to a team with minimal management oversight
• Helpful experience includes: Python, AJAX, Flash, Facebook/OpenSocial applications, and thinking up ideas that are just wacky enough to work
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science

When it comes to fun games, it's Serious Business.

We've got Facebook's top social game, the world's largest rails cluster, and we're just getting started.

And, we are looking for Ruby Engineers who are absolute rockstars in their craft. 

If you know your way around mongrel, merb, etc., you are our kind of person.  Please send us a line!

Should you make the cut, here's WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:

• Be one of the guys that makes Rails scaling happen
• Build out infrastructure to support rapid, scalable social application development
• Work on products that millions (we're serious) of people use every single day
• Contribute back to open source projects like god and merb
• Have a life

Speaking of life CULTURE and EXPECTATIONS:

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

We are LOCATED IN 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

COMPENSATION: $100K+ DOE, relocation expenses covered up to $5k

Some PRESS:

• Mercury News: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_9376252
• San Francisco Chronicle: http://tinyurl.com/5pwqz6
• TechCrunch: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/25/lightspeed-funding-turns-facebook-application-into-serious-business/
• VentureBeat: http://venturebeat.com/2008/04/25/creators-of-facebook-app-friends-for-sale-raise-round-not-for-sale/

Come join Flexilis!  We're a venture-funded startup solving big problems on small devices.

We believe that people should be able to use their mobile phones without having to worry about hackers, viruses, or other hazards of modern life.  We're building a product that keeps your mobile phone (and millions of others) safe from all sorts of nasty things: a product people want because it actually makes their lives easier.

We are looking for smart, dedicated people who have a passion for building great software and solving tough problems.  Our product touches so many diverse technologies and engineering fields that you will always have a fun challenge to work on and will likely learn something new every day.

Why Flexilis?

We build things people want.  We do cool research.  We protect people.  We have fun.
 
We love creating useful, usable, and technologically game-changing software.  If we do things right, your work will be instrumental in helping people all over the world be safe.

Besides building something meaningful, here's why you'll love working here:
 

• We're a start-up:  it's fun, dynamic, and you will make a difference.
• We've got smart people without bureaucracy or politics.
• We work in a loft (no cubes here!) in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles: a short subway ride or drive away from most of the city and walking distance from music, art galleries, restaurants, apartments, and night life. 
• We're funded by top-tier venture and angel investors who have helped build companies such as Sun Microsystems, PayPal, Juniper Networks, Good Technology, and Symantec.
• We offer generous salaries, benefits, and stock options.
• You'll have the important, little perks such as a fast computer with two big monitors, a laptop, a smartphone, and free food and drinks.

What you'll be doing:

We are looking for someone who groks webapps: someone who can inspire shock and awe with a wonderful interface and robust functionality.  You should be a guru, ninja, or something of equivalent awesomeness.  You will be helping to build a highly-interactive web application that does a lot of neat things with mobile phones. 

Key Responsibilities:
 

• Develop the user interface and functionality for a Ruby on Rails-based web application
• Work with the rest of our team to help build a useful, usable, and scalable backend system.
• Continually improve our user experience by incorporating user feedback and optimizing our architecture

Requirements:
 

• Strong understanding of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript (raw and with frameworks such as Prototype/Scriptaculous, jQuery, etc.)
• Ruby + Rails development experience
• Ability to create usable and pretty web interfaces
• Understanding of web security concepts such as SQL injections, XSS, etc.

Bonus Points:
 

• Good eye for design
• Photoshop/graphics skillz
• Automated test development experience
• Understanding of databases and other web backend concepts

So, now what:

Send an email to people /at/ flexilis /dot/ com and tell us something interesting that sets you apart from the crowd (a resume would probably be good, too).  We can't wait to hear from you!

We're hiring for all sorts of things right now, so be sure to check out http://www.flexilis.com/jobs for other openings.

All positions are full time in Los Angeles, CA.  Please no recruiters, contractors, or outsourcing firms.

Come join Flexilis!  We're a venture-funded startup solving big problems on small devices.

We believe that people should be able to use their mobile phones without having to worry about hackers, viruses, or other hazards of modern life.  We're building a product that keeps your mobile phone (and millions of others) safe from all sorts of nasty things: a product people want because it actually makes their lives easier.

We are looking for smart, dedicated people who have a passion for building great software and solving tough problems.  Our product touches so many diverse technologies and engineering fields that you will always have a fun challenge to work on and will likely learn something new every day.

Why Flexilis?

We build things people want.  We do cool research.  We protect people.  We have fun.
 
We love creating useful, usable, and technologically game-changing software.  If we do things right, your work will be instrumental in helping people all over the world be safe.

Besides building something meaningful, here's why you'll love working here:

• We're a start-up:  it's fun, dynamic, and you will make a difference.
• We've got smart people without bureaucracy or politics.
• We work in a loft (no cubes here!) in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles: a short subway ride or drive away from most of the city and walking distance from music, art galleries, restaurants, apartments, and night life. 
• We're funded by top-tier venture and angel investors who have helped build companies such as Sun Microsystems, PayPal, Juniper Networks, Good Technology, and Symantec.
• We offer generous salaries, benefits, and stock options.
• You'll have the important, little perks such as a fast computer with two big monitors, a laptop, a smartphone, and free food and drinks.

What you'll be doing:

We are looking for a Ruby zen master (amongst other things) to help build a web service that supports a ton of traffic and does a lot of neat with mobile phones. Like everyone else on our team, you should be a great generalist constantly willing to learn new things and use the best tools for the job, as you will be using multiple programming languages and software architectures.

You'll be working a large-scale application used by many people, so an aptitude for developing elegant, scalable, robust, and maintainable code is a must.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and help architect a web service using Ruby + rails, MySQL, and various other technologies
• Help optimize and scale our system to support millions of users
• Work with the rest of our team on our web application

Requirements:

• Strong experience writing in Ruby (on or off rails)
• Strong general software development abilities
• Experience developing scalable network services
• Knowledge of application server and database clustering
• Experience working with databases (MySQL preferred)

Bonus Points:

• Experience working with XML
• Ability to develop massively concurrent, asynchronous systems
• Experience developing web applications (CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and friends)
• Knowledge of Erlang
• Experience deploying and launching real-world applications

So, now what:

Send an email to people /at/ flexilis /dot/ com and tell us something interesting that sets you apart from the crowd (a resume would probably be good, too).  We can't wait to hear from you!

We're hiring for all sorts of things right now, so be sure to check out http://www.flexilis.com/jobs for other openings.

All positions are full time in Los Angeles, CA.  Please no recruiters, contractors, or outsourcing firms.

Ruby - Ruby on Rails - Java - £60,000+

One of Europe’s most exciting and innovative digital media agencies are currently recruiting for an experienced Ruby - Ruby on rails developer. You will be joining an award winning team and working on the new project they have just won the contract for.

The successful candidate will have had a wealth of experience with Ruby - Ruby on rails and be a fantastic communicator with the ability to pass on their knowledge to those around them. You will be working on projects for the likes of Nike, Face book and Apple.

The successful candidate will benefit from one of the best packages in the industry and also from working in the companies' brand new offices.

If you have all the skills and experience listed above then send your CVs to Alister ASAP.  alister.jenkins@ma-worldwide.com

Company name:	Start up's to Blue Chip
City:	LONDON
Country:	UK
Length of employment:	Permenant
Contact Info:	0207 536 3172
Travel:	0%
Onsite:	Yes
Description:	I am currently looking for Ruby/Rails developers with exposure/experience in any of the technologies below. The companies I am working directly with are based in the London area and they cover all industry sectors such as e-commerce, Mobile, multimedia, finance, gaming and social networking. If you have 6 months + experience please call me for an update on any suitable positions on the e-mail. Rhysyevans@gmail.com with the subject box reading “London based Rails Jobs” All salary expectations are welcome!!!!!! (Within reason of course) No timewasters please……………………………………
Required Skills:	Language and Frameworks • Ruby • Ruby on Rails (ROR) • MERB • Camping Methods of development • Agile • Scrum • XP (extreme programming) • PP (paired programming) • TDD (test driven development) • BDD (behaviour driven development) • RESTful approach Testing Tools • RSpec • Selenium • Jmock Front end web Development • XHTML • CSS • JavaScript, AJAX and DOM manipulation.
Desired skills:	The desire to build amazing web based apps!!!
Employment terms:	Salary
Hours/Salary	Flexible depending on experience - please call to discuss.....

Playlouder MSP has been working with ISPs and the music industry to develop both an innovative business model for music consumption, and innovative user experiences around music and communication to complement ISPs’ offerings.

As a key addition to our small but growing development team, you will be critical in helping to refine, scale and roll out our application and service to white-label ISP clients.

Key requirements

• Background in computer science, mathematics, software engineering or similar (degree or equivalent experience)
• A solid technical all-rounder with software development experience on sizeable projects

The specifics

Our work involves all of the following, and you’ll be tackling problems involving many of them:

• Dynamic languages (experience with Ruby, on which our current implementation is based, would be particularly desirable)
• Rich web application development with a large Javascript-based client-side portion
• A modular, widget-based user interface framework for the above
• Databases (MySQL at present), data modeling and ORM tools
• Unix-based deployment environments
• Large volumes of media, media metadata and usage statistics
• Web services APIs, and large-scale integration work
• Server push technologies, and scaling applications with a live messaging component
• Common agile software development tools, processes and techniques - source control, bug tracking, testing etc
• A warehouse full of music geeks

Some other things which you might get to play with:

• Other languages - Java, Python, C, possibly Erlang (see ‘messaging’ above), …
• Messaging technologies like AMQP, ActiveMQ, XMPP
• Music technology R&D projects
• Lots more in a fast-growing company

In return we can offer challenging problems in an interesting domain, competitive pay, and a great work environment for music fans in our E2 warehouse!

Enquiries to help@playlouder.com

 

We are seeking an experienced Restful Ruby on Rails developer with demonstrable experience in building exciting and innovative applications. Ideally, you will also have a keen interest in social software, although that is not essential.

You will spend much of your time working closely with consultants, designers and other developers in our Social Media team. As such, in addition to very high technical standards, we also expect you to have good social and communication skills and be used to working well in a team environment.

In return we'll offer a competitive salary, an informal working environment (no suits required) in a great location and fabulous office in Shad Thames / Butler's Wharf, where you'll have easy access to great coffee, good restaurants and get to work alongside a bunch of knowledgeable and passionate people joined together by a desire to help change the way people collaborate and communicate.

Must have experience with:

• Modern Restful Rails development
• Working with Subversion

 

Experience in the following is a bonus:

• Development on OS X or Linux
• Working in an agile, flexible environment
• We test using RSpec and Behaviour Driven Development, but any test driven development experience is a bonus
• Version control with Subversion (and ideally with git or another distributed version control system)
• Systems administration, deploying Rails on a variety of Linux based environments with tools such as Capistrano
• Front end code, writing high quality, semantic HTML and unobtrusive Javascript (we like jQuery)
• Integration with Web Services such as SOAP is sometimes required for our enterprise customers

AlphaSights Ltd is a knowledge services company that is pioneering new ways for business and financial professionals to rapidly access relevant specialist industry knowledge and professional talent across Europe. Besides leading-edge proprietary technology, our business success is based on our people: intellectually curious by nature, they thrive in an environment of ever-changing challenges calling on their capacity for creative thinking and their ability to deliver results.

AlphaSights was founded by successful entrepreneurs who share a passion for the knowledge economy and who understand its complexities and requirements.  Based in Cambridge and London, our venture-funded company is assembling a best-of-breed team to deliver on the vision of a next-generation knowledge services company. We seek to attract the best and brightest and offer competitive remuneration as well as the prospect of rapid, merit-based promotion.

As a Ruby On Rails developer at AlphaSights Ltd you will play a key role in developing an innovative web based system from the ground up in a fun and rewarding start-up environment.  You will have the opportunity to get involved with the design process early on and help mould our product to become a market leader.  You will have a good background in web based programming with a passion for Ruby and a flair for robust, clean coding.  You will have a keen interest in agile development processes and be a strong, communicative team player.

Your responsibilities include:

• Ruby on Rails software development
• Mentoring other developers, passing on your valuable experience.
• Reviewing and auditing code.
• Database schema design
• Object oriented design
• Front-end web development using JavaScript, XHTML and CSS

Required Skills:

• Demonstrable track record developing substantial web application in Ruby on Rails or similar framework.
• Strong understanding of good code design principals such as DRY and thin controller/fat model
• Understand the key factors in making code secure.
• Testing using Rspec, Shoulda or similar
• Experience in MySQL, Capistrano, Migrations, XHTML, CSS, JQuery/PrototypeJS and RJS
• Good working knowledge of unix-like environments such as MacOS and Linux.

Desired Skills:

• Open source participation
• A background in modelling complex data and data analysis
• Experience using solr and acts_as_solr
• Experience administering Apache and Monit.
• Knowledge and experience of using development approaches laid out in books like “The Pragmatic Programmer” and 37signals “Getting Real”.

Compensation:
Remuneration is highly competitive and will reflect your contribution to our company’s overall success. As a young, fast-growing company we offer excellent career opportunities and you are expected to progress.  Please send your online application including your CV, your salary expectations and a brief covering letter outlining why you think you are suitable for this role to careers@alphasights.com. Contact via email only. No agencies please.