Location: San Franciso, CA
We are looking for a senior engineer - an experienced senior web developer
with a strong background in Ruby on Rails programming, MySQL, and Linux-based
web architecture.
We are a well-funded startup focused on the travel/local space, building a
social search platform for posting and finding local experiences that are
matched to a user?s specific interests and personality.
Reporting to the CTO in an Agile shop, you will be
in daily collaboration with the CTO, the Director of
Product, and the other developers, and you will yield substantial influence in
both the creative and technical aspects of user experience. This is an exciting time to join the company
to help build our product from the ground up.
The company is located in a historic building in the Jackson Square district of San
Francisco. We believe in facilitating a
healthy work/play balance and provide a substantial yearly international travel
stipend. Parking is subsidized in nearby lots, and several bus lines are within
a block.
We offer very competitive pay, in addition to benefits,
vacation and a 401k plan.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop a test-driven scalable application in an Agile environment
- Drive new feature releases from beginning to end: use-case, story, test-writing/development and release
- Mentor junior developers
- Provide thoughtful input at all stages of product development
Qualifications:
- 2+ years Ruby on Rails experience.
- 5+ years building high-scale consumer-facing web apps on a LAMP platform
- 3+ years MySQL/DB design experience
- CSS & HTML proficiency required
- Strong Javascript experience
- Strong load testing experience
- Proficiency with Subversion
- Proven aptitude developing applications leveraging XML/JSON based RESTful/SOAP APIs.
- Understanding of cross-site scripting (XSS) and other client-side vulnerabilities.
- Experience with Facebook applications is a plus
- Desire to work in a fast paced startup environment
- Comfortable leading feature design sessions and working with business stakeholders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong collaborative skills and ability to fulfill multiple roles
- Bachelor?s degree in computer science/ related subject matter or equivalent work experience
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