Backend Ruby Developer / Data Geek / Magician Wanted
Do you get excited by things like graph databases and machine learning?  Can you think up mind-blowing solutions to complex, hairy problems? We want someone who can move fast, think creatively, and deliver quality/tested code. Is this you?  Take a small risk and join us in building a growth business.
Who are we?
Before any meeting, Charlie automatically researches people before you see them.  Researching people is a complex problem: we sift through, analyze, and manipulate data into powerful insights (i.e. what are they passionate about, what do you have in common?).  CNBC called us “One of the world’s most promising new companies” and SXSW selected us as an Accelerator Finalist.  We’re a funded startup, backed by some very awesome VC’s and prominent angel investors.
We’ve built Charlie to research people at massive scale, using the latest Ruby on Rails stack with MongoDB, Redis, Sidekiq, and hosted in an elastic cloud farm.  We write code with agility and have a tight process where anyone on the team can deploy to production at any time, without approval.  We thoroughly test our code, though we’re not strict TDD.  We're a small dev that loves to code, and constantly pushes, and learns from each other.
This is your opportunity to join an early-stage company that’s making moves.  Sound interesting?  Let us know what makes you the perfect candidate.
Why we’re special:
   * Flexible working situation: hours, location
   * Competitive salary + equity
   * Funded startup backed by some amazing people including DreamIt Ventures
   * Everyone deploys to production (fully automated, painless)
   * We go out and do fun things (concerts, Bulls &amp; Cubs games, and occasionally ski in Colorado)
Requirements:
   * Back-end developer, front-end is a plus
   * Ruby on Rails preferred, but you can learn.
   * DB experience (SQL or NoSQL?)
   * Not afraid of the front-end (HTML5, jQuery, Coffeescript, bootstrap, Sass, Slim)
   * Test your code (Rspec, capybara, cucumber, etc)
   * Hobbyist: Working on a side project to learn new technology?
   * Creative problem solver
   * Git / Github
   * Smart &amp; gets things done.
Location
Chicago, IL
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