London, UK. Full time. Geckoboard
Ruby engineer needed to help architect, build, test and improve a young, fast moving and market defining web application with all the challenges that come with that.
You’ll be:
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- Shipping code, solving interesting problems and making a difference
- Working with an innovative web application and platform helping thousands of businesses around the world
- Working in a small fast moving team to shape the future development of the application with input on key technical decisions
- Working in one of London's hottest startups (<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/08/east-london-20-hottest-tech-companies" >http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/08/east-london-20-hott...</a>)
Requirements:
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- An ambitious and tenacious individual with a passion for hacking
- Eager to join a fast growing, well funded startup on an upward trajectory
- 1+ years’ experience with Rails (or similar advanced web framework).
- 2+ years’ experience with a dynamically-typed, object-oriented language (preferably Ruby or Python).
- Knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience with at least one NoSQL datastore
- Test driven development experience
- Familiarity with DVCS (we use git).
- Able to work in London full-time
Nice to have:
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- Open source contributions
- Backbone.js experience
- Event driven programming experience
- Keen on the startup world
Perks
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- Competitive Salary with equity options
- Flexible working hours
- Choose the equipment that’s right for you – desk, chair, computer… whatever you need to do your job
- Free drinks and snacks and team lunch every Friday
- Take the holiday you need, we don’t count days
Application Process
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To find out more send us your C.V./Github or Stack Overflow portfolio and a short description on why you’re perfect for the role to REDACTED_EMAIL
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