Kitchensurfing - New York, New York
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What we're doing:
- Kitchensurfing is an online marketplace where users can find outstanding local chefs to cook for them, at home. Our core mission is twofold: to provide a platform for chefs to grow their independent businesses, while making it possible for people to connect over great food.
- Line chefs at the nicest restaurants in the world make at most $12-15/hour, yet the food they make is sold to diners at a hefty markup. We're trying to bridge the gap.
- People are conditioned to expect great food in restaurants — and rarely elsewhere. We want to change the way people eat, while preserving the efficiency and hospitality of a great restaurant experience.
- Most internet service companies attempt to decrease human interaction through software efficiency. We’re building a company that does the opposite. We think there's something magical about having a chef in your kitchen while you relax and enjoy the company of your guests.
How we're doing it:
- We’re committed to code quality and productivity. With those values in mind, we pair program, test drive and practice continuous integration in a Rails environment. We don't work 'startup hours', just normal ones.
- We're a small team (currently 6 engineers). We rotate often between pairs and across projects.
- We deploy code whenever we finish a feature. As an example, last week we deployed to production 35 times.
- We have a collaborative culture where engineers work directly with product managers and designers to find the best solution to user problems.
- We work out of a townhouse in Gowanus right now, but are moving to Soho very soon.
Who we're looking for:
- You're interested in working with Rails and pair programming the majority of the time. You want to write tests for any feature you implement.
- You're more interested in building a great product and shipping features than you are in figuring out the cleverest solution to a problem.
- You want to enjoy coming to work each day.
My name is Dan, I'm an engineer here at Kitchensurfing. If you're interested in learning more, please get in touch: dan AT kitchensurfing DOT com
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