Bay Area, Full Time/Contract
- Ruby on Rails Developer
- Sales and Business Development Lead
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===About Us===
At Civic Insight, we are helping to build a world where all members of society have access to the data necessary to make informed and inclusive decisions about the trajectory of their neighborhoods. Our online platform makes official data about the management of buildings, permitting and construction available to the public in a refreshingly simple yet powerful interface. We have seen how lack of access to this information can be costly to businesses, governments and communities, and we’re working to change that.
We’ve graduated from Code for America’s Incubator, we have investments from the Knight Foundation, and we’re generating consistent revenue. Our platform has garnered praise from PBS News Hour, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal.
We’re live in New Orleans and Palo Alto, and we’re confirmed to launch in 11 new cities by the end of the year.
This is where you come in.
===Seeking===
We are seeking a talented Ruby on Rails Developer to help us on-board new customers as well as continue to streamline and improve the platform in response to user and customer needs. We’re looking for a team player who’s eager to get their hands dirty working on a multi-tenant Rails application with lots of GIS data that has the potential to change the way we relate to the built environment in our cities.
===Our current technology stack:===
    Ruby on Rails

    PostGIS database

    Leaflet.js / Mapbox / ESRI / Google Maps

    HighCharts.js

    Grape RESTful API microframework

===You’re excited to work on:===
    Integrating new customers into the platform

    Building out a comprehensive analytics framework

    Enhancing our geospatial searching and filtering capabilities

    Increasing automation and backend management

    Improving scalability and performance

===You have:===
    Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience

    Experience with Ruby on Rails

    Strong proficiency writing RSpec tests

    Experience with with MVC Javascript

    Experience with GIS data

    Experience working with a variety of APIs and/or building large data importers

    Good communication skills and a collaborative mentality

===Bonus points:===
    You dabble in data science and have built a data visualization or two

    You have an eye for design; you have the ability and an interest in contributing to design conversations

    You have a passion for making cities work better, and maybe even some experience working on civic technology projects

    Experience working with time-series data

    Experience with building Ruby on Rails Engines

    Experience with multi-tenant Rails / SaaS applications
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