Ruby Architect + Developers

RUBY ON RAILS ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPERS

Overview:

You will be responsible for helping to build out and maintain our web infrastructure but your duties will not be limited to web programming. Because we are a web service with heavy integration into other online services, you will need to fully understand the world of web services and all its concomitant protocols/technologies. Most important, however, is clean code, an organized mind, web programming chops, an eye for well-designed architecture (as we prepare for growth), a rapacious wit, and self-motivation.

Ruby on Rails
Ruby (listed separately because we have a number of backend libraries that are totally Rails independent, so understanding these will require a solid knowledge of Ruby)
Basic web languages & technologies: HTML/DHTML/CSS/Javascript
Cross-browser compatability
Rails-brand Ajax (assuming comfort with Prototype/Scriptaculous)
Good understanding of HTTP (requests and headers, statuses, HTTPS, etc)
Experience with web/app/db server setups (Apache/Mongrel a bonus)
ORM with ActiveRecord and SQL (specifically MySQL, but that is less important)
Development concepts: REST, MVC, SCM (SVN)
Experience with API-based web services (data feed services, such as GData, a bonus)
Online checkout/financial processing (e.g. Google Checkout, PayPal)
A big plus: experience with AWS (we heavily use S3, EC2, and SQS)

Demonstrably impressive experience is a must. We're ready to drop you in, so, besides the understandable integration/ramp-up period, we need you to be prepared for productive work out the gate. Involvement in and contributions to the Rails community would be highly regarded; references and coding samples are necessary.

Location: New York

Min. Ed.: BS in CS