Software Developer (Ruby on Rails/OO/web)

TutorSource is looking for a software developer to join our development team. You'll be working in a small team developing web applications in Ruby on Rails, AJAX, JavaScript, and MySQL in an agile development environment.

We're looking for smart people who can learn quickly, love technology, and want to work on innovative web applications. Prior experience in Ruby or Rails is not required but you must have experience developing in an OO language and the ability to learn new languages quickly. You should also be looking forward to developing in Ruby on Rails!

TutorSource (www.tutorsource.com) was founded in 2008 as a spinoff of Revolution Prep, the #1 test prep company in California. We are developing an innovative online tutoring marketplace application with education-focused social features, with the goal of providing immediate, affordable access to tutoring for all students. The application's design has grown out of Revolution Prep's experience as a provider of live standardized test prep and tutoring and close connections with high schools and colleges including UCLA. The product had its initial launch in October and is growing in both customer base and revenue.

Required skills:

* At least two years of professional development experience in any of the following OO languages: Ruby, Java, Python, Objective-C, Smalltalk
* Experience working with the MVC design pattern
* Experience with JavaScript, AJAX, SQL, and database design
* Ability to become proficient in new languages quickly and read and understand other people's code

Pluses:

* Ruby, Rails, jQuery, MySQL, UNIX, git, CSS
* Experience in an agile development environment
* Obsession with all things open source
* digg reader, Apple fan, music lover