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UI/UX Genius with Ruby Knowledge to be our Lead User Interface Developer in Europe (€60,000)

Posted: 2010-08-04
Company name: 1000jobboersen.de
City: Berlin
State: Berlin
Country: Germany
URL: http://1000jobboersen.de
Contact Info: matt.beedle@1000jobboersen.de
Travel: 0%
Onsite: Yes
Description:

1000jobboersen.de is an exciting young start-up shaking up the job market in Germany. We are based in the very cool Kreuzberg area of Berlin (http://berlin.unlike.net/). Although we are a start-up, we have been running for over a year now and are making real revenues. Our application uses some of the latest technologies and APIs including Rails 3, MongoDB, Cucumber / Capybara, Heroku, MongoHQ, HAML, SASS, Compass framework.

We are currently looking to expand our development team again. We would like to hire a UX/UI genius who believes in progressive enhancement, not graceful degradation, and is passionate about delivering amazing, usable user interfaces.

What we are looking for

Expert in modelling simple user interfaces for complex processes
Excellent prototyping/mocking up with Photoshop/Illustrator
Understanding of Ruby on Rails, and preferably HAML and SASS
Understanding of web accessibility
Understanding of semantic markup
Knows how to produce cross browser compatible code
A “can do” attitude
Self-motivation, maybe you even have your own side projects or blog
Desire to work within an agile test driven environment
Good team player with excellent communication and social skills

What we provide

A small fun environment, where your opinion matters, and your decisions directly affect the business
Laptop of your choice
Herman Miller Aeron chair (or an alternative if you wish)
Mobile phone of your choice
RailsConf tickets
Help with relocation costs
Very attractive level of compensation

If you are interested please send us a CV, your portfolio, some code samples, a link to your github account, and any other information you feel we might like to know.

Required Skills:

Passion for semantic, accessible, progressively enhanced HTML
Pride in your work
Creativity
Understanding of Ruby on Rails
Expert Photoshop or Illustrator
Expert level HTML, CSS
Expert cross-browser compatibility
Javascript
Team player
Good communication skills - able to discuss and understand user requirements, and iteratively deliver and improve user interfaces
Must be open to relocating to Berlin, we will help with costs
An excellent portfolio

Desired skills:

Interest in HTML5 and CSS3
Knowledge of various CMS software
SEO skills
All round full application stack web knowledge - Linux, Ruby, SQL, solr/sphinx, mongoDB, etc

Employment terms: Salary
Hours: Full-time
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