Hi Everyone! I would really like to get the word out about a couple of Opportunities I have in NYC and SF Bay Area. I would appreciate your help in locating a strong Ruby/RoR Engineer. Below I have included a description of what we are looking for. If this is you, Please send an updated resume for consideration. If this is not you, who can you recommend? We are offering $2000.00 (two thousand) per Ruby rock star you recommend that accepts an offer. Again, I really appreciate your help. Let me know if I can be any help to you as well.
Best,
Matthew DeRossett,
Senior Recruiter
Stafftopia, Inc V 208 944 9375 C 208 293 7253 F 815 642 0347| http://stafftopia.com
[WEB DEVELOPER]
Requirements:
• Observing and speaking with people, to best understand their needs
• Experimenting with new tools, technologies, and devices
• Brainstorming with researchers, developers, and designers
• Bringing software from prototype to production
• Responding to feedback on live applications
About you:
• You have depth and breadth: you must have experience in front-end web
development, but maybe you’ve also designed an iphone app. Or an aircraft pilot
display. Or a video game. Or [insert your work here].
• You’re good at switching from “the big picture” to code-level discussions.
• You work best in participatory, collaborative, team based environments.
• You have strong, verbal, written and visual presentation skills.
You have lots of software experience…
• Flex/Flash builder with Actionscript 3
• HTML5 & CSS3
• Javascript + Jquery
• Ruby / Rails and PHP
• Cocoa / Objective C
• Basic linux and Windows server configuration
• Fireworks, Illustrator, and/or Photoshop (for wireframes and mockups)
• Templating languages (e.g. wordpress, erb, haml, etc)
… And you do more than code:
• You have a passion (and eye) for visual details
• You have a hard time taking “no” for an answer; you prefer to find a way
• You have experiencing supporting and scaling prototypes you’ve built in the past
• You have a strong opinion about Git and SVN
All candidates should provide work samples as part of the application process.
[OPPORTUNITY 2]
We are a small VC-funded startup looking for a software engineer with at least 2 years of Rails development experience who will be responsible for back-end design and implementation of a next generation social jobs application on Facebook.
* Expert level in Rails 2.3.5+/3, Ruby, SQL
* Comfortable working in a Linux environment.
* Experience with Facebook app development and Facebook Connect APIs
* Strong familiarity with Web 2.0 / Social Networking websites
* Excellent problem solving skills
* Driven and self-motivated, a self-starter who can work without needing direct supervision
* B.S. in Computer Science or related field from a top tier university (or equivalent experience) preferred
* Familiarity with Javascript, CSS, HTML, AJAX a plus
