Web Guide to Local Events, Dining, Nightlife

We’re growing! We are an established entertainment, dining, events & nightlife web guide with local perspective currently in 37 markets across the US. Targeting the 21-34 demographic, we plan to expand our local offerings to additional major markets in 2009.

To accomplish our business goals, we use Ruby on Rails to build a robust and highly configurable content delivery and management platform. We are seeking a strong Ruby on Rails developer to help us create more compelling features and expand the capabilities of our publishing system.

In our product development team, we value:

• A collaborative work space where developers, quality analysts & product management sit together to deliver working & tested code on a regular basis
• An efficient daily standup meeting
• Automated unit tests and high levels of code coverage
• A sense of completion at the end of every SCRUM iteration
• Definitions of Done & Software Product Quality that all team members have in common
• Architectural & implementation standards owned and internalized by the team with code development aligned to them
• Pair Programming
• Behavioral driven design
• Release planning, iteration planning and velocity measurement.
• Results as well as the healthy means to achieve those results
• The power of a cohesive highly functional team and members who ‘takes one’ for the team when it benefits the greater good
• Saying what you’ll do, then doing what you say.

Requirements

Historically we’ve found candidates with experiences similar to items listed below are successful in our interviewing process and as successful team members:

• Experience building n-tier Internet applications in Ruby on Rails, though experience in Java/J2EE, PHP or other related languages & in an MVC pattern and with interest to build Rails apps is still desirable
• Demonstrated experience/knowledge building high-volume and consumer facing database-driven web applications.
• Experience with RSpec or other behavioral/test driven design tools
• Thorough knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, Oracle), schema design, implementation and SQL.
• Experience with XML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX/JSON, HTTP, and Web Services.
• Open-source software experience/knowledge a plus
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science (or a related field) or prior work experience that is applicable to the position. The ideal profile includes 2-5 or more years of experience as a web developer (Entry-level candidates with a solid interest and background will be considered).
• Experience working in Unix environments (Mac OS X, Linux) while also comfortable verifying your work in Windows clients
• Experience interacting effectively with other team members, management and clients. Must have excellent verbal/written communications skills, as there is a high degree of interaction.
• Requires a customer support orientation and competence in response to vendors and staff during system implementation and problem resolution which includes rotation amongst team off hours application administration incident support

Hi, I’m Brian

I work at mirRoR, where we connect agile Rails developers and employers.

We started as Rails programmers ourselves (and are currently working on a few social, facebook, and iPhone apps). This background and network help us identify quality opportunities in the industry.

That’s especially important today. While many venture-backed web 2.0 startups are cutting costs amidst this economic climate, we are working with a number of companies that are self-sufficient, cash-positive, and well capitalized for the long-term.

I’d be eager to briefly discuss where you are in the process and see if there is a potential fit, either for the opportunities listed here, or those posted elsewhere.

Let’s chat!

Brian Mariani
brian@mirrorplacement.com
888.313.2007 x702 AIM:  brianm1724 gTalk: Chat with Brian Mariani