Use Rails to share Wisdom

We are a hot new Cambridge startup focused on building the next great social utility on the net. Our unique question & answer site was recently featured in TIME Online, has more than 20,000 addicted members, and is growing quickly. Located steps from MIT in the heart of the tech sector of Cambridge, we enjoy a small team and a great casual work environment.

wis.dm is searching for a Ruby on Rails developer to join our small core engineering team. A candidate must have exemplary code-design skills, be fluent in the idioms of Rails and MVC architectures, and harbor fantasies of building the best damn applications out there. Desire to work in a close-knit team and be a self-starter on meaty development tasks a must.

Required Skills:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 3-5 years experience building customer-facing web applications 
• Experience implementing complex XHTML/CSS/JavaScript applications 
• Recent experience with Ruby on Rails 
• Commitment to and expertise in creating superior user experiences 
• Proficiency with SQL (MySQL or equivalent) and comfortably with DB administration/optimization 
• Fluent in Unix environments (Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, etc.) 
• Experience with memcached, apache, nginx, mongrel a plus 
• Desire to learn new technologies, and master ones you know

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