Helium Exchange, located in Andover MA, is a newly funded consumer internet company, building a platform for market-driven, user-generated publishing. Helium?s goal is to build the number one source of peer-ranked user-generated content on the internet. Using a proprietary peer review technology, Helium is revolutionizing the world of publishing. Now millions of people can come together in one place to publish what they know, and help sort the good from the bad in the process. The end result is a vast marketplace of individual publishers who are helping consumers more easily find good content. Helium is looking for hard-working, bright, driven individuals with consumer internet experience to join our team. Helium Exchange is seeking a strong, self-motivated, intermediate web software developer to help build our next generation application using Ruby on Rails technology. Our ideal candidate will have spent the past few years in a team environment building web based applications using PHP, Python, or Java/JSP. Experience with connecting an application to a MySQL or Postgres database is a must. You don?t have to be a DBA, but you should know the basics. ? Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent. ? Must have 2 ? 3 years building web applications in a professional environment. ? Strong communications skills. ? Ability to work independently while cooperating with the overall team. ? Ruby on Rails experience would be great, although not required. ? Strong technical skills with scripting languages such as PHP, ASP, and Python. ? Java/OO experience a plus. ? Should be familiar with, and comfortable, writing dynamic applications using a database backend. ? Familiarity with MySQL and Postgres. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.