Rails - Mar 2013 - [JOBS] Great Ruby Coding Opportunities in Boston Area and L.A.

1) CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Ruby Engineer:

 

My client offers a tremendous growth opportunity for a highly skilled, 
experienced Ruby on Rails software engineer/coder to be rapidly groomed and 
promoted to a CTO role or someone who can fill a CTO role immediately. They 
are a highly successful VC-funded startup in the Worcester, Massachusetts 
area which has achieved world-dominance in their industry and has 
successfully doubled market-share every year for the past three years.  
They are also already profitable, presenting a near-ideal scenario for 
entrepreneurial Ruby gurus. 

  

They have retained me to recruit an aspiring CTO to build their engineering 
team, and to lead the technology development of their small company poised 
for "rocket-ride" growth, accessible to candidates in the Boston, MA 
/Metrowest area as well as Providence, RI.  Relocation assistance is 
definitely possible.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

•               Leading the technical development of web applications 
serving up map-based, data heavy information products 

•               Solving challenging problems working with massive datasets 
that include crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods and more 

•               Working in an Agile, TDD environment writing code you can 
be proud of 

•               Keeping existing products up-to-date with the latest 
technologies, architectures, and standards 

•               Helping build a nimble engineering team with potential path 
to CTO   

•               Collaborating with PhD Geographers and Statisticians to 
create new, disruptive products 

What’s In it For You?

•               Major opportunity to build your own team with potential 
path to CTO position

•               Casual fun working environment, solving some of the most 
exhilarating Big Data problems in the industry, alongside a team that’s as 
passionate as you are about this stuff!

•               Competitive salary, stock options for you to participate in 
company success, and great benefits (401(k), 100% medical coverage, 11 paid 
holidays) 

•               Great work/life balance, with 40-45 hour work weeks the 
norm!

•               Long-term stability with a venture backed start up that is 
already profitable and growing

•               Investors include the Founders of MapQuest and CoreLogic

Desired Skills & Experience:

•               A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar; 
MS preferred 

•               5+ years designing and implementing complex, data-heavy 
e-commerce systems 

•               Self-directed time management, documentation and 
communication skills 

•               To be passionate about your craft 

•               Extensive RoR app dev experience with merchant processing 
capabilities 

•               An ideal candidate would also possess:

o              Familiarity with GIS-related software, incl. spatial 
databases such as PostGIS and the Google Maps Javascript APIs 

o              Experience with all aspects/tiers of web and mobile web app 
development 

o              Strong Unix skills including API/data mining experience 

o              Scaling and performance tuning of high-traffic, data-heavy 
sites 

Company Description: Small, high-end geospatial analysis Company born of 
university research, specializing in location-based decision-making 
tools:analytics, information and data.They license geospatial risk 
analytics and SaaS products for a host of business to business 
applications, and run the largest neighborhood search engine in the world, 
and “the most trusted source for choosing a neighborhood,” according to 
Money® Magazine.

#2)  Backend Ruby Engineer (Los Angeles, CA):

My client is an energetic thriving startup changing the way international 
students find housing and strengthens the study abroad experience. The 
mission is to enhance the study abroad experience by helping international 
students find and book housing near their new school.

Currently, international students studying in the US do not have trusted 
resources that help them find quality housing or provide them with local 
information and networking opportunities. Schools lack adequate housing and 
current third party services are outdated, expensive, and offer limited 
choice.

My client offers a web and mobile platform that allows students to find 
housing from private renters or qualified homestay programs. Photos, 
profiles, reviews, and social features will help match students with hosts. 
A streamlined application process will expand choices and handle payments.

They have retained me to seek an experienced and motivated Back-End 
Developer. If you are an entrepreneurial, passionate candidate that enjoys 
programming, you''ll be a great fit for their team.

They we are looking for self-starters who thrive in a fast-paced, agile 
environment wearing many hats, being able to change direction quickly, and 
showing an eagerness to learn new technologies as the need arises.

Desired Skills & Experience:

Experience using Ruby-on-Rails in a production environment.
Experience using HTML/CSS/Javascript/AJAX in a production environment.
Experience building and administering systems related to fraud, payments, 
API and recommendation engines
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work in areas outside of their usual comfort zone and get things 
done quickly.
Experience using a dynamic programming language in a production environment 
(or personal projects)

Company Description: Client''s mission is to enhance the study abroad 
experience by helping international students find and book housing near 
their new school.

Currently, international students studying in the US do not have trusted 
resources that help them find quality housing or provide them with local 
information and networking opportunities. Schools lack adequate housing and 
current third party services are outdated, expensive, and offer limited 
choice.

Company offers a web and mobile platform that allows students to find 
housing from private renters or qualified homestay programs. Photos, 
profiles, reviews, and social features will help match students with hosts. 
A streamlined application process will expand choices and handle payments.

My client is a graduate of the largest accelerator in Los Angeles, backed 
by Howard Marks (founder of ACTIVISION, sold for 14 Billion). They are a 
well funded start-up backed by investors who have funded companies such as 
Google, Dropbox, and Paypal.

IF you are interested in any of these outstanding opportunities, please 
submit a resume with cover letter.   And, if you or your company is 
actively seeking to hire key or hard-to-find people in any technical field, 
please alert me. 

Thank you,

Nicholas Meyler 

GM/President, Technology

Wingate Dunross Associates, Inc.

ph (818)597-3200 ext. 211

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