App Genius for Facebook and OpenSocial

We are a rapidly-growing San Francisco-based developer of fun, clever, snarky, unique, and engaging applications for social networks like Facebook. We also work with large brands to establish their presence on these networks and develop viral applications. In the past month, we've built apps for Electronic Arts, Paramount Pictures, Samsung, and OpenTable.

We are seeking software developers who:

• Like to build things and see them gain a wide audience.
• Are personable and professional enough to interact directly with large brands and clients.
• Will never shy away from a technical problem simply because it's not in their job description.
• Are looking to learn new skills, whether it's a new framework, taking on product management tasks, recruiting, or interfacing with clients.
• Have built software in their free time just because they wanted to try out an idea.
• Are creative and capable of more than just implementing a spec handed to them by a product manager.

Most of our work is in Ruby on Rails, so prior experience with that framework is desirable. If you're really smart and can pick up a new language rapidly, we should still talk :) Previous experience with Facebook (developing apps, or just deep knowledge of how it works) is a plus.

The position includes a variety of possible roles:

Work with large brands to brainstorm and design social applications for platforms like Facebook and OpenSocial. Engage in iterative projects integrating client feedback into each rev and advising clients on how they can best leverage the viral features of the different networks. Must be organized and have excellent communication skills, though previous consulting work is not required.

Design and build a scalable, flexible platform to support a wide array of social applications. Factor commonality and viral techniques into a common base of code that gets used across all of our applications. Platform features include shared functionality, advertising, scalability and caching, user tracking and metrics, stats gathering and reporting. Ideal candidates have experience with Ruby on Rails and have deployed web platforms in the past.

Help build technologies to deploy, scale, and monitor a large number of applications on behalf of large clients. Previous experience deploying large web applications and mysql experience are a must. Experience with Ruby on Rails is highly desirable, as is experience with the Facebook platform.

Benefits include stock options, health insurance, casual office environment, and Xbox with Rock Band in the office.