Connecting Consumers and Providers
About Us:We're a VC and angel funded local startup looking for a driven developer to build a product that has a meaningful impact on the daily lives of New Yorkers (and beyond). We're based in Manhattan (Chelsea/Flatiron loft office), and the ideal candidate can start ASAP.
Must Haves:
- Belief in vision of individual empowerment
- Ruby on Rails (RoR) experience (min. 1 year experience) or equivalent (e.g. Django)
- Entrepreneur-at-heart - thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and has the hunger to succeed and build a product that changes the world
- Demonstrated leadership ability and self-starter mentality
- Passionate about writing agile, elegant, DRY code
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience with search/vertical search
- Experience with automated testing / continuous integration frameworks
- Experience with database optimization (my.cnf, EXPLAIN, indexes, replication)
- Experience provisioning and managing cloud resources (Engine Yard, Heroku, App Engine, or equivalent)
- Strong user experience design / interaction design reasoning skills
- Familiarity with the popular Rails Plugins/Gems
Compensation: Competitive mix of salary and equity. This position is full-time for a developer who wants to become a permanent member of the team (not contractor).
More About Us:
We empower the 16mm+ individual service providers in the US to market their services directly to consumers. A profile on our site provides detailed professional and personal information including pictures, fees, and reviews, all with the aim of not only showing what the person does, but who the person is. We put these profiles into a searchable directory where consumers can find service providers that fit their specific needs.
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