Ruby on Rails Programmer at Other In Box (Austin, TX)

About the Ruby on Rails Programmer Position

OtherInbox is looking to hire an experienced Ruby On Rails programmer to join our team. We are looking for a highly motivated, goal-oriented individual who will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining sections of the product. The successful candidate should be a flexible, highly independent worker as well as an excellent team player, and able to work efficiently under tight deadlines. All ROR programmers get paid to attend the Lone Star Ruby Conference in Austin and the O’Reilly RailsConf in Portland.

Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain Ruby On Rails code for a consumer web service

Deploy on Amazon Web Services including EC2, S3, SQS

Implementation of upgrades, patches, code releases, and database changes

Produce high quality, well-documented code

Be part of a team and create a culture that attracts the best of the best

Use the product yourself and help make it better

Requirements

BS or equivalent experience

At least one year Ruby On Rails experience

Ability to work in an Agile, Scrum, XP environment

Good understanding of HTML, CSS and AJAX

Good understanding of Internet protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, POP, IMAP, MIME

Good understanding of Web-based technology as it relates to the web-hosted model of software delivery

Hands-on experience working with a MySQL or SQL Server database, SQL programming

Excellent organization and communication skills

About OtherInbox


Based in Austin, TX, OtherInbox is the latest startup by serial entrepreneurs Joshua Baer and Steven Smith. The company is still in stealth mode and has not launched publicly. To learn more, please visit http://www.otherinbox.com/jobs.html

Interested? To apply for this position, please send your resume to otherinbox@americanworkforce.com. No phone calls, please. Please include the job title “Ruby On Rails” in the subject line of your email. Qualified Applicants will be responded to as quickly as possib