5 Top Ruby and Rails Jobs for November 2009
Looking for a Ruby or Rails job in this economy? They're still there! They seem to be getting posted daily on jobs.rubynow.com but we've got 5 of our own that have come in via the Ruby Inside jobs board.
If you want to post a job to our job board check out our new Post A Job page. It explains it all. It's $249 for 60 days of exposure with a link on all Ruby Inside and Rails Inside pages, exposure through Simply Hired, and inclusion on a post like this that goes out to all 22,000 subscribers. Most ads get 1-2,000 direct views during their run (and linked from about 240,000 pageviews on our sites in all). And if you post before the end of 2009.. we have a discount code 2009deal that gives you $50 off!
On to the jobs:
Ruby Developer @ Backchannelmedia (Boston, MA): Backchannelmedia's mission is to "turn couch potatoes into consumer powerhouses." It develops technology that goes into set-top boxes. As a Ruby developer for them, you'd be working on backend code and applications. You'll need experience with Apache, Git, Rails and MySQL, and need a minimum of 3 years' experience as a software engineer. Click here to learn more about the job. (Note: This listing expires on November 25, so hurry..)
Stellar Ruby on Rails Engineer @ Shop It To Me, Inc. (San Francisco, CA): Shop It To Me, Inc is a small, super-profitable startup in the online shopping space located near South Park in San Francisco. They're looking for a proactive Rails developer who's ready to get involved in "everything" from brainstorming and requirement setting through to design, coding, scaling, deployment, etc. Uniquely, they've put together a Ruby version of their job posting too, which is well worth looking at! Click here to learn more about the job.
Senior Software Engineer @ Citrusbyte (Los Angeles, CA): Citrusbyte is a Los Angeles based Web app development shop that primarily uses Ruby to get the job done. They're looking for software engineers to join their team - Ruby experience is not mandatory as long as you're a hotshot in another relevant Web technology (such as Django, Catalyst, Ocsigen, etc). I've visited the Citrusbyte guys in LA before and they have a great work environment and ethos. Uniquely for a job on our board so far, Citrusbyte has given a little code test to pass while applying for the job :-) Click here to learn more about the job.
Ruby on Rails Developer @ PatientsLikeMe (Cambridge, MA): PatientsLikeMe is an exciting company in the social health space that is building a data-oriented patient community. They're looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails Developer who wants to work on a product that makes a difference in patients' lives. You'll need at least a year's experience with Rails, 2 years of experience with JavaScript, good test writing skills, and proficiency with CSS, HTML and version control. Click here to learn more about the job.
Ruby and Ruby On Rails Developer @ Angry Lapdog Productions (Seattle, WA): Angry Lapdog Productions is an early-stage startup developing innovative ways of finding and interacting with features on many of today's most popular Web sites. They're looking for an experienced Rails developer who also has experience developing standalone Ruby applications with unit and integration testing. Click here to learn more about the job.
P.S. Just as a test to see if anyone gets as far as down here, we have another discount code.. "greatdeal" (without the quotes) that gives 50% off when you post a job.. it also expires at the end of the year :-)
