Ruby developer
Type: Permanent
Benefits: Laptop / computer, Equity share, Telecommuting, Health care, Flexible hours
We'd prefer you to work from our NYC office, but if that's a deal-breaker, we can talk.
Animoto.com is looking for a few solid Ruby devs to join our small team of kick-arse developers. We're a well-funded startup that has been making a big splash all over the press, from the New York Times to TechCrunch. We're not looking for code monkeys--we want to find people who care about their code and who want to be challenged and grow in their skills.
Who we are:
Here's our blurb: "Animoto is a web application that, with the click of a button, produces videos using images and music that a user selects. Using their patent-pending Artificial Intelligence developed to think like an actual editor & director, the resulting video has the emotional impact of a movie trailer and the visual energy of a music video."
To be honest, text just doesn't do us justice. Check out this link to get a more accurate picture: http://animoto.com/learn_more. Or, if you won't take our word for it, here's what the TechCrunch guys have to say: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/26/happy-birthday-animoto-you-guys-make-me-happy/.
Who we're looking for:
I'm not going to list 100 technologies you need to know to join our team. Through our hiring process we've determined that there are only a few must-haves to pass the bar. Our biggest requirements are:
1) You understand computer science fundamentals (data structures/algorithms)
2) You are a good fit for our team (can you learn from others? can you collaborate well?)
3) You demonstrate that you can attack problems creatively and have a flexible mind
Notice there is no Ruby in there? Good. Chances are you already know Ruby if you're reading this job post, but if not, a person with the above qualifications can be taught Ruby pretty quickly. You can teach someone Ruby, you can't teach them to think.
On top of that, here are the technologies that we use that would be helpful for you to know:
Rails, Merb, Capistrano, Git, Linux, HTML/DHTML/CSS/Javascript, Ajax, AWS (S3/EC2/SQS/SDB), RESTful APIs, async processing/messages queues (Starling, BDRB, etc), Nginx, Apache + Phusion Passenger, Haproxy, SQL, db optimization
Location
United States, NY/NY
This role requires onsite work
Salary and Terms
Pay: Competitive salary, benefits and generous equity stake
Hours: Full Time
Length of employment:
Recruiter Information
Interested? Get in touch with:
Name: Stevie Clifton
Company: animoto.com
Email: stevie@animoto.com
