Working With Rails

Join the WhitePages Team!

WhitePages is a the #1 people search site on the internet and a top-50 website overall serving and conducting more than 2 billion people searches per year.

We value working in small, empowered teams and working with the best people. If you strive for excellence in your work, and would like to contribute in important ways to a powerful service used by millions of people every month, then please have a look at our open positions found at www.whitepagesinc.com/jobs. If you think you have what it takes, please contact us right away.

Development Manager, Front End

Come lead our team of top developers as we build the next generation of the best people search engine on the internet…

We are a spirited team of innovative, passionate engineers united in our mission of becoming the undisputed best online source of contact information for people and businesses. We are agile by design, and work quickly and confidently to achieve our goals. We think outside the box, and often without the box at all, and are hungry for continued success as a team and as a company. We are looking for someone who can join our team as a leader that we can look up to, collaborate with, and continue to learn from. If you are strong technically – as in you can (and have) architect, design, and develop complex systems, if you enjoy solving hard technical problems within a team environment, and if you have proven experience leading people with a hands-on approach, then you are the person we are looking for. We work hard and play hard, and we love to win, so you need to bring a champion attitude to the table, along with a strong ability to motivate and inspire some of the best developers in the industry. Submit your resume today!

Requirements
• Passion for website usability and intuitive, delightful user experiences
• Ability to write clean code that works, is readable, maintainable and follows best practices and coding standards on schedule.
• Fluency in a variety of languages such as Ruby, Java, Perl, Python, C/C++
• Ability to lead the design of complex distributed architectures and serve as a role model to senior engineers on the team.
• Solid understanding of OO design, languages, algorithms, data structures, networking, database design & optimization.
• Proven ability to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary.
• Extensive experience working with a web development framework (Django, Rails, .NET, Catalyst, JSP, etc).
• Extensive experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AJAX.
• Familiarity with Webserver/service technologies, including Apache, JSON, SOAP, and REST.
• Experience with agile development processes and scrum in particular.
• 8+ years experience in software development with 3 or more in management.
• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points
• Extensive database development experience and SQL proficiency.
• Experience working in an Open Source internet platforms.