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Large Website Ruby-on-Rails Developer at imikimi.com

Located in Seattle, United States. Posted September 01, 2011

Attention recent college grads! Ready to get you career started? We are looking for a goal-oriented Ruby on Rails developer who wants a job that they will love. This is a contract job of 20 hours a week that will lead to a full-time relationship if the fit is right. The best part is you get to create your code at home.

Imikimi.com is large Rails based website providing innovative tools for online content creation and sharing. We also have a significant presence on the iOS app store. If you are interested in working with a small, innovative team on a large Rails website, this is the place!

We are devoted to practical innovation in user-interface and core technologies. We believe user experience should not only be simple and easy, but also powerful and fun for novice, and expert users alike. Solutions to core problems should not only address today's and tomorrow's needs, but should also - the foreseeable needs of the next decade.

Job Description

We are looking for a wicked-smart RoR developer who can come up with high quality designs both from user-experience and technical perspectives and implement them with minimal oversight. The ideal candidate should be passionate about creating an awesome user experience with beautifully written code. We want someone who is great at solving complex computer-science problems and truly enjoys working on the forefront of innovation.

Primary Responsibilities

Implement solid solutions with minimal oversight

Design innovative new features

Be part of the core team

Communicate effectively in person as well as email, im & skype

Attend weekly meetings at the Seattle office

Position Requirements

>1 year experience in

Ruby-on-Rails (RoR)

Linux

MySQL

Subversion or GIT

Bonus Experience

Cross-browser Javascript & Ajax

Cross-browser CSS

User interface design

Cutting edge ruby technologies including: rspec, rack and event-machine

Miscellaneous

No Recruiters; individuals only

Must be self-motivated

Must live in the Seattle, WA area

Competitive rate, to be negotiated

“Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity.” –David Gelernter

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