And further to this: we also have a position open for a "mid-level" developer.
Still need technical competency, less emphasis on guiding mini- projects, mentoring, and tool building... and less money ;-) Apply the same way. Regards, jb On Jan 11, 6:05 pm, John Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Senior Ruby on Rails Developer @ Envato > === > > Hi, we're Envato and we're looking for a "senior" Ruby on Rails > developer. > > We know it's a bit absurd to ask for seniors for such a new > technology, but we're more looking for the senior mindset, for depth > and breadth of experience in delivering good quality code, and helping > your teammates achieve the same. We need the kind of people we can > point at a big problem with maybe another dev or two by their side and > come out with a neat solution on the other side. We'd prefer to hire > someone with practical, commercial Ruby on Rails experience, but if > you're a Python, Java, .NET, Haskell, LISP, or whatever else developer > who picks up new things quickly and can get things DONE. > > First though: a bit about us. We're a youngish company, transitioning > out of the hectic startup days and into something a bit bigger and > more settled. > We operate a series of online stock digital media marketplaces such as > Activeden (formerly FlashDen), GraphicRiver, ThemeForest, AudioJungle, > VideoHive, 3DOcean, and CodeCanyon. The first marketplace, ActiveDen, > launched to the public around 3 and a half years ago, and the rest is > history. We are one of the larger Rails apps around the world: we > serve well over 2 million page (rails stack) requests a day and have > over 600k registered users. If you've ever wondered how a Rails > application scales, this will be the job where you find out. > > We've been in NETT magazine, had 37signals cover us in their > "Bootstrapped, Profitable, and Proud" series > (seehttp://37signals.com/svn/posts/2594-bootstrapped-profitable-proud-envato), > and we even blog a bit ourselves over > athttp://notes.envato.com/category/developers/ > > You'll be joining a team of 8-ish developers, and in office staff of > around 20. We have flexible working hours (you can start any time each > day between 8 and 10 and then work your 8 hours), there's no dress > code (but please don't give us cause to add one), and we have a > totally sweet pool table. Work wise, we try and stick to an agile > process. We borrow bits from scrum, a bit from lean, and even a little > from crystal clear. We're also one of those "DevOps" teams, assuming > that by "DevOps" you mean, we take care of our application stack > ourselves and can't blame anyone else if the site crashes. > > To come work for us, you'll preferably tick all of the boxes below, > but if you're missing a few and still feel you're a good match, apply > anyway. > > Essential Requirements > --- > > * Be a nice person > * Communicate well in person and in writing > * Be a curious person committed to continual learning > * Be able to help your teammates get the most out of themselves > * Be capable of writing clean, well thought out, and reliable code > * Be able to follow a project through from the original fuzzy brief > through development and deployment and beyond with minimal oversight > required > > Preferred Requirements > --- > > * Be a nice person && be funny > * Have commercial Ruby on Rails experience > * Have experience of other high volume/scale web apps > * Have solid TDD/BDD experience (and the ability to mentor juniors > in this skill) > * Contribute to Open Source projects > * Excellent linux-fu (advanced disk IO knowledge is a super plus) > * Been a mentor/jedi master to junior staff in the past > * Past experience in other agile environments > > To apply email us at [email protected] with the subject line "Shall > we play a game?" and attach your CV, a (very) short cover letter > telling us what was "the biggest influence on your career as a > developer" and a link to or zip file of code samples. A github account > full of awesome open source goodness would be preferable to the > zipfile. > > This is a Melbourne CBD based full-time role. Contractors, part- > timers, or remote workers probably shouldn't apply. > > PS. For Recruiters: > Please don't contact us. > Seriously. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
