Cool piece on Stuff about Storypark too. BTW, I see that the next Wellington Startup Weekend is a special education themed one for those who may be interested http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wellington-startup-weekend-august-2014-tickets-10708875535
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Jamie MacDonald <[email protected]>wrote: > Join a high-growth, technically challenging startup with thousands of > existing users and a purpose that makes a difference. > Storypark <http://www.storypark.com/> is helping create stronger families > and improving children's learning outcomes in New Zealand and 58 countries > around the world. > We've secured investment to scale and we need your help. > The Chief Technology Officer's role is to assure the successful > development and implementation of Storypark's business plan through the > creation and management of the Storypark App and website. > There's considerable scope for agility within the role and we're actively > seeking someone who can contribute to the design, coordination and delivery > of development work. > > *Team: * > Storypark is a small team that's focused on creating beautiful solutions > that make an impact. We're a tight group of entrepreneurs, developers, > designers and educators on a mission to make a difference, and we thrive on > the feedback from families around the world who are now more connected with > their children. > > We're a people-focused business and run a family-friendly, flexible and > fun work environment. We've got big plans and we want you to join us for > the ride. > > *Challenge:* > The sky's the limit in terms of growth opportunities, but to help us get > there we need you to: > > - Work with us, our customers and experts to guide the technical > direction of the company, and translate priorities into awesome technical > solutions > - Bring understanding and opportunities of the wider technical > landscape to the business strategy > - Help determine the technology product resources that we need > (designers, developers, etc) to meet our goals, and help recruit and manage > them > - Roll up your sleeves and develop features > - Coordinate the delivery of features - helping manage the release > process > - Manage our infrastructure - ensuring a secure and stable platform, > uptime, and capacity planning for the future > - Be a stickler for quality - work with the team to ensure our users > have an experience that we're proud of > - Support and develop the team - advice, coaching and educational > opportunities > > > *Knowledge and experience:* > > - 5+ years experience with Rails, JavaScript/CoffeeScript/Backbone & > HTML/CSS > - Experience with cloud-based infrastructure - AWS, Heroku etc, and > scaling a platform > - Experience managing developers and software development processes > - An affinity for lean, agile approaches to development and product > management > - Full-stack experience - someone who can take features from concept > to delivery > - Someone with initiative, who knows what it takes to ship regularly > - Experience with mobile development. > > > *Personal attributes:* > > - Passionate about delivering value to users > - An excellent communicator and creative problem solver > - Organised, motivated, pragmatic, gets things done > - Quality focussed, with an eye for detail. > > > *Other important things to know:* > We still have the advantages of an early-stage company, including the > ability to offer equity as part of your compensation. > > *Background: * > Storypark is a maturing startup that has had a number of successes in > 2013. We've partnered with some of New Zealand's most influential early > learning organisations including the largest private provider of early > childhood services. We have 5,000+ active customers, the support of experts > and academics around the world and blossoming relationships with networks > in NZ, Australia, Japan and Canada. > > *Contact: * > Peter Dixon, CEO for more information: 021 1274989, [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WellRailed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellrailed. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Shane Mingins -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WellRailed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellrailed. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
