Ruby Developer
at Vacation Rental Partner in Boulder, CO
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Apr 24, 2013
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Overview
Do you love to travel? Love to write code as well? Come join an exciting startup fusing travel, hospitality & technology in Boulder.
We love vacation home rentals. Relaxing with friends and family in a big place with a great kitchen and a pool is so much better than staying in a cramped, crowded hotel. VRP is taking the vacation rental experience to the next level by solving the problems surrounding trust, discovery, and booking of vacation homes. We’re building the next great hospitality brand in the travel industry – think “Starwood Hotels” of vacation rentals.
We love vacation home rentals. Relaxing with friends and family in a big place with a great kitchen and a pool is so much better than staying in a cramped, crowded hotel. VRP is taking the vacation rental experience to the next level by solving the problems surrounding trust, discovery, and booking of vacation homes. We’re building the next great hospitality brand in the travel industry – think “Starwood Hotels” of vacation rentals.
Responsibilities
We’re looking for developers that get a rush from pushing the envelope in usability and interactivity, who feel great when writing clean, well-tested code, and just “get it” when it comes to building for tomorrow’s web. We’re focused on highly user centric, modern web products for Vacation Rentals – the fastest growing segment of the travel industry. Think Rails 3.2, Postgres 9.1, Heroku. You’ll be working on production code and shipping features daily. You will be joining a small engineering team, playing a key role in both shaping and building our technologies. Your scope will be broad: ranging from user-facing features to server-side components and libraries. We are looking for a generalist who enjoys rapidly learning and working with different technologies.
Experience
We only hire people that make us better
You need to be able to learn rapidly and eagerly
You say what you think even if it is controversial
Courage to question actions that are inconsistent with our values
Quick to admit mistakes and even faster at learning from them
Challenge, mentor and learn from your peers (Pair-program when it makes sense)
Provide complexity- and time-based estimates for projects
The ability to have fun at work is a must
Has experience working with and ideally managing technical teams
Really we just want someone who has and insatiable hunger to create amazing products
Skills
Our stack includes Ruby, Rails 3, Heroku, Postgres SQL
3+ years of back-end web development experience, including database experience
1+ years experience with the Ruby language and the Rails framework, with a solid understanding of the Ruby on Rails stack
Algorithm engineering / math to data problem solving
Postgres SQL database design / modeling
Experience with Heroku infrastructure and manifolds
Familiarity with agile development (and a desire to help us improve however you think we can)
Git master
API integration with external systems
Wrangle some front-end code (HTML 5, CSS 3, jQuery)
Experience with jQuery, Backbone, or similar JS frameworks a plus
Experience in test driven development and agile development processes
Portfolio of work (open source, commercial, personal) you can demonstrate
Education
Bachelors prefered
Compensation
Competitive salary, based on experience, plus equity
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