Overview
Recently named one of London’s hottest startups and backed by some of the most respected investors in the business, Geckoboard creates software that makes it easy for businesses to see all of their key metrics on elegant real-time dashboards. Our approach has won praise and accolades for setting the standards in the field of data communication and our customers include tons of hot startups, mega-brands and even heads of state.
We're now looking for motivated and driven engineers who want to join our smart, fast team shipping code that makes an impact.
Responsibilities
Shipping code, solving interesting problems and making a difference
Working with an innovative web application and platform helping thousands of businesses around the world
Working in a small fast moving team to shape the future development of the application with input on key technical decisions
Experience
1+ years’ experience with Rails (or similar advanced web framework).
2+ years’ experience with a dynamically-typed, object-oriented language (preferably Ruby or Python).
Knowledge of PostgreSQL or MySQL
Experience with at least one NoSQL datastore
Test driven development experience
Familiarity with DVCS (we use git).
Skills
An ambitious and tenacious individual with a passion for hacking
Eager to join a fast growing, well funded startup on an upward trajectory
Able to work in London full-time
Nice to have:
Open source contributions
Backbone.js experience
Event driven programming experience
Keen on the startup world
Compensation
* Competitive salary and equity available
* Flexible working hours
* Choose the equipment that's right for you - desk, chair, computer... whatever you need to do your job
* Free drinks and snacks and team lunch every Friday
* Take the holiday you need, we don't count days