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DoStuff | ONSITE | US | Full - Time | Full Stack Rails Developer | http://dostuffmedia.com

DoStuff is a network of local media properties run by local teams. 4 million people across 21 cities use our local daily emails, apps, websites & social handles to answer the question: “What am I going to do tonight?” We’re a small team that works on several Ruby (Rails, Sinatra) products. We wear many hats and enjoy jumping around from deep into a cloud server all the way to CSS on the front end.

Requirements:

2+ years professional Ruby on Rails experience

Strong understanding of MVC and separation of logic

Passion for writing efficient and reliable Ruby

Experience working in JS frameworks (we use Backbone.js and Handlebars)

Strong HTML, CSS, SASS and Javascript Skills

Proficiency with Git

An eye for making usable UI/UX

Experience integrating with various APIs

A love of live music, having fun, and the desire to do something big

Passion for learning and always striving to make things better

You currently live in Austin, TX or are moving here and have full time availability

Nice To Haves:

Rails 3 knowledge

REST API building & maintenance across several product needs

Basic understanding of Russian doll caching strategies

Provisioning and managing cloud instances (EC2, ElastiCache, RDS, etc)

Experience using Redis & Resque

MySQL experience in query monitoring, tuning and indexing improvements

Email us at jobs@dostuffmedia.com, call yourself a Ruby Developer and tell us why you’d like to join our mission.



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