Job opening - hitRECord: Rails Developer

Location: Anywhere
URL: http://www.hitrecord.org

hitRECord is currently seeking a new Lead Developer (a highly experienced individual or team) to take over an existing project. Candidates should be self-starting, have excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of interactive multi-media web-apps.  hitRECord is written in Ruby on Rails and connected to a PostGreSQL (Fugu) database.  

BACKGROUND

hitRECord is a rapidly growing multi-media production company that uses its website to collaborate with its 85,000+ members to create art of all kinds â€" text, image, audio, video.  The results are distributed through various channels â€" both online and offline. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop/implement new features with Creative Director:  Work close! ly with Creative Director's wireframes and mock-ups to implement polished front-end HTML/CSS design in conjunction with innovative and efficient back-end solutions.
• Contribute to design and implementation discussions.
• Implement and iterate on new and existing features.
• Profile and optimize code and queries for performance.
• Manage site’s database of users / submit periodic analytic reports.
• Responsible for on-going improvement, maintenance and troubleshooting of website.
• Ability and willingness to fulfill duties outside normal office hours occasionally required.

REQUIREMENTS

• 2+ years Ruby on Rails experience
• 4+ years web software development experience
• JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AJAX, jQuery and mySQL
• Some experience with Heroku.
• Solid background OO Design and MVC architecture
• Strong familiarity with ! linux shell environments
• 3rd party API integration (RE! ST, SOAP, etc)
• Familiar with Git would be a plus 
• The hitRECord team is spread-out across the country.  Strict office hours are not necessary, but sticking to a goal-oriented weekly schedule is required.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams with other specialized individuals.
• Strong organizational and management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.

More about hitRECord:

Now in our third year of operation, hitRECord productions have run the gamut:  Our work was recently given a premiere screening at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and has toured North America in live venues from dive bars to grand halls.  HarperCollins recently published the first in a th! ree-book series, 'The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories' and we recently released our anthology, entitled 'RECollection.'  hitRECord is often involved in high-profile collaborations while (hopefully) maintaining our artistic integrity... and, without taking ourselves too seriously. :P

To apply: send a resume to jobs@hitrecord.org

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