Dallas, TX, full-time
Ruby Developer
About OrgSync
We were founded in 2007, have over 300 colleges and universities as
clients and are growing rapidly to reach our goal of working with the
4,000+ colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. In
the future, we will also be entering other markets that can utilize our
dynamic and evolving product. We have an exciting and relaxed corporate
culture that values team members' contributions and dedication. Come be
a part of our growth.
Job Summary
We're looking for a programming virtuoso to work alongside a small
team of developers and designers committed to building a robust,
performant and scalable web application that our users love. You have an
attention to detail and a professional curiosity that extends beyond the
workplace. You will work in a mostly autonomous environment, so you have
to be just as awesome at getting things done as you are at composing
elegant solutions.
Most of our code is written in Ruby and runs on the Rails stack backed
by a MySQL database, but we also incorporate other technologies such as
Node.js, Memcached and Redis. We use GitHub for version control and our
infrastructure is entirely hosted via cloud services.
This is a full-time position at our headquarters in Dallas, TX and
includes a competitive base salary, a full range of benefits, stock
options, and an awesome team of creative people by your side.
Requirements
- Passion for developing excellent software and an appreciation for
  elegant code
- Strong understanding of MVC web frameworks and REST concepts
- Strong understanding of relational databases including complex queries
  and optimization
- Familiarity with key/value stores and caching techniques
- Familiarity with JavaScript and its frameworks a plus
- Open source project contributions a plus
- Ability to play "Careless Whisper" on saxophone a plus
- Strong written and verbal communication skills