Ruby on Rails Developer - Product Suite Efficient Frontier

Context Optional is a leading provider of social marketing software enabling businesses to market more effectively across the social web. Our extensive suite of web-based products is designed for building, managing, monitoring, and advertising brand presence to meet marketers? acquisition, engagement, and retention goals. By combining industry expertise, a leading technology platform, and comprehensive data and analytics into an integrated approach, Context Optional offers the most effective social CRM and marketing solutions for Fortune 1000 brands and agencies. Headquartered in San Francisco, Context Optional is trusted by leading brands such as Anheuser-Busch, Dell, General Mills, JPMorgan Chase, Hyatt, Live Nation, Nestle, Safeway, Sony, and Unilever.

We love what we do and we have a culture of innovation, self-direction, knowledge sharing, and fun. We are DJs, rock stars, marathoners, dog lovers, dads, moms, theater goers, tattoo aficionados, foodies, and beyond. Join the team!

ABOUT THE POSITION
We are seeking an experienced software developer to join our Social Marketing Suite team. You?ll be working with a group of engineers, designers, and experienced product director to create web-based tools that interface with Facebook and Twitter. The team is largely self-directed and practices an Agile-like methodology. We work in short iterations, with weekly milestones and immediate customer feedback. The team is distributed between Colorado and San Francisco.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and code applications end-to-end ? including database models, application logic, and presentation layer
Work with a solid team of experienced developers and designers with a great deal of variety
Own your own projects that generally run 5-10 weeks
Be part developer, part project manager and part designer while interfacing with web-savvy brand managers at well-known companies
Use agile processes in ways that are a benefit, not a chore
Be a part of cutting edge projects that are fun, unique, challenging and constantly evolving

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

Significant experience and interest in building and launching strong web applications
Experience with web UI technologies ? HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc.
Fluent in one or more web languages like Ruby, Java, PHP, Python
A strong interest in social networks, with some exposure to the technology/concepts behind them
Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to consistently contribute creative ideas
CS degree, or equivalent

HIGHLY DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE

Some experience with Ruby on Rails
Previous experience scaling high volume webapps and building apps on Facebook
Familiarity with MySQL or similar relational databases
Familiarity with jQuery, MongoDB, Rails 3.0, Ruby 1.9


Context Optional offers an attractive and competitive compensation package including base salary, stock options, health/vision/dental insurance, Fidelity 401(k), pre-tax commuter deductions, and a casual office environment.

And, yes, we do have a ping pong table and have developed an app to fuel the competition: www.conpong.com
If you are interested in this position, please send us your cover letter and current resume. Each application will be personally considered. Thank you for your interest. We look forward to hearing from you.

Location:	555 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA 94043 United States