Senior Back End Software Engineer Service Alley

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We are on track for major new product releases this spring and summer and are looking for someone who is eager to learn the joys and pains of growing a startup. This is an amazing opportunity for the right candidate to lead our small and nimble development team, and make a real contribution towards shaping the future of the company. If coding were a war, you'll be in the trenches, on the front lines, and any other random analogy you can think of. We work hard, have a great time joking around while we do it, and want you to join us in building a company that is changing the way people think about finding home service providers.

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The day-to-day stuff

Design and develop mind blowing applications and enhance existing Service Alley Rails applications

We're not here to babysit you and your team; you should be able to take or come up with a high level idea, prioritize tasks, and lead the development team towards creating it

You have a real understanding of databases and what it means to write heavily database-backed software

Survey what's out there in the open source world, evaluate vendor products, or code it yourself

Communicate with tech and non-tech people alike, and show both technical and functional command of what you're doing

Coaching and mentoring back end engineers developers on best practices

Agile isn't just a buzzword, iterative dev is your lifeblood and a day without your team pushing code makes you sad

You're not afraid to crack open an existing code base and bend it to your will

Constantly think of ways to improve the member and provider web experience

You like designing software, and thinking through how it fits into larger efforts before you dive in

Required

High energy personality, creative and not afraid to take initiative

Extensive experience conceiving, designing, and developing sophisticated web applications in Ruby on Rails

Experience in an OO programming language like Java, C++, etc.

Experience working on software that is backed by MySQL, Postgres or Oracle. If an expert isn't around, you can play the role of a DBA

Experience developing software on a UNIX platform

You are familiar with open source packages for getting work done, and are comfortable surveying the landscape before beginning a development project

Superior written and verbal communication skills

Strong ability to prioritize and work autonomously while leading and managing a small development team

Fun perspective on life and an entrepreneurial spirit

Not Required, But Impressive

Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB or Redis

Experience with location based search

Front end experience with AJAX, JQuery and jQuery UI

Experience working in an agile, iterative development environment

Location:	1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 United States
Employment Type:	Full Time
Functional Area:	IT

THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED

Service Alley

ServiceAlley.com is a free site that helps you find recommendations for local home service providers from people you know. Service Alley is a startup owned and funded by The Washington Post, and is currently live in the Washington DC, Chicago and Raleigh-Durham metro areas with more markets on the horizon. We're tackling a big industry with some large established competitors, and we believe that from inside the walls of The Washington Post, we can disrupt those players and own the home service provider recommendation space.
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Angel Investors: The Washington Post
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Web Site:	www.servicealley.com
Headquarters:	1150 15th St NW Washington, DC 20071 United States
Employees:	1-10
Year Founded:	2010
Industry:	Media and Entertainment
Company Profile:	Unlike other home service provider sites out there, Service Alley is free and open. You don't need to pay us money to see ratings and reviews, or wait for providers to contact you with a quote. ServiceAlley.com is here to ease your stress and help you find the right home service provider for you. Because really, the most valuable recommendation you can get for a home service provider is from someone you know. Our management team is small but growing. We've been using digital agencies and contractors for our development work recently and are now looking build a great in-house development team (2 back end & 1 front end dev). We are on track for major new product releases this spring and summer and are looking for people who are eager to learn the joys and pains of growing a startup. This is an amazing opportunity for the right candidates to wear multiple hats on our development team, and make a real contribution towards shaping the future of the company. We work hard, have a great time joking around while we do it, and want you to join us in building a company that is changing the way people think about finding home service providers.

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