Sr Software Engineer Vitrue

Summary

We're looking for talented, passionate hackers who want to solve interesting problems in social media primarily on Facebook and Twitter.

The Software Engineer will be responsible for quickly developing interactive web applications, largely on Facebook. Will participate in the design and coding of end-to-end applications including database models, application logic, and presentation layers. Our Technology stack includes Ruby on Rails, MySQL, and JQuery, to name a few technologies, but we're looking for sharp individuals who are able to adapt the right technologies to solve business problems.

Responsibilities

Produce high-quality, standards-compliant code on short deadlines - 85 Coding

Work with the Marketing Team and other non-development groups to engage consumers using social media

Technologies we use daily

Mac OS X, Ruby on Rails, Facebook, Twitter, MySQL, MongoDB, Cloud Computing

Would you like to...

Scale apps to handle over 1500 requests per minute

Have your work be seen by hundreds of millions of people

Use NoSQL in a production environment

Do test driven development

Spend your day engineering software instead of wasting time in meetings

Have the freedom to use new technology

So did we. That's why we work at Vitrue.

Requirements

Solid software development skills (3+ years)

One or more years developing in Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, PHP, or any "next gen" scripting language

Proficiency at optimizing SQL queries (exposure to NoSQL is a plus)

Experience with Mac OS X or another -NIX. We don't do Windows.

JavaScript and the typical web-related alphabet soup (HTML, AJAX, JSON, XML, CSS, etc.), HTML5 exposure is a plus

Write standards-compliant HTML and CSS

Strive for beautiful code

Bonus points if youre good at playing old arcade games and ping pong

Desirables

Social Media experience is a plus

Experience in a start-up environment is preferred

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent medical, dental, and life insurance

Stock options

Generous vacation time

Cool coworkers

Up to date tech library

No IE6 support

Easy access to public transportation

Free snacks & drinks

Happy Hours

Other Associated Titles

Software Developer, Software Programmer, Senior Programmer, Senior Developer.

Location:	101 Marietta Street Suite 1700 Atlanta, GA 30303 United States