#Backend engineer
Dolores Labs is funded, growing, and, frankly, where the action is at in San Francisco. However, we have a bit of a problem: Ruby doesn't scale. We need someone to rewrite our entire application in Java. JUST KIDDING. Seriously though, we need help scaling our application (mostly in Ruby).
##Skills that are a must
Startup: You're able to learn quickly, design creative solutions, and work independently.
People: From time to time you'll need to communicate with clients and co-workers.
Ruby: We’re a Ruby shop, you should be familiar.
Unix: Our servers are Ubuntu, our workstations are f-ing unibody MacBook Pros (all engineers get a fresh new MacBook Pro on hire).
GIT: That’s right, none of that non-distributed version control nonsense.
##FTW
MVC Web frameworks: We use both Merb and Rails.
Side projects: You have a pet project that you've open sourced and enjoy hacking on.
Stats: Numbers is our game. The more you can geek out at this level the better.
Crowdsourcing: You’ve played with Mechanical Turk.
Taste: We have a pimp office on Valencia and 16th in the Mission, which means you better like tacos.
Humor: You have a sense of it. ;)
##More about the job
As our client base grows, so must our infrastructure. You will be working closely with our Lead Backend Engineer to ensure we don't serve up any 504's. Our system needs do tons of statistical processing efficiently, too. Let's make it happen.
##More about Dolores Labs
We get work done. Work that usually takes less than a minute for any lay person to complete. We have created a number of tools that make it easier to create, perform and analyze this work. The labs was founded by myself Chris Van Pelt, and Lukas Biewald. There are thousands of people around the world working for us, 7 of us here in San Francisco. We're funded and generate revenue. You can find out more at our website, http://doloreslabs.com.
If you're interested, send us an email and resume to [email protected]. Tell us a little about yourself. What do you like doing outside of work? Any cool hobbies or side projects?
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