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mirRoR Blog: Introducing RainCloud

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:19:00 GMT

mirRoR Blog: Hacking Creative Office Solutions

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:14:17 GMT

One of our most popular blog posts and Google ads goes something like this: if your phone is ringing at work, it isn’t us. The blog post is here, but the gist is that we have never (and will never) cold-call a developer at work...

mirRoR Blog: The Offline Experience

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:05:00 GMT

mirRoR Blog: Calling All Teachers

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:07:00 GMT

Today, the mirRoR blog features a guest blog post. We’ve never done that before but we think our friend Michael Kaiser-Nyman has an idea worth sharing...

mirRoR Blog: Our Current Favorite Tool: ChoiceResponse

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:51:00 GMT

Today we wanted to share a bit about one of our current favorite tools. It’s actually a small app we built ourselves called “ChoiceResponse.” It’s a very simple tool that allows you to send multiple choice emails via a bookmarklet in your browser....

mirRoR Blog: Is Your Phone Ringing at Work? It Isn't Us.

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:18:00 GMT

Last week we were chatting with a developer who said, “Oh yeah, I think I remember talking to you guys. You called me at work a few months ago, right?” to which we responded, “mirRoR, calling you at work...

mirRoR Blog: 5 Signs You're Ready For a New Rails Job

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:45:00 GMT

It’s easy to get stuck in a job that’s no longer the right fit for you. Maybe it was exciting at first, but that was years ago and the company has changed...

mirRoR Blog: Things We Love: Ruby and Sushi

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:53:00 GMT

The other day, we got to thinking about how we came to know and love the Ruby language.

mirRoR Blog: Relocating to SF: Now Is the Time

Fri, 06 May 2011 09:35:00 GMT

If you don’t live in the Bay Area, you’re probably getting tired of hearing about all the activity going on in the SF Ruby on Rails market: new Rails shops launching, new jobs, the most active Ruby meetup, and some of the most well-known Ruby conferences.

mirRoR Blog: Make Tough Decisions Early and Move On

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:33:00 GMT

Looking for a new job can be a lot like buying a car or buying a house: painful. I’m currently on the lookout for a new home, and it’s been reminding me of some good job search lessons....

Revolutionizing Student Financial Aid

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:08:49 GMT

Tags: Austin, Bootstrapped, Full Time, Jeans & Sandals, On-site, Team Member, Urban Center

We are an innovative, product-focused company with proven leadership working toward the lofty goal of changing the world of student financial aid. If you want to work in a dynamic environment where you get to have a hand in shaping the company's future, not to mention working with great colleges, universities, and foundations, we'd love to hear from you.

We are located in the amazing city of Austin, TX, and we offer a full range of benefits plus a progressive work environment.

Job Description:

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to help us scale, automate, and maintain our SaaS application that is used by some of the largest and most prestigious universities and foundations. We operate a heavily sharded environment and process millions of scholarship applications for our customers. If you love working on interesting problems while knowing that your work is actually helping students pay for school, we'd love to talk to you.

Opportunities to contribute include but are not limited to:

Writing and assisting with the design of new core features for both existing and new products;
Optimizing application and system components for performance and reliability;
Creating tools to automate scaling certain components of our AWS-backed infrastructure; and
Instrumenting our application and systems to capture performance and business metrics.

Our technology stack includes:

Ubuntu Linux;
Amazon EC2, Route53, S3, and ElastiCache;
Ruby on Rails (3.2);
ElasticSearch;
Postgres (9.1);
Apache Web Server;
Chef;
Redis; and
Resque.

There are certainly other exciting technologies we use and we'd love to talk with you about them. If these types of problems and technologies interest you, please apply. A passion for learning, a basic understanding of Linux, and experience with Ruby on Rails or a similar Object Oriented framework is required.

Taking Care of Business, on Rails!

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:09:05 GMT

Tags: Big Business, Full Time, New York, On-site, Team Member, Urban Center

The Role:

We have been delivering the market's sharpest insight and analysis to business leaders for more than 80 years. Join our fast moving team, where every day we take on and surmount the industry's greatest challenges around content delivery, consumer engagement and content personalization.

We are looking for a well-rounded, full stack developer who is passionate about building high profile, large-scale web applications, to lead our front-end web development. You will be a key participant and contributor throughout the entire process. Channel your creative energy and contribute to a team building fast, engaging and responsive websites for a multi platform user experience.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate should have a passion for designing/building high traffic web apps and be proficient in multiple programming languages (front-end and back-end), have a solid understanding of web development trends. The person chosen for this role must be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with a diverse set of colleagues in different disciplines.

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Prior experience in building high traffic consumer facing websites using Ruby on Rails (3+ years professional experience)
Expert knowledge of JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, SASS/SCSS, grid-systems, responsive web design
Passion for UI performance debugging and benchmarking, cross browser testing
Ability to write high-performance, readable/reusable code for UI components which work across multiple browsers
Expertise with object oriented design, Ruby, test driven development
Prior experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Experienced in working with design partners to break down their work into tasks and work effort estimates
Strong team player with passion for constantly improving the product, user experience, code quality
Outstanding interpersonal skills, intellectual curiosity, and an entrepreneurial spirit

The Company:

We are a global business and financial information and news leader who gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas.

Full Stack Game-changer Wanted

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:25:19 GMT

Tags: Full Time, Jeans & Sandals, Manager, On-site, San Francisco, Urban Center, VC Backed Startup

You will build web applications for our users, partners, and team. Those applications can range from business-critical internal tools to the core architecture of our site and our mobile products, with opportunities to work with a variety of languages and technologies.

Responsibilities:

Write back-end code using Ruby + Rails
Write front-end code in Javascript, and HTML/CSS
Implement new features and optimize existing ones from controller-level to UI
Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from, product management, interaction designers, and back-end engineers
Rapidly fix bugs and solve problems
Proactively look for ways to make us better

Requirements:

B.S. or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent work experience)
Very strong in the following:
- Ability to create an interface in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Proficiency creating applications in one server side framework: NodeJS, Rails, J2EE, Scala, etc.
- Solid understanding of the full web technology stack (e.g. HTTP, cookies, headers, asset loading / caching, relational databases, MVC)
- Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
- Understanding of CS concepts such as: common data structures and algorithms, profiling/optimization
- iOS and objective C and/or Android OS

Desired:

Github profile or link to open source work
Visual design skills
Knowledge of cross-browser quirks
Interest in mobile and touch-based web platform
Great written communication and documentation abilities
Data-informed product development: analytics, A/B testing, etc.
Like having a drink with teammates as often as required

Stealth Mode Start-up Seeking Rails Pro

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:04 GMT

Tags: Full Time, Jeans & Sandals, Office Park, On-site, San Francisco, VC Backed Startup

We are looking for a top notch Ruby on Rails Developer to join our small, well funded start-up and lead our Customer Portal development. If you want to make serious contributions to a growing company, share your knowledge while learning from others, and do a number of other butt-kicking endeavors in a fast paced environment, come chat with us! The ideal candidate should be passionate, creative, flexible, have a strong work ethic, and enjoy tackling technical problems. This is also an excellent opportunity to work with Pivotal Labs.

Job Description:

Develop within the Ruby on Rails framework
Architect solutions to a set of complex problems
Play a key role in the development of best practices in software design, implementation, and coding standards
Perform unit and system level testing on applications and all affected systems
Work directly with other teams, such as Operations and Sales, to manage requirements

Additional Skills Desired:

Optimally 5+ years working experience with Ruby on Rails, HTML, JavaScript, XML, and SQL
Experience with various testing frameworks
Motivated and willing to learn about a new business domain and willing to explore new technologies and trends
Experience delivering enterprise software strongly preferred
Should have knowledge regarding website design and usability
Ability to communicate with both technical and nontechnical peers

About Us

We are currently a start-up in stealth mode. We're a small team, of highly skilled individuals, with a large amount of start-up experience (this is the 4th company our founder has started). We've just received a series A from a well known VC and are based in Belmont, CA. Unfortunately, not much more can be said in this posting. If you have a some serious Ruby on Rails experience, and are looking for an adventure, let’s have the discussion!

Founding Engineer + Social Impact on Rails

Thu, 02 May 2013 19:45:41 GMT

Tags: Full Time, Jeans & Sandals, On-site, San Francisco, Team Member, Urban Center, VC Backed Startup

Build something that makes a difference. Don't just code, be a founding engineer with a single digit employee number. Invest in people's health; build, collaborate, and own this solution.

About Us

We have a singular purpose - to make the highest quality care available to every person with a mobile device. Health care is not just about when you get sick, but all the little choices you make every day. You need a health advocate on your side, and we provide that, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We are a privately held company based in the heart of Palo Alto, California, one block from CalTrain and numerous transit options. We’re a fast-growing start-up backed by significant players in venture capital and health care, and founded by entrepreneurs with successful exits in the health care and technology markets.

About the Position

We are looking for full-stack developers and architects to be cornerstone members of our back-end engineering team. You'll play a key role in architecting many solutions as we expand our offerings, including both RESTful API development for our mobile applications, and front-end solutions for health care professionals. We were founded in 2013 to work at the intersection of health care and technology to provide the very best care experience in the world. Join us and come to work everyday to knowing you are building something that has impact and meaning.

About the Ideal Candidate:

Demonstrated experience with RoR applications (please provide a GitHub account and/or code)
Excellent communication skills, across developers, designers, stakeholders, and customers
Ability and desire to make architectural decisions, including PostgreSQL vs MongoDB
Developed RESTful API for large scale deployments
Entrepreneurial-minded, comfortable contributing to product priority conversations
Expertise in implementing user interfaces and working closely with designers
Passion for data-driven, consumer applications, health, and technology
Motivated by the opportunity to create something that can have serious impact on the world
Never said the words "That's someone else's problem" while at work
BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Extra credit:

Extensive experience developing API for mobile applications
Experience with full-text search and/or SOLR
A love for build systems, Git, and TDD
Demonstrated experience with security techniques
Working with regulated industry (HIPAA, SAS70, etc)
Building HTML-based mobile applications

Front-end Developer at Happy Startup

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:56:05 GMT

Tags: Full Time, Jeans & Sandals, New York, On-site, Team Member, Urban Center, VC Backed Startup

About Us

We are looking for a key early member of our team to join fulltime in our Soho NYC office. We're building web and mobile apps that bring the science of Positive Psychology to mass market via innovative gaming and social. We intend to disrupt the $14B health/self-help industry. We're founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and smartly funded by some of the major leaders in tech and health. The team is small and agile, and we practice what we preach on happiness. We are built on Backbone.js, CoffeeScript, Marionette, Python/Flask, Postgres, Redis.

Role:

Front-end focus
Provide technical leadership for our small team
Contribute deeply to a Web app that is changing people's lives every day
Help build our agile, test-oriented dev culture
Consume and inform our Python-based APIs with CoffeeScript, Marionette, Backbone, and TDD Key

Skills:

Backbone.js, CoffeeScript
UX-centric engineering skills with attention to detail
Work closely with dev, design and UX on our team
Backbone and Marionette (nice-to-have)
Startup experience preferred

Luxury eCommerce on Rails

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:27:15 GMT

Tags: Full Time, On-site, San Francisco, Team Member, Urban Center, VC Backed Startup

Role

As a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer you’ll be a major contributor to our ecommerce front end, backend systems, and APIs. You’ll build APIs to support our mobile applications and admin tools, and work on underlying model layer that powers those APIs. The person in this role will own critical systems throughout the platform and be responsible for their performance, adding new, valuable features, and ensuring that these systems perform correctly.

This position reports to the CTO will be based out of our San Francisco office.

Responsibilities:

Develop new features throughout our platform, and maintain and enhance existing behavior
Help define and implement the system’s APIs, to support our suite of mobile applications
Take ownership of key components, ensuring that they meet the needs of the business
Collaborate with senior management, product management, and other engineers in the development of product requirements for the company’s software
Mentor other team members to build the company’s overall expertise in software development
Work to make us an innovator in the space by bringing passion and new ideas to work every day

Candidate Qualities:

A degree in computer science/engineering with a minimum of 5 years of software development with Ruby on Rails or similar full stack frameworks (e.g. Django)
Fluency in the Ruby language, including familiarity with the language’s metaprogramming features
Experience building real-world Rails applications, with Rails version 3.0.x or later. Familiarity with Rails conventions for code organization, deployment, etc.
Experience with more recent Rails features (e.g. asset pipeline) is a plus
A belief that automated testing is essential to building robust, supportable software and a commitment to making automated testing part of the application development process
Familiarity with how asynchronous message queues and worker frameworks (e.g. Sidekiq, Resque) are used in web applications and, ideally, experience in using such a framework in one or more real world applications
High degree of familiarity with SQL databases, including data modeling in SQL, the use of indices to improve query performance, and the use of transactions to maintain data integrity
Practical experience with REST and JSON APIs, and an understanding of how to build applications that serve and consume these sorts of APIs
Expertise in working with cloud systems, specifically for application hosting, file storage, and other related concerns
Experience integrating with 3rd party services, including social applications (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), communication services (e.g. Twilio, Sendgrid, APNS)
Knowledge of best practices in designing and architecting localized applications Rails applications
Experience with one or more NoSQL databases
Comfortable working in an environment where innovation and change are the norm
A passion for building great products

About Us

We are the world's premier online luxury resale store. We have a leadership team with a proven track record of success and we are experiencing hyper-growth. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a VC funded start-up that is exploding. We offer competitive salary, stock options, and benefits. Join our team!

Junior Engineer at LA Startup

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:38:45 GMT

Tags: Full Time, Los Angeles, Team Member, Urban Center, Hybrid, VC Backed Startup

We are seeking a talented junior developer to run our technology platform and collaborate on innovative ideas to grow and propel the business. This is a great opportunity for a developer who has a year or two of experience. It's an exciting time to be a part of our team!

About Us:

We are a lifestyle and fitness e-commerce platform that combines content, community and commerce.

Requirements:

We are looking for a full stack engineer with a background in Ruby on Rails, Javascript, jQuery, MySQL, HTML, CSS, Ajax, JSON. We update our content every week and are looking to add new features immediately and re-design the site in the next 4-6 months.

Location:

Los Angeles. We work out of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica but allow the ability to work remotely.

Culture:

We are a rapidly growing startup with investors that include the co-founder of Activision and players in the fashion/manufacturing space.

Digital Marketing on Rails

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:46:42 GMT

Tags: Austin, Big Business, Full Time, On-site, Team Member

Ruby on Rails Senior Developer

The Ruby on Rails Web Developer is responsible for working collaboratively with users and development team members to deliver requested functionality within our core application platforms.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Flesh out user stories by talking to stakeholders
Write test cases from user stories (RSpec and cucumber a plus)
Implement features from user stories
Coordinate with users to isolate and fix bugs
Communicate with team and PM about status, estimates, etc.
Provide mentoring to 2-3 developers

Required:

2+ years with Ruby on Rails
4+ years relational DB experience (MySQL and PostgreSQL preferred)
Experience with Git
Agile development experience a plus

Desired:

Bachelors degree

Target start date: immediate. Salary commensurate with experience. This position reports to the CTO.

About Us

We create highly customized and effective digital marketing campaigns for some of the nation’s most respected agencies and brands. Leveraging the established footprint and relationships of one of America’s largest broadcasters, our leading premium comScore, Inc.-ranked network of publishers, and our own proprietary technology, we empower agencies, capture the attention of target audiences and deliver results.

Fitness on Rails

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:58:07 GMT

Tags: New York, Remote, Small Business, Team Member, Urban Center

Overview of Role:

We are a leading online health and fitness brand delivering first-class video workout programs and personalized nutrition plans to help members reach their fitness goals. We bring fitness and nutrition to members, anytime, anywhere, by streaming HD-quality workouts in a variety of disciplines from dance and high-intensity cardio to yoga, kettlebells and strength training. Our elite group of trainers was specifically selected to provide specialized expertise to members through a best-in class library of workouts ranging from beginner to advanced through a multitude of technology platforms. From your computer and TV to your tablet and phone, your workout experience and nutrition advice is only a click away.

We are currently seeking a Ruby/Rails Web Developer to work with our existing core development team to help build amazing fitness products. The candidate will have the chance to work on a variety of products and platforms (web, mobile, TV, and other media platforms). They should have the desire and ability to quickly pick up new technologies/languages and implement new features and products. We are open to flexible work situations for the ideal candidate including working remotely.

The ideal candidate will have experience with the following:

Experience building and launching production software with Ruby on Rails (or similar web frameworks)
Self-motivated, thrive working with a small team given lots of responsibility
Solid understanding and experience building REST APIs
Strong front-end web development skills (HTML/CSS/jQuery)
Experience scaling web applications to a large/growing audience
Experience with both relational (MySQL) and non-relational (MongoDB) databases
Ability to think-through and develop positive user experiences
Experience working remotely & communicating using group chat, skype, etc.
Ability to work productively in a remote work environment without constant oversight
Ability to thrive in an environment where building high-quality products and high-productivity output are the #1 goals

Optional, but still good to have:

Solid understanding of iOS and/or Android platforms
Experience leading a small team of developers to successfully build out products
Experience designing/architecting new product features
Experience with streaming video and/or H.264 video encoding
Experience with Node.js, CoffeeScript, SASS
Familiar with Bootstrap CSS framework