A friend has a job opening for a Ruby, HTML/CSS, Javascript developer. He asked me to post this and filter some candidates for him, Below is their job description. If you fit, send me your CV and other comments to my email address (envelope next to name). I will pass on the most suitable candidates to them who will contact you directly if they are interested. This could be a full-time job or contract work for several months. You can work from wherever but they are a small start-up based in Geneva, Switzerland. Must be fluent in English (speak/read/write)
Their job spec:
Challenges you’ll take on:
• Develop a set of RESTful APIs to integrate our web service/website with multiple external services
• Write front-end code in Ruby, HTML/CSS, and Javascript
• Implement new features and optimize existing ones from controller-level to UI
• Continuously tune performance and scalability of the paper.li service
• Participate to usability discussions and look for ways to make paper.li better
What you bring to the table:
• Pro-active and eager to make immediate and large contributions
• Demonstrable experience building world-class consumer web apps
• Solid experience in Ruby and Javascript
• Experience with Rails and JQuery. Java is a plus.
• Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
• Strong command of web standards, CSS-based design, HTML and cross-browser compatibility
• Familiarity with agile programming methodologies
• Fluency in the nginx/Rails/MySQL/*nix stack. Experience with Amazon EC2 a plus…
• Fluency in English (our “corporate” language)
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