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Let's Take the Fight to Amazon
on March 19, 2012 | hide
Most retailers lack the technology to compete against the Amazons of the world, but they are willing to spend money on companies that innovate for them (3%-7% of their revenues on technology).

500friends is a rapidly growing company backed by Crosslink and Intel that enables retailers to track, recognize, and reward their customers for their activity across their digital properties. We call this "social loyalty."

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will be joining a small team of Ruby on Rails engineers, where you will play a large role in both shaping and building our technologies. Your scope will be broad, ranging from user-facing features to server-side componenets and libraries. You will be developing web portal, analytical functionality, APIs, facebook applications and more. Our technology stack includes Ruby, Rails 3, Haml, MySQL, EC2. We integrate with key social networks, e-commerce sites and engines.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

Fast paced environment with no bureaucracy

We're obsessed with hiring only the best of the best; you won't ever have to deal with incompetency

Working with leading edge technologies

Competitive compensation package which includes benefits and equity

Individual and company performance bonuses

Free lunch every day

REQUIREMENTS:

2+ years of developing in Ruby on Rails

Expertise in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS

Experience working with testing frameworks such as rspec, capybara, and selenium

Familiarity with the agile development process

Strong desire to work with a small team to transform an industry

apply here: http://500friendsinc.jobscore.com/jobs/500friendsinc/ruby-on-rails-developer/ceyXfY0nmr35QheJe4bk1X



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