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GoodGuide: Back-end Engineer

Job type: Design
Discovered on: Fri 12th March 2010, Site: 37signals

Location: San Francisco, CA
URL: www.GoodGuide.com

GoodGuide is Expanding!

GoodGuide is building an information platform and suite of tools to inform the public about the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies, and to empower them to take actions to improve their lives and the world around them. We are an innovative “for benefit” startup at the forefront of integrating science, technology, and consumer research to empower the public. You can learn more about us at: http://GoodGuide.com

We are looking for a Back-end Engineer to help us build out the GoodGuide technology infrastructure. Your mission will be to design, build and maintain tools to enable internal as well as external teams to interact with our data. You’ll need to be able to map the complex world of product, company and rating data to our internal databases and schemas. You’ll help build scalable processes and systems for publishing GoodGuide data to external consumers, such as GoodGuide.com, manufacturers and retailers.

We’re a small, agile development team who work closely together on end-to-end features. The technology stack we’re using is Rails, Linux and MySQL. We value TDD, design/code reviews, pair programming and collaborative approach to development.

DUTIES
• Design, implement and test significant product features with speed, agility and precision
• Collaborate with product management and other developers on key features
• Be a great team member and help change the world

REQUIREMENTS
• Smart, enthusiastic and driven
• Self motivated, you enjoy working in a small team with top notch developers
• 3-5 years of industry experience
• Significant experience building end to end applications
• Strong and current SQL skills. Affinity with Data Modeling
• Strong and current RoR skills
• Experience with CSS, JavaScript and Ajax
• Passion for writing concise, clear and elegant code
• Experience with Enterprise Integration
• BA/MS CS preferred

GoodGuide offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and equity. GoodGuide is committed to building a culturally diverse team and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. To apply please send your resume to: BEEngineer@GoodGuide.com.

To apply: Please send your resume to: BEEngineer@GoodGuide.com.

Further details at 37signals

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