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Software Jobs Newsletter

March 16, 2015

My repeat client is continuing to grow and expand, seeking more highly-talented software engineers with Ruby on Rails expertise. Relocation assistance will be offered for the right candidates.

 

They're a fun and exciting Internet-based provider of Big Data spatial analytics looking for a dynamic (#1) VP of Engineering to help us meet an ever-increasing demand for our products and services. This is an exceptional opportunity for a Director of Engineering or above in a mid-sized or larger firm who aspires to become the VP of Engineering - to build their own team and lead the technology development of a growing, profitable, venture-backed company.

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

 

  • Grow our team – you will be directly responsible for recruiting, recruiting, recruiting
  • Inspire, lead, and manage our Ruby on Rails development team working in an Agile, TDD environment
  • Coordinate, prioritize, delegate and track delivery of on-time, on-budget tasks & projects working with our developers, graphic designers, SEM, geographers and statisticians.
  • Develop and refine software and other processes to foster efficient product development, deployment and maintenance of uptime requirements
  • Collaborate with our geographers and statisticians to create new, disruptive products
  • Lead the technical development of real estate and map-based information products
  • Architect solutions to challenging problems working with massive datasets that include crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods, GIS and more
  • Keep existing products up-to-date with the latest technologies, architectures, and standards   

Desired Skills & Experience:

  • 5+ years of engineering management experience
  • Proven effective team management skills, managing both up and down
  • References from team members whom you’ve inspired and motivated to great success in the past
  • Self-directed time management, documentation and communication skills
  • Experience working in a small company or start up environment
  • Passion for your craft
  • An ideal candidate would also possess:
    • A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar; MS preferred
    • 5+ years designing and implementing complex, data-heavy e-commerce systems
    • Experience with all aspects/tiers of web and mobile web app development
    • RoR app dev experience with merchant processing capabilities
    • Familiarity with GIS-related software, incl. spatial databases such as PostGIS and the Google Maps _javascript_ APIs
    • Unix skills including API/data mining experience
    • Scaling and performance tuning of high-traffic, data-heavy sites

 

In order to meet an ever-increasing public demand, we are also looking to hire a (#2) Front End Developer with outstanding experience. This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented and experienced self-starter to join a small team and interface between designers and Ruby on Rails engineers in a small and growing, profitable, venture-backed company.

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

 

•Solving challenging problems working with massive datasets that include crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods and more

•Transforming design mockups into functional Web applications using HTML5 and CSS3

•Collaborating with backend developers to develop complex, data-heavy user interfaces

•Implementing responsive design methods to build UIs that function across a variety of devices

•Working in an Agile, TDD environment writing code you can be proud of

•Collaborating with PhD Geographers and Statisticians to create new, disruptive products

 

Desired Skills & Experience:

 

•A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant field

•Solid experience with HTML5/CSS3, and _javascript_, preferably with LESS or Sass experience

•Experience with a front end framework such as Foundation or Bootstrap

•Experience with a _javascript_ framework such as Angular or Backbone

•Familiarity with a server-side dynamic language, preferably Ruby

•5+ years designing and implementing complex, consumer- and business-facing Web-based user interfaces in data-heavy e-commerce systems

•Self-directed time management, documentation and communication skills

•A passion for your craft

 

 

 

(#3) Senior Rails Engineer

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Serving as the Sr. engineer in the technical development of real estate and map-based information products
  • Solving challenging problems working with massive datasets that include crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods and more
  • Working in an Agile, TDD environment writing code you can be proud of
  • Keeping existing products up-to-date with the latest technologies, architectures, and standards
  • Working alongside a nimble engineering team, being team oriented   
  • Collaborating with PhD Geographers and Statisticians to create new, disruptive products     

Desired Skills & Experience:

  • A BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar; MS preferred
  • 5+ years designing and implementing complex, data-heavy e-commerce systems
  • Self-directed time management, documentation and communication skills
  • Proven Effective ability to work with others
  • To be passionate about your craft
  • Extensive RoR app dev experience with merchant processing capabilities
  • An ideal candidate would also possess:

 

Familiarity with GIS-related software, incl. spatial databases such as PostGIS and the Google Maps _javascript_ APIs; Experience with all aspects/tiers of web and mobile web app development; Strong Unix skills including API/data mining experience; Scaling and performance tuning of high-traffic, data-heavy sites

 

What’s In it For You?

•Major opportunity to have your front end work seen on sites that serve over 10M users per year

•Casual fun working environment, working on some of the more complex user interface challenges, alongside a team that’s as passionate as you are about this stuff!

•Competitive salary and great benefits (401(k), medical coverage, 11 paid holidays)

•Great work/life balance, with 40-45 hour work weeks the norm!

•Long-term stability with a venture backed start up that is already profitable and growing

•Investors include the founders of MapQuest and CoreLogic

 

Our Environment

•Rails 3, Ruby 1.9, HTML5/CSS3, _javascript_/JQuery

•OpenStreetMap, Google Maps API, Engine Yard, Amazon AWS, PostgreSQL/PostGIS

•We use all of your favorite tools: GitHub, Basecamp, Pivotal Tracker, HipChat, etc.

 

Our Location

•Yards away from commuter rail hub, highway, pubs, restaurants and coffee shops.   

•5 miles in any direction and you are in quaint New England towns with nationally-ranked schools, historic charm, and great housing options (and we would know, we’re the experts!).

 

Company Description

My client is a small, high-end geospatial analysis Company born of university research, specializing in location-based decision-making tools: analytics, information and data. We license geospatial risk analytics and SaaS products for a host of business to business applications, and run the largest neighborhood search engine in the world, and are “the most trusted source for choosing a neighborhood,” according to Money® Magazine.

 

 

IF you are interested in exploring these opportunities to work with some of the leading technology companies in the world, please respond with a resume. Referrals, recommendations and suggestions are always welcome, as are 'random' resume submissions for other possible opportunities not described above. Cover letters explaining which position most interests you (and why) are very helpful.

 

 

                 Best Regards,

 

                 Nicholas Meyler

                 GM/President, Technology

                 Wingate Dunross, Inc.

                 ph (818)597-3200 ext. 211

                 URL: <http://nicholas-meyler.branded.me/>

                 Email: <power.srch@xxxxxxxxx>

 

 

Wingate Dunross, Inc. is a boutique retained Executive Search firm in Los Angeles, CA which has been in operation since 1983. The combined experience of the five principals spans a century of dedicated commitment to the Profession of Recruiting and Staffing. 

Nicholas Meyler is a degreed Chemical Engineer, a graduate of Princeton's world-renowned Philosophy department, and the 5th generation of Engineers in his family. He has been published in the 134 year-old “Mechanical Engineering” magazine and quoted and discussed in the 157 year-old "Atlantic."

 

Independent research has proven him to be one of the most versatile, accurate and active of all recruiters.

 

We have been selected by the L.A. Business Journal as a Top Retained Search Firm many times, and recently won the USTCRI Award for Excellence in Business Ethics.

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