Silicon Florist

Agile Software Developer

About Us

AboutUs, Inc. is looking for talented developers. We've been transforming AboutUs.org from a structured wiki about websites into a powerful analytics engine capable of scraping huge portions of the internet and running analyses across these data sets.

We're one of the top 10 Rails site on the internet with an Alexa traffic rank around 1500. We've developed technologies that serve thousands of requests per minute backed by scrapers that download and parse millions of sites per hour.

Our team consists of a half dozen developers with specialties ranging from the art of user experience to the science of modern datacenter administration. We work in an open office with awesome views, following a refined agile process drawing on Kanban, Extreme Programming, and Scrum. Ward Cunningham (Wiki inventor and Agile pioneer) is a collaborator, advisor, and frequent pair-programming partner. Our desks have wheels. We have meetings around a ping pong table. We pair, test, iterate, and all that jazz.

About You

We're looking for someone to impress us. We want developers who can jump in and start creating value immediately. A strong drive to get things done is important. Resilience in the face of hard problems in a must. In addition it won't hurt to have experience with some or all of these:

* Ruby/Rails
* Programming in other languages
* Working with high traffic or big data
* Linux and Systems Administration
* UX and Front-End Development
* Agile and TDD

More Reasons To Work With Us

* Competitive Salary
* Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
* Stock Options
* Great Office
* Portland is one of the coolest cities in the country

How To Apply

Please send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@aboutus.org.

Include "Agile Ruby Developer Position - #{your_name}" in the subject line.

Please answer some of the following questions in your cover letter:

1. What is a recent programming insight you discovered and what was intriguing about it?
2. Why do you want to work with us? (please be specific)
3. What Open Source communities/projects are you a part of and why do you like them?
4. Tell us about a time you brought initiative to your team and made a positive change.
5. What modern programmer do you admire and why?
6. How do you learn and keep up with the field of computing?