Ahem, slight amendment, the email would be [email protected] (note the extra s). Thanks to Jeremy Mawson for pointing that out to me :) Rob On 21 January 2011 11:45, Robert Postill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What are we looking for? > A software engineer/craftsman (yes I did read the Dan North post but I > still like the term, you get points for being able to talk coherently > about these things). Ideally you're a class act, you've been around > the block a bit and you know your development onions. By which I mean > that you're capable of writing clean code in a language like Ruby. In > fact if you write good code in any OO or functional language then > we're interested. Also you'll look at a terminal and be thinking > "cool, I can make a sweet tool with that". We want you to support > what you deploy so that means you need familiarity with Linux and > RDBMSes, bonus points for chef/puppet. You're looking for a job that > pays $80-$100k (if you're an absolute champion I'm prepared to move > that bar a bit too) plus a bonus. Most of all we want the attitude > and approach, I don't care where you're from, if you went to uni or if > you can drive a submarine. Can you solve a problem and make a > beautiful piece of software? If so I'm keen to have a chat. > > What would I be working on? > We have this tool called Integrity, its an RoR app with OK test > coverage and it collects data to feed into Business Intelligence apps. > It's designed to hoover up the scraps of data lying around in an > organisation and make sure they're OK to feed into your BI setup. The > app has a configuration front end and a data munching backend, as > you'd expect Integrity can end up munching a lot of data. There are > some lumpy bits in the code right now which require some refactoring > TLC but then if was perfect that would be boring wouldn't it? We have > a small number of customers right now but we have a number of trials > in the pipeline (which is one of the reasons why we need you). It's a > web app deployed as an appliance monitored by things like New Relic. > We also have some other ideas flowing out of the consultancy business > right now that are interesting but there's no one to work on them so > we're not a one trick pony either. > > Who are we? > C3 Business Solutions (C3 for short, that's what we say). We're a > Business Intelligence consultancy that decided we need to do our own > software. We have awards for Integrity from the AIIA and have some > press like the BRW magazine's 100 fastest-growing Australian > companies and SmartCompany's Smart 50. But I suspect you're more > interested in the biscuits rather than the packet, so lets talk a bit > about the real deal. We're a small team right now, technically four > people but we're on the lookout for three new hires. We run an > XP-based process and we work out of a little office in docklands with > a whiteboard wall. Is there a dress code? Nope we binned that :) > > > So if I'm interested? > Drop me a line at [email protected] with some > details of who you are (CV, Linkedin, Github, etc. are all > interesting) and how we can get hold of you. > > Rob >
-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
