CubeTree Job: Sr. Rails Developer

Position: Sr. Rails Developer

Intro:

CubeTree is looking for an experienced web application developer with experience on at least one major Rails project to join our great team of engineers. The right candidate will join a senior team of architects, systems experts, QA professionals, and world-class web developers from both the enterprise and the consumer web markets.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver new features and incremental site improvements using Ruby on Rails, MySQL, jQuery, MemcacheD and other open source tools
• Ensure a high level of quality for CubeTree's users and for other developers
• Work with Product Managemnt, Customer Support, and Quality Assurance departments to engineer the best possible solutions for each given situation

Qualifications:

• Comfortable developing any portion of Rails application stack from data store layer to browser
• Insistence on Test Driven Development
• Experience with different data access challenges, caching techniques, scalability best practices
• Excels at designing and iterating solutions in small teams
• Understanding of XML/JSON based RESTful APIs
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Proficiency working in a Linux environment
• Excited to work in a highly iterative development process with weekly production releases
• 5+ years developing web applications
• BS, Computer Science or equivalent

An ideal candidate would also have:

• Strong Javascript and XHR coding skill including experience using multiple javascript frameworks. YUI and jQuery preferred
• Good knowledge of HTML and CSS best practices
• Experience building multiple web applications backed by MySQL
• Strong sense of what makes for a highly usable application
• Knowledge of secure coding best practices
• Previous experience with an early-stage venture-backed startup

Benefits:

• Be a part of the exciting shift taking place as Web 2.0 tools continue to move into the enterprise, changing the way users around the world work every day
• Stock options, 401k, company-sponsored HSA (company contributes), Commuter Check program, and great health, vision, and dental insurance plans
• New MacBook Pro, widescreen monitor, Mighty Mouse, Wireless Keyboard, and Herman Miller chair.
• Shiny new office space in May
• Team lunches in beautiful downtown Redwood City, CA

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About CubeTree:

CubeTree's hosted collaboration suite helps companies create internal social networks. CubeTree's social networking features include profiles, microblogging, tagging and activity feeds for 30+ types of feed items. A company's CubeTree network is private to the company, free for any number of employees and comes with enterprise-ready security and administration. To help employees collaborate better, applications like wikis, microblogging, file-sharing, link-sharing, polls and group chat are integrated into CubeTree's social networking platform, and included for free. CubeTree supports 20+ built-in integrations, from consumer software like Twitter to enterprise applications like CRM and Google Apps, and a rich API enables custom integrations.

CubeTree was recently listed as a visionary company in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Social Software and won the Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad.

CubeTree is well-funded by Trinity Ventures, InterWest Partners and Mitch Kapor. CubeTree secured an $8 Million series B financing on November 4, 2009. Gus Tai and Bruce Cleveland sit on CubeTree's Board of Directors. CubeTree's management team includes executives from Symantec, SAP, Oracle, and Amazon. CubeTree is located in Redwood City, CA.