[Job] OrgSync (higher-ed web app) hiring

[Clifton King]

Fellow wizards of λ,

  I'm a developer that's been doing Ruby for about 5 years at OrgSync,

an awesome company that I helped bootstrap out of a house in Austin,

TX while studying CS at UT. We have a really great subscription-based

business model; directly serving over 300 colleges and universities (to

include Stanford as well as USF & SFSU) at a 95+% annual renewal rate.

We have also never taken any VC funding, which I believe is a stance in

vogue right now (I'm only kind-of joking if any githubbers read this).

  We have [slowly] grown our development team to 8 incredibly talented

and driven dudes with a diversity of talents ranging from snap-drumming

to symphony viola. We have a good diversity of programming backgrounds,

ranging from Common Lisp & iOS to someone with a commit in mainline

valgrind. But we all love working in Ruby.

  But here's the catch: we're in Dallas. Fortunately, Texas has good

looking & generally pleasant people, low cost of living and no state

tax. We also have a Ruby group (dallasrb.org), where we host the

hacknight every 3rd Thursday.

If you're considering a move, please do consider us!

Clifton

@cliftonk

github.com/clifton

Relevant company links:

- Github: https://github.com/orgsync/

- Company Website: http://www.orgsync.com/

- Favorite picture: https://orgsync.com/47575/photos/albums/24946/photo/459550

- Ruby post: http://www.orgsync.com/job_openings/ruby-developer

- Frontend post: http://www.orgsync.com/job_openings/frontend-developer

- UI Designer post: http://www.orgsync.com/job_openings/ui-designer

If you prefer plaintext, here's the Ruby position in markdown format:

# Ruby Developer

## About OrgSync

We were founded in 2007, have over 300 colleges and universities as

clients and are growing rapidly to reach our goal of working with the

4,000+ colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. In

the future, we will also be entering other markets that can utilize our

dynamic and evolving product. We have an exciting and relaxed corporate

culture that values team members' contributions and dedication. Come be

a part of our growth.

## Job Summary

We're looking for a programming virtuoso to work alongside a small

team of developers and designers committed to building a robust,

performant and scalable web application that our users love. You have an

attention to detail and a professional curiosity that extends beyond the

workplace. You will work in a mostly autonomous environment, so you have

to be just as awesome at getting things done as you are at composing

elegant solutions.

Most of our code is written in Ruby and runs on the Rails stack backed

by a MySQL database, but we also incorporate other technologies such as

Node.js, Memcached and Redis. We use GitHub for version control and our

infrastructure is entirely hosted via cloud services.

This is a full-time position at our headquarters in Dallas, TX and

includes a competitive base salary, a full range of benefits, stock

options, and an awesome team of creative people by your side.

## Requirements

- Passion for developing excellent software and an appreciation for

  elegant code

- Strong understanding of MVC web frameworks and REST concepts 

- Strong understanding of relational databases including complex queries

  and optimization

- Familiarity with key/value stores and caching techniques

- Familiarity with JavaScript and its frameworks a plus

- Open source project contributions a plus

- Ability to play "Careless Whisper" on saxophone a plus

- Strong written and verbal communication skills