[JOB] Chief Rails Architect at Location, Inc in Worcester, MA

[Ryan Dlugosz]

Location, Inc (NeighborhoodScout.com) is looking to hire a full-time,
on-site Rails lead to build new products and maintain their existing
tools.

I've seen several of their tools via work I do for another client also
in the geospatial space (ha!) and I think this would be a great gig.
They have some impressive data and are doing cool things with it. It's
a small outfit, so you would be calling all the shots from a
technology perspective.

While I've only had a handful of calls with him, my impression is that
Andrew (their CEO/Geologist) would be a good guy to work for. I'm not
close enough to work in Worcester, but I imagine it'd be pretty
convenient for folks living just west of Boston.

Full job description and contact address is pasted below. Please pass
along to others who may be local to that area and interested.
-Ryan

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Ryan Dlugosz
Back Cove Software
http://backcovesoftware.com


# Location, Inc. -- Chief Rails Architect
Location, Inc. is the company behind NeighborhoodScout.com and a leading source
of interactive location-based analytics, information and data tools. We are
looking for an intellectual Chief Rails Architect to work alongside our two
PhD Geographers as we expand into the B2B marketplace. If you like hot maps,
killer data and predicting future conditions for locations, you will love being
the technical lead at Location, Inc.

## You will:
* Lead the technical development of enterprise-grade geospatial data products
* Solve challenging problems working with massive datasets that include
crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods and more
* Work in an Agile, TDD environment writing code you can be proud of
* Keep existing products up-to-date with the latest technologies,
architectures, and standards
* Guide junior developers toward efficient, scalable solutions
* Collaborate with PhD Geographers and Statisticians to create new products

## You need:
* 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
* To be passionate about your craft
* An ideal candidate would also possess:
* Extensive 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
* 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

## Our Environment
* Hand coded 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, Unfuddle, etc.
* Located in an historic, exposed brick office in the heart of restaurant row
* Competitive salary, full benefits and stock options
* A small, profitable company founded in 2002 and entering a new growth stage:
* 24 month revenue growth of 200%
* 2.7m uniques in 2010, 6.2m uniques in 2012 (projected)

*We are only considering full-time candidates who can work from our offices
in Worcester, MA.*

If you would like to learn more, please send an email with a link to
your website / portfolio / GitHub / LinkedIn to: <car...@locationinc.com>

LOCATION, INC.
Tel (508) 753-8029
86 Shrewsbury Street
Worcester, MA 01604
http://locationinc.com/