IZEA: Senior Ruby Developer

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Location: Orlando, FL
URL: http://www.izea.com

IZEA, Inc. is a rapidly growing venture-backed social media marketing company headquartered in downtown Orlando. IZEA is the pioneer of Sponsored Conversations and believes that growth and innovation come from disrupting existing business models. We're looking for a highly motivated Ruby expert to join a fantastic team of smart developers in downtown Orlando, FL. If you love writing clean, tested code, and developing web apps that people want to use... If you love trying out a new technology one day and deploying your code into a production environment the next... If you love the idea of working at a relatively flat organization where you're two seats from the CEO and the Beatles are streaming on the radio, you'll fit right in here.Primary Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain features using Ruby on Rails
  • Know your way around our databases, optimizing queries and diagnosing issues as they arise
  • Write (good) unit and functional tests
  • Reproduce and fix application errors and unexpected behaviors reported by internal users and external customers
  • Work with the product owner to nail down the best solutions to development problems and business requirements
  • Set deadlines and communicate often about progress toward those goals

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years professional web development experience
  • 3+ years Ruby on Rails development experience
  • Strong understanding of relational databases
  • Linux ninja skills (you'll spend a good part of your day SSH'd to our servers)
  • Experience deploying enterprise-level applications
  • Basic knowledge of DNS, CDN, load balancing, SMTP, SSL, etc
  • Strong knowledge of Git
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize multiple incoming requests without dropping the ball
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Problem solver at heart
  • Lives in the Orlando area

Bonus Points if...

  • you're familiar with at least a handful of the following: Bundler, Delayed Job, Compass/SASS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Formtastic, Nokogiri, Authlogic, Mechanize
  • you've worked with the Google Analytics
  • you have a Github account (or at least didn't have to Google that)
  • you've written and deployed from a Capistrano recipe

IZEA Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, vision insurance
  • Long and short-term disability
  • Life and AD&D insurance
  • 401(k) Plan w/ Matching
  • 10+ paid vacation/sick days per year
  • 12 paid holidays every year
  • Gym reimbursement
  • A fun, energetic work environment

To apply: Email your resume to: jobs@izea.com.