This is a full time, on-site, salaried position located in New York City. 
Locals only please.  US Citizens, Green Card holders or EAD only please.

REQUIRED:

. 4+ years of server side web development experience
. Degree is CS/EE or related field
. Knowledge of Java and Ruby on Rails Open to working across technologies
. Excellent problem solving desig, and communication skills

PLUSES:

. Experience with clustering and scalable web environments
. Experience with cloud computing
. Knowledge of e-commerce systems and payments gateways
. Experience building and calling web services (REST & SOAP) JavaScript, CSS,
Ajax, HTML proficiency
. Rudimentary digital signal processing . Knowledge of Linux servers

RESPONSIBILITIES (may include but will not be limited to):

. Server side web development Participate in all phases of the SDLC
. Participate in media technology discussions and rapidly prototype new concepts
. Communicate with m3rd party providers and media services concerning developing
new technologies
. Extend and manage a highly dynamic distributed computing environment used to
power direct-to-consumer applications as well as internally focused tools

ENVIRONMENT:

Developers are free to choose OS and tool sets. Core e-commerce system is Java
and Ruby on Rails. Consumer facing rails applications utilize JRuby and are
backed by a customer Java layer. Systems are deployed within a Java application
server running in a cloud-computing environment.

To be considered, please submit your resume and your salary requirements to
beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com

Thank you,

Beau J. Gould
Open Source Staffing
www.open-source-staffing.com
beau-AT-open-source-staffing.com

• Build highly customized applications for both consumer and business audiences  
• Develop applications using the latest technologies  
• Constantly learn and implement the latest Agile practices  
• Actively contribute product ideas  Be creative in your technical solutions  
• Use pair-programming extensively  
• Work in a Test Driven Development environment  
• Use and contribute to open source software projects

• A solid foundation of Object Oriented concepts and experience      (.NET, Ruby, Objective-C, Java, C++, Smalltalk, Python, etc.)  
• Working knowledge of Extreme Programming (XP), or a strong desire to learn  
• Strong interpersonal skills  Experience building web and rich client applications,   
• Knowledge of design patterns  
• Knowledge of Test Driven Development  
• Knowledge of Rspec, xUnit frameworks, FIT, UML  
• Experience working with database-backed applications  
• Ability to interact well with clients  
• Experience in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, a strong plus
• Experience in Javascript (and frameworks such as Prototype, JQuery, Dojo) a strong plus
• Knowledge of Objective-C, Cocoa, and Mac/iPhone
• Frameworks a strong plus Experience in C#, SQL Server, a plus  
• Knowledge of HTML/CSS a plus  Ability to work on-site in Midtown Manhattan

My New York City client, the developer of the world's first marketplace for
privately held businesses, seeks a "cornerstone engineer" to join their team and
build the next generation of our web-based product offerings. Above all, they
are seeking a rock star developer who believes in our business model, wants a
huge technical leadership role in a startup, and is inspired by the technical
challenges and commercial opportunities our business model presents. This role
requires the engineer to effectively and frequently engage directly at both the
business and technical level. The engineer will also be instrumental in making
strategic decisions regarding our technology stack, programming languages used,
etc.

They are looking for developers who have:

* Strong communications skills who can fully understand our customer's
commercial pain points and can create technology to help solve those problems
directly
* A background working in startup environments and thrive in them
* A demonstrable interest in the problems we are trying to solve which pertain
to:
* Web-based marketplaces
* Gaming-resistant systems that accurately reflects quality
* Sophisticated Matching and Recommendation Engines for business-to-business (as
opposed to "consumer") use cases

Preferred Skills/Experience:

* Commitment to agile-based development methodology; demonstrated ability to
work in a highly entrepreneurial environment with colleagues with modest
technical backgrounds
* A minimum of 4 years of commercial software development experience
* Proficient with complete web application development stack, both front and
back-end
* Experience programming in PHP, Python, Ruby (or RoR); HTML / CSS / a plus
* Experience with web services APIs for Salesforce.com and Amazon Web Services
* BS/CS, IS or equivalent from top tier university; M.S. preferred
* Passion for technology and providing valuable, usable products to customers
via the SaaS model
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Bonus Points for:

• experience setting up and administering LAMP servers
• experience with Salesforce.com implementation, administration and
configuration

To be considered, please submit your resume and salary requirements to beau at
open-source-staffing.com

Thank you,

Beau J. Gould
Open Source Staffing
www.open-source-staffing.com
beau at open-source-staffing.com

I am tech recruiter at IT Accel currently working on a very attractive position
for a Senior developer using Java, J2EE, Jruby and ruby-on-rails. This position
is permanent, home based, with a salary range of 100-120K + bonus.

If anyone is interested in hearing more, don't hesitate in contacting me at
belkis@... or 212-564-2200 xt 505.

Belkis Tejeda.

We are looking for a smart, team-oriented programmer with a "Getting Things
Done" attitude to help us develop our technology and launch our business. We're
looking for someone who enjoys challenges and wants to be part of something big.
Skills required: Rails 2.2+, MySQL wizardry, mod_rails, understands
hosting/scaling production rails sites, HTML/CSS, JS (jquery), with knowledge of
ecommerce/payment gateway integration a plus. Compensation will be in the form
of a competitive cash and equity package.

Where others have tried and failed, two frustrated New York City renters think
they've solved the rental equation – no more Craigslist fake listings, no more
high commissions, no more unreliable brokers, just a quality apartment search
experience – and we're looking for a smart and motivated web developer to
contribute to the idea and vision, and be the lead on development. The Naked
Apartments business model is both blatantly obvious and never been done before.

Business startup is funded and about to hit the ground running. Well-connected,
ambitious - the good kind - founders have internet and financial backgrounds.
Please contact Shankar Desai at sdesai@... for more information.

My Greenwich, CT based client adds a social layer to the entire
internet, turning every website into a social environment where
consumers can make friends, find relevant content, and buy, sell and
trade digital goods.

They are seeking a Back-End Developer skilled in Ruby on Rails,
PostgreSQL, Sinatra, and eJabberd/XMPP for a 3-month consulting
engagement with the possibility of going longer or full time.

85% on-site is required in Greenwich, CT so applicants must reside in
the tri-state area.

Hourly rate offered depending on experience is : 40-65/hour.

To be considered, please submit your resume and hourly rate to bg @
capitalmarketsp.com

Thank you,

Beau Gould
Executive Advisor
Capital Markets Placement
www.cmp.jobs
bg@...

Hello All,

I am working on a rather unique opportunity with a company who is
developing cutting-edge Web 2.0 technology in the consumer finance
space. They are applying a simple idea and taking it to the internet
as the platform. The company is looking for a Ruby on Rails expert
and has several open positions - salary is based on experience. It is
a fulltime job located in New York City. When you have a moment I
would like the opportunity to speak with you as well as get a copy of
your current resume. My work email is jc at sfp com

Thanks and talk to you,
Jason

We are a small boutique consulting shop specializing in
Internet/Social networking applications.  Quality of life and work
environment are as important as the work we put out.  Our employees
and contractors feel excited, engaged, and supported. We are
interested in those that have a sense of both hard work and play. The
bulk of our work is done in a handful of the finer coffee shops in
Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

Our portfolio includes several custom CMS, ecommerce systems, andâ€"more
recentlyâ€"some Facebook applications.

More recently, we’ve added one of the larger, more ubiquitous
entertainment brands to our client list.  For them we’re developing a
cutting edge social network platform, and, well, need more hands on
the project.

We are looking for Jr. Programmer/Mid-level programmers with a diverse
set of skills. Accountability and follow-through are valued over sheer
experience.

For the right candidate this is an exciting opportunity to grow with a
creative and burgeoning boutique shop.  To start we are looking for a
full-time/part-time contractual arrangement.  We intend to grow this
to a full-time staff position with benefits.

Please respond with a resume, and short cover letter giving a glimpse
of your personality. Include any links to existing work you've
completed in the past.

Requirements:
*3-5 Years experience programming.  (Or recent college grad with
tech-degree).
*Ruby On Rails
*rspec
*little bit of .NET (it's okay if your shudder at this mention).
*HTML/CSS
*Javascript (Mootools, Prototype, Scriptaculous, etc.).
*Capistrano

Basically, if you don’t have direct experience with any of the
technologies, you should be able to dig in after just a few days of
ramp-up.

We look forward to hearing from you!


iggytech@...

If you love designing APIs and building well-architected technology
platforms, we'd love to hear from you! We've got an opening for a
senior, architect-level web developer with strong knowledge of
Ruby-on-Rails. Our technology team is now looking ahead to its future
– with a huge focus on technology platform and web APIs. You'll be
joining a talented team of engineers well-practiced in Rails
development, with huge opportunity to impact our app & DB
infrastructure and external API set.
Responsibilities:

Lead development of web application platform and web APIs, both to
strengthen our technical foundation and to enable deeper technical
integration with 3rd party developers and business partners.
Qualifications/Experience:

     * 2+ years experience leading technical design & architecture for
web platforms
     * 5+ years of experience doing software development on high
traffic, rich internet applications
     * Detailed knowledge of Ruby on Rails technology stack and related
technologies (MySQL or similar databases)
     * Disciplined approach to software development, with mindset of
test-driven coding and "agile", iterative forms of project management
     * Strong teamwork skills, practical business sense and a passion
for getting things done

Position is located in NYC (Wall Street)office. At this time we are
only considering local candidates.

Salary up to $120K

Please contact Ralph Toole

561-848-2990 X 6129

rtoole@...

Hey guys (and gals),

Far be it from me to spam this list, but EastMedia is hiring and
where better a place to look. You can find out the details here:

http://jobs.rubynow.com/jobs/show/1305

You can reply to me (matt@...) or the one advertised in the
posting.

Thanks!

Matt

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Matt Pelletier
http://www.eastmedia.com -- EastMedia
http://www.informit.com/title/0321483502 -- The Mongrel Book
http://identity.eastmedia.com -- OpenID, Identity 2.0

Ruby on Rails / PHP Consultant, NYC

Location: New York City (on-site)
Duration: 5 weeks
Rate: Open (D.O.E.)

My client seeks a qualified Ruby on Rails / PHP software developer for
web based projects utilizing content management systems, databases and
web applications on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) platform.

The ideal candidate must possess the following:
* 3 years of experience in the web development field with significant
emphasis on PHP and or Ruby programming
* Ability to work in a dynamic environment with other developers
* Motivated self starter who will take the initiative and identify
problems and dependencies within code
* Detail oriented with significant emphasis on the quality of their work
* Have strong analytical as well as written and verbal communications
skills
* JavaScript, DHTML, XHTML, HTML, XML

Familiarity with the following methodologies and technologies is a plus:
* Drupal Content Management System
* CSS, RSS, AJAX
* Struts, Rails, MVC or other frameworks
* MVC (Model View Control) and design patterns

The position requires 3 years programming in the following technologies:
* Ruby programming language on the  Rails framework
* PHP programming with PHP4 and PHP5
* MySQL database administration, design and knowledge of SQL language
* Apache web server configuration and administration
* Linux, Unix  and Windows 2003 Server

If you are interested in this contract opportunity and are a tri-state
(NY, NJ, CT) resident, please submit your resume, hourly requirements,
and a paragraph (or two) highlighting your skills/experience as it
pertains to this job to beau@...

Thank you,
Beau J. Gould

Open Source Staffing
www.open-source-staffing.com
beau@...

Urbis.com is a late stage start up. We need your RoR developer(s) to
help finish the product.

What
Urbis is the first time a community decides which writers should be
published and which should go back to the drawing board. We have an
active beta community of writers and major publishers ready to go (but
can't say much more). We will expand beyond writing to other major art
forms by end of year.

How
The Urbis "Creative Review Engine" balances reviews among members,
removes bias, factors credibility of judges, and weights ratings based
on credibility. In other words, there's bunch of numerical processing
on the back end--if this intimidates you, then this is not the project
for you.

We're looking for
Either
1. An individual who knows it all (RoR, Ajax, Java, CSS) and works
incredibly fast.
Or
2. A group of specialized individuals who aren't spreading themselves
too thin.

This is a fun, high profile project.

What we're giving
We have cash. We have options. We're open to a cash or cash/equity
deal. Both full time and contract should apply. Telecommuters can
apply, but we prefer folks in NYC.

Please send resumes and questions to steve at urbis dot com.

Hey everyone,

We're giving away one seat (normally $495) to our 1-day workshop in
NYC called "Getting Started with Rails". The first person that emails
me (ryan at carsonworkshops dot com), will get the seat!

More Info:
http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/rubyonrails/25MAY2006.html

Best,
Ryan

-----------------------------
thinkvitamin.com
dropsend.com
carsonworkshops.com
carsonsystems.com

Hi guys and gals,

I have multiple NYC clients looking for freelance and/or full time
Ruby/Rails candidates.  If anyone is looking for F/T or P/T work,
please shoot me a resume and hourly rate and/or salary requirements.

Thank you,
Beau J. Gould

Open Source Staffing
beau@...
www.open-source-staffing.com

This campaign is about Human beings, Democracy, UNHCR, Refugees, The Iraqis,
Islam, Kurds, Human rights, Respect, Money, Donations, Angelina Jolie,
Pavarotti, Giorgio Armani, Donors, Peace, History, Campaigns and about you if
you care about these words.

Hi there,

I am SAM, an Iraqi refugee living in Lebanon at the moment; I have spent the
last 10 years of my life as a refugee registered with the UNHCR in Beirut. The
last 4 years, I have spent as an activist for peace and human rights (especially
refugees and asylum seekers) on the Internet; I'm also books author and ebooks
publisher. I have launched many campaigns to improve our situation as refugees
in Lebanon and hopefully bring more understanding to our problems worldwide. I
helped make many changes and improvements at the UNHCR office in Beirut; I used
the Internet as the field for my activities (you can read more about that in my
free ebook 'MY CAMPAIGNS'). All my ebooks are free and could be download from my
sites.

This is my newest campaign, it's about the illegal and humiliating actions of
the UNHCR, who using photos of refugees as banners and human-buttons to collect
money. This is an abuse of the dignity and humanity of the refugees and must
stop immediately and a clear public apology present by The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees. My friends, I am talking about the pictures you can
see here: http://unhcrlebanon.freehostpro.com/human-buttons.htm

Also you can read my new campaign 'Urgent, we need smile' here:
http://www.angelfire.com/un2/unhcrlebanon/smile.html

For more info about UNHCR and life of refugees you can read my free ebooks. I
invite you as fellow humans and members of the world community to support my
campaign by reading my article on my site and see the human-buttons. The
campaign is to support and improve the UNHCR http://www.unhcr.org especially
after the last scandals in the UN and UNHCR, just for example:
http://www.mizzima.com/archives/news-in-2005/news-in-april/12-April05-22.htm

"We make demonstration and fast because the UNHCR office in Cairo did nothing
for our problem..." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4440730.stm

Together we will build better world.

You could reach me fast via this form:
http://lebanon.freewebpages.org/email_me.htm
  and if you like to know more about me, you can google for my name 'osam
altaee'.

Thanks
THE TRUTH WARRIOR
http://lebanon.comvision2000.com
  http://www.unhcr.us

I'd like to have everyone start beefing up the wiki if they can.
Please add your name and any info you'd like. I've just added a bunch
of info and moved some pages around.

We could use a hot logo/graphic if anyone has the time/inclination.

Thanks,
Matt

Matt Pelletier
EastMedia
t. 212-921-8413 x3#
f. 212-239-4114
w. www.eastmedia.com

Hey guys.

In my shameless attempt to spam this list, I'd like to see if anyone
happens to have, or know someone who has, some strong AJAX/JS chops.
This would be freelance work, for 1-3 months. Rails and Prototype/
Scriptaculous knowledge a major plus, HTML/CSS/Design on top of that
even better. Anyone interested please email me at work@....

Thanks!

Matt

Matt Pelletier
EastMedia
t. 212-921-8413 x3#
f. 212-239-4114
w. www.eastmedia.com

Hey guys,

Next meeting is a week from today at 6pm at EastMedia.

I'm also putting some feelers out for seeing who has some solid
skills with C/C++, Ruby (non-Rails), and of course Rails. Any
experience with online security technologies (i.e. OpenID) would
help. I may be working on something soon so I'd like to see who is in
NY and might be available.

Thanks.

Matt

Matt Pelletier
EastMedia
t. 212-921-8413 x3#
f. 212-239-4114
w. www.eastmedia.com

Hey all,

Just making sure everyone knows (I sure didn't) that the next meeting is on the
31st, not tonight :)

Sorry for helping the confusion by putting the wrong date into the wiki.

See you all next week!

Matt

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From: Francis Hwang <sera@...>
Reply-To: ruby-nyc@yahoogroups.com
Date:  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:35:59 -0500

>Hey kids,
>
>For our Jan 31 meeting, Gregory Brown is going to present on Ruport,
>but he tells me it's a short presentation, maybe about 15 minutes.
>Anybody else want to add a short presentation that night? Remember,
>as always, you don't have to be an expert to present, and you don't
>even have to present on your own code, you could just talk about
>something else you've been using and/or researching for work. Let me
>know if you're interested.
>
>Francis Hwang
>http://fhwang.net/
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Last week, a client asked me to find them some candidates with Ruby on
Rails development experience in the tri-state area.  So far, I've
found 2 and they have interviewed both candidates.

I'd like to pitch more candidates to them, so if anyone is looking for
a full time position in NYC, shoot me your resume.

I really can't give you more info on the job b/c I don't have any.
The client; however, would be more than happy to answer all your
questions.

Thanks,
Beau Gould

beau@...
www.superiorss.com

My name is Beau Gould and I specialize in open source staffing  I've
been getting a lot of requests for RoR developers in and around the NY
area, but I don't have many candidates in my database.

I was wondering if any of you are looking for work.  I do both full
time and contract staffing.  Sometimes the contract gigs are on-site
and sometimes they are telecommute.

I would like to have your resume on file so I can match skills to
specs.  If you are interested, please send your resume and
hourly/salary reqs to beau@...

Thank you

Beau J. Gould, Sr. Recruiter
Superior Staffing Solutions

beau@...
www.superiorss.com

Someone left a mouse here from the meeting. If you can identify it by
distinguishing marks or serial number, it is yours for a small ransom.

Matt


Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Hi All,

Here's what I'm planning on working on tonight - if anyone else thinks
this is worth doing, I could definitely use some help...

("You're doing it all wrong" is perfectly valid help, as long as you
tell me how to do it right!)

In the spirit of the rake 'freeze_rails' and 'unfreeze_rails' tasks, I
will be working on implementing freeze_gem/unfreeze_gem.

== Why? ==

You want to use a gem in your rails application but you don't have
full 'gem install' access to either your local machine or your
eventual deployment machine.

== What? ==

freeze_gem will unpack the specified gem into
RAILS_ROOT/vendor/frozen_gems (unfreeze_gem removes it).

== How? ==

So far, what I've sketched out is:

Given usage: `freeze_gem GEMNAME` in RAILS_ROOT

1. Check to see if GEMNAME is installed locally

2. If yes, go to 3, else `gem install GEMNAME --install-dir=/tmp`, set
GEM_HOME to /tmp

3. `mkdir vendor/frozen_gems` if necessary, `cd vendor/frozen_gems`

4. `gem unpack GEMNAME`

== Loading Frozen Gems ==

Running freeze_gem also installs the 'frozen_gem_loader' plugin if
necessary.  The frozen_gem_loader plugin is something like:

frozen_gem_loader/init.rb

		 unless Object.const_defined?(:Gem)
		  require 'rubygems'
		 end

		 Dir.glob("#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/frozen_gems/*") do |directory|
		   next if File.basename(directory)[0] == ?. || !File.directory?(directory)

		   if File.directory?("#{directory}/lib")
		     $LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{directory}/lib"
		   end

		   $LOAD_PATH.uniq!
		 end

== Some Complications ==

- Gem versions: there should really only be one version of any
particular gem frozen at any one time.
- Platform issues: it really only makes sense to freeze pure ruby
gems.  Is it possible to determine if a gem is pure ruby or not?
- Dependencies: things get a lot more complicated if multiple
dependencies have to be installed and frozen.


--ryan

--
Ryan Raaum
http://www.rockefeller.edu -- Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology
http://www.worldmartial.com -- Black Belt Instructor
http://locomotive.sourceforge.net -- Self contained one-click Rails for Mac OS X

Here ye, here ye!

The next RoR-NYC meeting is TOMORROW (Tues, Oct 25) at 6pm at my
office. Please come if you can. Aside from the usual chatter we will
recap the fantastic RubyConf and discuss some ideas for projects we
can work on (as a group!)

Details are below.

Matt

Begin forwarded message:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Our next Ruby-NYC meeting is coming up. Same bat-time, same bat-
> channel:
>
> *** WHEN & WHERE ***
> Tuesday, October 25
> 6:00 p.m.
> The offices of: EastMedia
> 148 W 37th Street, 14th Floor
>
> This is Matt Pelletier's workplace. About getting in, Matt says:
>
> "It's on the south side of 37th, between Broadway and 7th, about
> 1/4 of
> the way from 7th ave side. If you get there before the doors lock,
> when
> you get to the 14th floor, just ring the bell. It says 'Valentine' at
> the elevators, but we're just around the corner."
>
> Matt's cell phone is 917-902-2525, if you have trouble getting in.
> Also, my cell phone is 917-776-4300.
>
> *** AGENDA ***
> Gianni's going to lead us through a quick discussion of cool things
> that we saw at RubyConf. And it seems to me that more than a few
> people, post-RubyConf, are eager to step it up a bit, meeting more
> than
> once a month, taking on projects, etc., etc. So we'll talk club
> business, too.
>
> Also, I somehow got my hands on some spare t-shirts from RubyConf, so
> I'll be giving them away at this meeting. (Unless they're actually
> yours and you'd like to reclaim them.)
>
> *** EQUIPMENT HELP ***
> Our quest for a projector continues. Can anybody borrow one from their
> office, just for this meeting? I can do so if necessary, but the
> hassle-factor is high for me since I usually don't go into the office
> on Wednesdays. Please let me know if you can drum something up.
>
> On a related but much less impressive note, we will have name-tags for
> this next meeting. Yeah name tags! Old school.
>
> Hope to see you there!
>
> Francis Hwang
> http://fhwang.net/
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>

Matt Pelletier
pelletierm@...

Howdi nyc.Rubyists,

I'm looking for some serious ruby/rails developers for two gigs.

For the first one, the client requests a development "shop that will
be around 3 years from now, preferably near midtown." They're
building a custom CMS for a forthcoming high profile online magazine/
weblog community. They have some smart people on staff. And, of
course, they're on a tight deadline --a launch in November-- so the
want to start pronto.

The second one is for an interesting audio tour company. They have a
website and use a 3rd party ecommerce service/system for the purchase
and download of their softgoods. Unfortunately this situation is
producing serious nightmares, so they want to bring it all in house.
The other parts of their site includes some php which could either be
ported or could be left alone. They are on a tighter budget and
perhaps a single freelance developer would be more suited than the
midtown shop requested for the prior listed job.

For all the details, please email me!

Spiros Antonopoulos
spiros@...

-[s]