Hired: Qworky Ruby on Rails Developer

We’re happy to announce. This role has been filled!

You made it! Have we been looking for you? Apply for our Ruby on Rails Developer role today: Email  recruiting@qworky.net your resume and or cover letter, including your geographic location. And please either describe your most challenging project or point us to some of your most recent projects.

Qworky is an early stage startup with the mantra: Better Software / Better World. We begin by applying our passion to meetings. We’re a diverse team located in Seattle, WA with hubs in Portland, OR and Atlanta, GA. We have successful startup experience, and are open to new ideas and approaches. Join us as we transition from prototype to product.

Seattle preferred, other areas welcome

Seattle, WA, Portland, or Atlanta preferred; Telecommuting ok

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a passionate developer with stong Ruby/Rails, JavaScript experience to partner as a part of our engineering team. In this paid role you will be responsible for leading the programming efforts on our proprietary code base. Must be willing to commit 30 hours per week working directly with our engineering team as a freelance professional with a mutual interest to shift into a permanent role

Responsibilities for this role are:

• Software design and implementation of the chat client the key component of our Qworky meeting product
• Serve as a key programmer embodying engineering discipline, focus, and prioritization to shipping our first Qworky Meetings product in our Ruby/Rails, JavaScript/AJAX, and XMPP-based development environment
• Execute engineering process to ship our first product release
• Execute on roadmap in an accurate, on-time, and hands-on fashion while keeping in mind longer term growth
• Ensure quality alignment between Open Source and Proprietary Code Bases
• Work closely with colleagues including the engineering lead, product owner, QX and open source developers, CTO, and system administrator
• As a member of the Qworky team, make valuable contributions to business discussions around the company’s day-to-day operations,  long-term strategy, and company growth, and contribute to shaping our culture, technology principles, product features and roadmap
• Bring passion for usability and experiences that map to Qworky’s mantra: Better Software / Better World
• Work alongside industry leading strategists, computer security/engineering experts
• Work offsite, via digital (Blog, Twitter, Google Wave) and coffee shop collaboration

Compensation: Open/Negotiable – Likely beginning as a $5,000 contract role (negotiable) with goal of evolving into an equity employee role based on success working together and experience.

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Diversity: We view diversity as a vital ingredient to sustained business success. We value unique perspectives and traditionally under represented view points in the software design process. We welcome collaborators from every walk of life. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, experience level, education background, culture, or political opinion.

This is a great opportunity for you to get to know us, and Qworky to get to know you. We envision this role as our next equity employee joining our startup team.

We’re an experienced startup team (with successful VC funded startup and successful exit experience) tackling the next next opportunity.

Job Perks

• Flexibility in shaping engineering schedule in ways that respect personal and family life
• Full access to the thinking, decision, methodologies and process to get Qworky to where we are today
• Transparency into the decisions shaping where Qworky is heading tomorrow

How to Apply

This role has been filled. For future considerations please email recruiting@qworky.net