# \[JOB\] Lead Web Developer, NYC | 80-100k

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/job-lead-web-developer-nyc-80-100k/166483>\
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**Created:** [April 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/job-lead-web-developer-nyc-80-100k/166483 "2009-04-25T23:47:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/job-lead-web-developer-nyc-80-100k/166483/1 "2009-04-25T23:47:28Z")

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Our New York City client is the developer of the worlds first  
marketplace for privately held businesses, seeks a lead engineer to  
join our team and lead the development of our next generation of our  
web-based product offerings. This is an opportunity for a technical  
lead who believes in our business model, wants a huge technical  
leadership role in a start-up, and is inspired by the technical  
challenges and commercial opportunities our business model presents.  
This role requires one to effectively and frequently engage directly  
at the business level in addition to the technical level. The engineer  
will be instrumental in MAKING and IMPLEMENTING strategic decisions  
regarding our technology infrastructure, programming languages used,  
etc.

As the first full-time technical professional, you will be asked to  
lead up the following initiatives:

- Set up from scratch our cloud computing infrastructure
- Select our programming languages, environment, and development  
tools
- Lead the develop applications that pertain to or include elements  
of:
- B2B web-based marketplaces
- Gaming-resistant systems
- Sophisticated Matching and Recommendation Engines for business-to-  
business use cases

Preferred Skills:

- Competency with agile-based development demonstrated ability to work  
in a highly entrepreneurial environment with colleagues with modest  
technical backgrounds
- Ability to set up a cloud-computing infrastructure FROM SCRATCH
- Direct experience with web services APIs for Amazon Web Services and  
[Salesforce.com](http://Salesforce.com)
- Server technology
- Proficient with the web application development stack, especially  
the back-end (MySQL)
- Experience programming in PHP, Python, Ruby or RoR - HTML, CSS, a  
plus
- Passion for technology and providing valuable, usable products to  
customers via the SaaS model
- Excellent communication skills

They are creating the first technology-powered marketplace where  
privately held businesses can be discovered, evaluated, invested in or  
acquired by corporations, private investment firms or business  
operators. They currently serve several hundred customers and have  
established partnerships with nearly 2000 intermediaries.

They are the only firm that is aggressively and creatively applying  
technology-based innovation to help solve this commercially  
significant opportunity. Founded in 2007 by a team of executives with  
significant experience in B2B information services, corporate  
development, and private equity, they are now building a small team of  
creative web-based software development professionals who can think  
with us at the business level and execute at the technical level to  
solve client problems with technology. They are securely funded by the  
founders and a small devoted circle of angel investors whose careers  
range from venture capital in Silicon Valley to leadership of major  
multi-billion dollar financial technology firms.

To be considered, please submit your resume and salary requirements to  
beau at [open-source-staffing.com](http://open-source-staffing.com)

Thank you,

Beau J. Gould  
Open Source Staffing  
[www.open-source-staffing.com](http://www.open-source-staffing.com)  
beau at [open-source-staffing.com](http://open-source-staffing.com)

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