# \[JOBS\] Position open for Socially Responsible Senior Ruby Engineer **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-position-open-for-socially-responsible-senior-ruby-engineer/182080 "2010-01-22T11:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Archer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@Archer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Archer)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/jobs-position-open-for-socially-responsible-senior-ruby-engineer/182080/1 "2010-01-22T11:03:59Z")
Want to use the skills that you’ve developed throughout your career to make the world a better place? If so, then let’s talk. GamesThatGive ([http://gamesthatgive.net](http://gamesthatgive.net)) just closed on their Series A round and is seeking a Senior Web Engineer interested in building socially responsible web applications with the best tools and frameworks available. Responsibilities: - Develop fun, engaging, and socially responsible applications and services from start to finish. Requirements: - BS Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a proven track record and experience - 2+ years web application development experience - Practical experience developing Ruby on Rails applications - Capable with XHTML and CSS. - Experience building rich interactions with AJAX - Experience with testing frameworks such as Test::Unit and/or RSpec and a thorough appreciation for being “test infected” - Excellent communication and documentation skills - Ability to work in a fast paced, constantly changing environment - Residence in the Bay Area and willingness to commute to our downtown SF office Preferred Qualifications: - Practical experience scaling web applications (Do you love reading the highscalability blog like we do?) - Video game, and/or viral game mechanics experience - A love and appreciation for unobtrusive Javascript ala jQuery - Practical experience and/or an interest in building Facebook Applications (FBML, FBJS, etc.) - Experience using ActionScript 3.0/Flex - A polyglot programmer who is comfortable working with (or able to learn quickly) the languages that best fit the job as our needs evolve - Comfortable in a \*nix stack. We host on EngineYard and use a variety of popular open source packages like Memcached, Nginx, Redis, and more - Startup and/or small company experience - Extra credit given to OSS contributions, GitHub repos, etc. We love real code! If you feel that your are qualified and interested in this position, please apply by just simply clicking here: [http://gamesthatgive.theresumator.com](http://gamesthatgive.theresumator.com). We look forward to hearing from you!