# Rails Engineer Wanted in Boulder, CO

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-engineer-wanted-in-boulder-co/153074>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 11, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-engineer-wanted-in-boulder-co/153074 "2008-11-11T21:53:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-engineer-wanted-in-boulder-co/153074/1 "2008-11-11T21:53:52Z")

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We’re a small, funded startup in Boulder, CO looking to hire a Rails  
engineer, preferably with Flex experience as well. We’re still in  
stealth mode at this point, but I can say that we’re targeting the  
mapping and GIS consumer markets. We do have full benefits, including  
medical, dental, vision, vacation, and parking.

We’re looking for someone in the Denver/Boulder area; no remote/  
telecommuting please, and no relocation support.

== Ruby/Rails Senior Software Engineer

The ideal candidate will have extensive software engineering  
experience, with recent focus on Ruby and Rails projects, including  
distributed development, testing, and deployment. Strong database  
skills are a must. The candidate will also exhibit an ability for out-  
of-the-box thinking and creative solutions to unconventional problems  
in a dynamic, exciting environment.

=== Responsibilities & Qualifications

• Develop a Ruby on Rails-based consumer-oriented web site  
• Experience in Adobe Flex and ActionScript highly desirable  
• Experience in agile and test-driven development (RSpec a plus)  
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or the sciences,  
or equivalent experience  
• Self-starter with the ability to drive the database process  
• Good communication and organizational skills  
• Excellent written skills  
• Experience in agile software development processes  
• 1+ years experience in Ruby on Rails development in a professional  
capacity  
• Strong knowledge of SQL  
• Experience with GIS applications a plus

If you’re interested, please direct your resume to  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid.

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**Author:** ![sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sean)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-engineer-wanted-in-boulder-co/153074/2 "2008-11-11T22:06:15Z")

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Hi Sean (nice name)  
There’s no way I’d give up my current job, but you should consider  
contracting the company I work for. Universal Mind specializes in Flex  
RIAs,  
and although they normally use ColdFusion for the backend, there are  
several  
people (myself included) with rails experience who would love to work on  
a  
rails-flex project.

UM is mostly a service company, and we can fly contractors out to work  
with  
your team.

We only have one product, and it happens to be in GIS 🙂 Check out  
Spatial  
Key at [http://www.spatialkey.com/](http://www.spatialkey.com/). Hmm, we might even be a competitor –  
although we’re targeting law enforcement agencies at the moment, so many  
it  
would be fine

Let me know if you’d like to be introduced to an account rep or would  
like  
more information, and good luck!

~sean