Earth Aid: Ruby on Rails Engineer in Boston

Location: Boston, MA
URL: www.earthaid.net


Earth Aid ( http://earthaid.net ) was recently named one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Energy. We’re newly venture-backed by Point Judith Capital as well as strategic and angel investors who have built and scaled some of the most successful businesses today. We’ve been called “the killer app for energy efficiency” ( http://bit.ly/dZBy7q ) and our work has been featured in publications such as Mashable ( http://on.mash.to/hqyZqF ), TechCrunch, The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/ayzLHb ), The Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. We have offices in San Francisco and DC, and we’re now consolidating our dev team and HQ into an awesome brand new headquarters in Boston.We empower households to track & contextualize their electric, natural gas, and water utility usage. We value data, clarity, focus and beauty. We are looking for people who do too —– people who want to work on incredibly complex problems and come up with solutions that will change the world. We want the best and the brightest. People who work hard and play hard. People who want to make an impact. This is an opportunity to not only work with a dynamic group of people, but also the opportunity to build a platform that’s revolutionizing the way we look at energy consumption.Learn more about our very competitive salaries, excellent benefits, cool culture, and small arsenal of office helicopter drones at: http://www.earthaidjobs.com, and send us an e-mail at jobs@earthaid.netKnowledge & ExperienceYou have a love of computers, software engineering, architecture design, and application development.You consider solving computer science and engineering problems you craft, and are always seeking to hone your skills.You are mathematical in your approach to problems and are highly analytical.You are independent and driven. You will be given areas to manage and lead, and need to be able to do it without close supervision.You have demonstrated success in a deadline driven environment.You have strong interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills.You have interest in energy efficiency (working experience in this area is a plus).ProblemsEnergy Efficiency: Build a product that can have an impact on climate change & the future of energy.User Growth: Create a clear and impactful signup experience that drives us toward many millions of users.Maintainability: Take what's useful from XP and agile to make sure that we're writing awesome code using practices like BDD, pair programming, and daily standups.Product design: Envision and execution on product features and entirely new products.Visualization: Create beautiful and meaningful visualizations that impact consumer energy usage.


To apply: send us a resume at jobs@earthaid.net

This position, Earth Aid: Ruby on Rails Engineer in Boston, was posted on July 7, 2011. The job is located in Boston. Since this job has been published, it has been viewed 75 times.