About Reviewed
Buying stuff is easy. Buying the right thing is hard. That’s where we can help. Reviewed.com, a part of the USA TODAY Network, brings consumers the most scientific and trustworthy reviews available, written by our team of experts. We believe that tough, objective reviews are the best way to analyze products. We provide readers with insightful, practical, and entertaining stories that help them make informed decisions.
Reviewed is looking for a talented Ruby on Rails developer to join us as we extend our unique homegrown publishing platform and work to scale with our quickly growing user base. We have gone beyond traditional publishing platforms to build a dynamic application to help consumers find the best purchasing options on the products we recommend. The right candidate will help to make this platform better.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a solid understanding of database design, hosting infrastructure/ops, front-end UI and Javascript applications, and who loves to build useful software.
We are looking for candidates preferably in the Boston, MA or Pittsburgh, PA area, but would consider someone remote.
What is needed
- Proven expertise with Ruby on Rails development, developing well-tested and organized applications
- Experience developing JavaScript-driven applications, especially using single-page-architecture frameworks backed by a server-side data model
- Excited about optimization, performance and scaling to deliver great content to millions of users
- Interest in crafting an excellent user experience, both for the reader and for the publishing teams
- Excellent communication skills. We communicate constantly via chat and video about ideas, issues, and to help each other out
- A desire to be part of a small team where your opinions, ideas, and creativity are valued
- An appreciation and talent for leadership and mentoring
- Solid understanding of software design principles
Technical skills required
- Real-world web development with Ruby on Rails
- Experience architecting and implementing systems from the ground up
- PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch
- Test-driven development using Rspec, Minitest or similar
- Experience with Javascript frameworks (e.g. Angular.js, Ember, or React) and jQuery
- Real-world web development with Bootstrap, HTML, CSS / SASS, and JavaScript / CoffeeScript
- Understanding of git and experience with git-flow workflow
- Deployment and management of applications on Heroku and AWS-based infrastructure
- Service-oriented architectures and API design and integrations