[LRUG] [JOBS] Ruby Developers needed for permanent positions in London

Thu May 31 08:49:46 PDT 2012

Client 1: http://www.palatinategroup.com/
Client 2: http://justgomusic.com/

On 31 May 2012, at 16:43, chat-request at lists.lrug.org wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 16:42:35 +0100
> From: "Viktor Tron" <viktor.tron at gmail.com>
> To: "London Ruby Users Group" <chat at lists.lrug.org>
> Subject: Re: [LRUG] [JOBS] Ruby Developers needed for permanent
> 	positions in London
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> It makes me smile how you corrected (i guess) the first we in their  
> description to they, but not the mid-sentence ones.
> This one reads esp. funny.
> 
> They have over 100 employees, but we strive to retain the ?start up? feel  
> and culture
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 31 May 2012 16:27:51 +0100, David Roberts  
> <droberts at excelitresource.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> 
>> I have heeded the warnings and will do my very best to make this email  
>> as detailed as possible. I appreciate that vague emails can be very  
>> frustrating so I will disclose as I can without disclosing who my client  
>> is at this stage. I hope you can understand.
>> 
>> 
>> I have 2 clients looking for Ruby Developers.
>> 
>> Both my clients are based in London.
>> 
>> Client 1
>> 
>> 
>> One of the UK?s fastest growing private companies, twice listed in the  
>> Sunday Times ?Fast Track 100?. It also ranked as London?s  
>> fastest-growing private company. They are paying based upon experience  
>> up to ?50 for the most senior of people.
>> 
>> 
>> They have over 100 employees, but we strive to retain the ?start up?  
>> feel and culture. It?s an exciting time to be joining the tech team ?  
>> you?ll have the chance to have a significant impact on the shape of a  
>> large number of internal and external systems, and there?s an  
>> opportunity to make >your role within the team fit your particular brand  
>> of technical skills.
>> 
>> 
>> What they like...
>> 
>> 
>> ?      Ruby on Rails (2.3 and 3+)
>> 
>> ?      CouchDB
>> 
>> ?      MongoDB
>> 
>> ?      ECMAScript (and jQuery)
>> 
>> ?      Test-driven development (of any kind)
>> 
>> ?      Git (we like ninja-like skills here!)
>> 
>> ?      ?Big? websites (scaling sites to deal with significant traffic  
>> should excite you)
>> 
>> ?      Agile/scrum
>> 
>> 
>> Who they like...
>> 
>> 
>> They want to employ people who
>> 
>> 
>> ?      enjoy life in and outside the office;
>> 
>> ?      work hard (and enjoy their work);
>> 
>> ?      are active in the Ruby/Rails communities;
>> 
>> ?      are excellent communicators;
>> 
>> ?      enjoy having their ideas challenged;
>> 
>> ?      are not afraid to tell us how we can get stuff done faster and  
>> better;
>> 
>> ?      enjoy pairing;
>> 
>> ?      care about web standards;
>> 
>> ?      love simplicity;
>> 
>> ?      aren?t scared of getting involved in develops/sysops; and
>> 
>> ?      can be pragmatic (we love rocket scientists, but we like them to  
>> come down to earth when necessary!).
>> 
>> 
>> What they offer...
>> 
>> 
>> They?ll provide you with all the tools (Mac or PC) that you need to do  
>> your job well, and our tech team is moving into a newly-refurbished  
>> space early in the new year. We?re based in central London so there?s  
>> lots of opportunity to enjoy oneself outside the office ? we like to  
>> think of >ourselves as a very sociable team!
>> 
>> 
>> Client 2
>> 
>> 
>> This is a start up with aggressive plans for growth. They have received  
>> a significant investment and would be particularly interesting to any  
>> music lovers.
>> Our client is an electronic dance music fan community built by fans for  
>> fans. The founders of have seen the world?s biggest DJs around the world  
>> at shows and festivals in places such as Ibiza, London, Berlin,  
>> Amsterdam, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and more. They wanted  
>>> to bring the experience and love we all feel on the dance floor  
>> together in an online community. Our client serves as a one-stop  
>> destination for fans where they can access all their favourite content  
>> including tracks, albums, podcasts, radio, video, tickets, news and  
>> more. They are a retailer >and maintain the largest catalog (over 3  
>> million+ tracks!) of high quality downloadable electronic dance music  
>> (192MP3, 320MP3 and WAV formats). They also maintain the most  
>> comprehensive events listings for electronic music DJs.
>> They are looking for Senior Ruby Developers and whilst they have  
>> unfortunately quoted me ?market rates? I estimate that to be up to ?55K.
>> 
>> 
>> I hope this is of interest to someone and if it is not of interest to  
>> you or you are not currently looking for work please pass it onto anyone  
>> you think may be.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> David Roberts
>> 
>> Senior Consultant
>> 
>> 
>> Please link in with my on Linkedin to keep updated on future  
>> opportunities - http://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidroberts2009
>> 
>> 
>> 
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