[LRUG] [JOBS] Rails and technology generalist at Error Agency - remote (UK)

[Ed Jones]

Hi folks,

I wanted to introduce Error (https://error.agency <https://error.agency/>) to you, because we'd like to expand our team a bit and I've been lurking here for a while :)

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About Error
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We design and build websites, web applications and the occasional mobile app, as well as running a hosted software product which we use on every project. All our work is centred on the human experience, and that’s one of the main reasons our clients love to work with us.
Our previous clients include Sony Games, the BBC, ITN, Tate, Bupa, the Open Data Institute and many more established businesses and startups. We’re proud to have been honoured at the Webby awards for our design of the National Museums Liverpool web site, and are excited to be working closely with the University of London on a project to map the history of the city over the last 2000 years (https://www.layersoflondon.org <https://www.layersoflondon.org/>)

We run a nascent SaaS product called Rooftop CMS (https://www.rooftopcms.com <https://www.rooftopcms.com/>), which we use primarily to speed up delivery of sites for our clients, but which we hope will turn into a business of its own.

Our work is strongly design-focused, but we also deliver heavyweight technical solutions too. The two together are what stands us apart from many smaller agencies. Our clients are generally either very commercial (startups, blue-chip organisations who use us to deliver agile solutions), or in the cultural and creative sectors. Both have their challenges and interests, and we like to keep it mixed. Many of our clients have been with us for years. We use a lot of Rails / JS and a bit of other stuff (PHP for Rooftop, Xamarin for Mobile, some Lua for scripting in Nginx, etc).

We open-source as much of our work as possible. Ed and Paul co-maintain a popular gem (https://github.com/remiprev/her <https://github.com/remiprev/her>) with the excellent Zachary Welch (https://github.com/zacharywelch <https://github.com/zacharywelch>), Rooftop CMS is released under the GPL (https://github.com/rooftopcms/ <https://github.com/rooftopcms/>), and our work on Layers of London is all available on Github too (https://github.com/layersoflondon <https://github.com/layersoflondon>).

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Remote work and 4 day weeks: why working at Error is special
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We run Error because we care about the work we produce, and those we do it for. We also care about our colleagues, families and communities, so our working practices reflect that. Generally, we only work 4 days per week, from Tuesday to Friday: Mondays are our own for outside interests or family time. We have a strong remote-working culture, and you can work remotely full-time if you want (Paul and I both do). Getting the job done is much more important to us than working hours or formalities. We will commit budget to your continuing professional development, and we don't really count the days you take off - if you need a break, you need a break.

Error will probably never become a behemoth agency with layers of management and tonnes of bureaucracy. We much prefer to keep things flexible and small-scale, so we can embed ourselves with our clients and focus on fewer things at one time. We are, however, planning to grow a bit: we’d like to get to the point where we can say ‘yes’ to projects more often than we say ‘no’, and have a little more flex in the system.

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Can you join us?
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If you like the sound of working at Error, I'd love to chat to you. How you fit into the team is as important to us as the skills you have; if you think you’d be a good cultural fit for us, you’ll find your niche and add value to the business.

You’ll need to be within an hour or two of UK time, and able to work in the UK - if you’re somewhere in Europe that’s fine, but we don’t think it’s feasible to work across continents at the moment.

In general, we like to hire people who:

- love to learn new stuff
- have an opinion, preferably supported by evidence (although gut feel is important too)
- can articulate their thoughts clearly, to both colleagues and clients
- care about other people and how they think
- understand the importance of the human in the process of building something technical
- can adapt their skills and interests to the task at hand, thinking laterally about a problem
- are driven to produce excellent work, but also know when to compromise

We're specifically looking for folks who can help us build our clients' websites and applications, and maintain and extend Rooftop CMS. I've written more about the role here: https://honest.work/job/ruby-and-rails-developer-and-tech-generalist-e1d8 <https://honest.work/job/ruby-and-rails-developer-and-tech-generalist-e1d8> - if you're just starting out (maybe you've graduated from a training programme like Makers Academy or General Assembly) that's totally fine. Please do still get in touch.

Thanks for reading :-)

Ed


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Error
A human-centred interaction agency

Twitter: @erroragency
http://error.agency

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