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

Fri Nov 30 13:52:19 PST 2018

We did some sub-contract work for Error Studio five years ago when Hedek
was a Rails software house. Our contact was Ed, and it was a pleasure to
work for him/them.

Best wishes
Mark

--
Dr Mark van Harmelen
Director, Hedtek Ltd
8 Doughty St, London WC1N 2PL
+44 7830 212 464
hedtek.com
Hedtek is a company registered in England and Wales, Reg No 6300001

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 3:13 PM Ed Jones <ed at error.agency> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I wanted to introduce Error (https://error.agency) to you, because we'd
> like to expand our team a bit and I've been lurking here for a while :)
>
> ----------------
> About Error
> ----------------
>
> 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)
>
> 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) with the excellent Zachary
> Welch (https://github.com/zacharywelch), Rooftop CMS is released under
> the GPL (https://github.com/rooftopcms/), and our work on Layers of
> London is all available on Github too (https://github.com/layersoflondon).
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Remote work and 4 day weeks: why working at Error is special
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> -----------------------
> Can you join us?
> -----------------------
>
> 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 -
> 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
>
>
> --
> *Error*
> A human-centred interaction agency
>
> Twitter: @erroragency
> http://error.agency
>
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