[LRUG] [JOBS] Senior developer/CTO at WodBoard

[George Palmer]

Hi all,

We're looking for a senior rails developer to come work with us at WodBoard
(https://www.wodboard.com/).  WodBoard is gym management software that
helps gym owners run their businesses and helps their customers, the gym
members, live healthier lives.  The brand name won't make any sense unless
you've walked into a functional fitness gym before so I'll move swiftly
on...

We're a bootstrapped company so there's no VCs to answer to.  That doesn't
mean we're not ambitious though - there's a massive market we're going
after and we want to create lasting change.  As a combination of these two
things we've a heavy focus on getting stuff done.

Our development ethos could be best described as "full DHH". Whilst there's
some bits we don't 100% agree with, we stick to the core Rails ethos and
stack focussing on what we can achieve with the technology, rather than the
technology itself.  If you've enjoyed some of the blog posts on how
Basecamp structure code, or enjoy the work of boringrails.com, you'd like
working with us.

We're a small (but mighty) tech team of 3 so you'll be jumping straight in
and writing code for customers from day 1. There's infrastructure/UI
work/mobile app development work you can become involved in as well if you
so wish.  The role has the opportunity to build into a CTO role for the
right person.

A little more about the role and us:
- It's really refreshing using technology to do something that helps people
in a real world tangible way.  Changing lives and increasing health through
technology is very motivating!
- We love simplicity.  We're fanatical about it.  This goes from our
codebase, to our infrastructure, to how we operate as a company.  It can be
harder work upfront but it sure makes life easier down the road.
- You'll need strong ownership skills.  As a small team we don't have
project managers.  You're responsible for your tasks so you'll need to be
good at taking ownership and reporting back to the team.
- An ability to renegotiate requirements as you get into the technical
details is most welcome!  In Computer Science there's hard problems and
hard problems that don't need solving.  We are constantly asking ourselves
if there's an easier way to do something.
- We spend a lot of time talking to our customers and understanding their
problems.  This won't ever change.  Be prepared to go back and evaluate
previously held assumptions on new features after testing with beta
customers

The position is fulltime and by no means do you need to be into
health/fitness to work here (only about 50% of our staff are).  It's fully
remote position but you'd need to be on an EU timezone so there's
sufficient overlap with the rest of the team.  We also do a full team
meetup in person twice per year.

We're not looking to use a recruiter for this role.

If you'd like to apply or find out more please drop me an email to:
george at wodboard.com

George
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