skwp
We're a 2.5 year old marketplace for vintage, used, and handmade musical instruments in Chicago. We grew from 6 to 40 employees in the last year and are really rocking this industry. If you want to build HATEOAS APIs and Domain Driven Ruby/Rails while playing guitar or twiddling synth knobs at work, this is the job for you.
If you are wondering if a job where you get to play music and write great code in an environment that values best practices and engineers owning product (no PM's here) is real, yes I assure you it is indeed.
Stop pinching yourself and apply now at http://jobs.reverb.com. If you want to find out more about our culture check out http://product.reverb.com for our technical blog. Hiring Rubyists and hands on Designers who feel at home with haml/sass. ONSITE only right now.
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We are hiring for all the things. If you're a musician this is the job you've dreamed of but never thought existed. Well, it does. Come work with an incredible bunch of people who value solid code just as much as they do the craft of making music. We're two years old and growing like wildfire. This is still a chance to get an early position at the Etsy of the musical instrument world.
This is not a venture backed shoot for the moon or fail hard startup. We're making real money and helping people build real music businesses online. Local preferred but we're considering remote in the coming months.
Check our product team here http://product.reverb.com/work-at-reverb and our marketplace at http://reverb.com
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It's cool because we're putting the care into hand curating our listings so that we have really cool collections (you can check em out here: http://reverb.com/handpicked-collections).
It's also cool because we're experimenting with machine learning (poking at prediction.io currently) to see if we can give people more of what they want. And we're building Ruby services and we have an iPhone app. And all this with only two developer, a UX designer and an intern. And it's cool because we're actually making money. And, we're hiring ;)
We're rocking the world with a marketplace for musicians! Buy & sell vintage and used guitars, effects, drums, etc. Launched in early 2013, we're funded, are generating real revenue, and growing aggressively.
We're working with Rails 3.2, Ruby 1.9/2.0 and domain driven and service oriented architecture. We're looking for Senior Rubyists and iOS developers. Competitive salary, stock options, insurance, flexible vacation, and a discount on music gear are all part of the package.
Developers with full stack knowledge or specialized knowledge are both welcome to apply. We want people who are product focused and self motivated. This is a tiny team and a chance to make a huge impact.
p.s. You get to work out of a world class music shop surrounded by rare and vintage gear.
Apply here: http://jobs.reverb.com or email yan at reverb.com Learn more about us: http://kareer.me/discover/reverb
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