Well, I can finally start releasing the name of our product / company / web site since 1 - we are officially expanding the team and hiring more people, 2 - the placeholder page is up at juggle.com, and 3 - the CEO accidentally updated her LinkedIn profile two weeks ago. Oops. But I can't tell you what we are building yet.
Hey, here is a good way to find out. Join the company!
Hiring in St. Louis
We are a small web development group looking to expand our team. Plain and simple, we are looking for great developers. We are focused on finding people who have a passion for development and are excited to be part of a team that is developing a leading semantic web application. There's no Ruby, Java or PHP here… Microsoft only.
You will be working in a fast paced environment that deals with a lot of Web 2.0 (I really hate that term) technology. We value team members who make the internet a part of their lives, not just a place they send their hard work for other people to use. Here's a quick test. Which search engine just threw in the towel? What do Alex and Kevin sit on? What's the point of Twitter? What should manager Rob write himself?
What to expect from our environment?
We have one core rule: Create great software. There is no team of red tape police who have locked down your workstation and blocked 50% of the sites on the internet. No crazy rules about reading blogs or blocking IM.
Each Monday we start a new development iteration where you will commit to the amount of work you can get done for the week. Thursday's are code reviews, so no sneaking in a DataSet to get the job done quick. Friday's are iteration review meeting day where you will demo what you finished during the week. And every morning is a quick standup meeting.
Qualifications:
- You should know C# or VB.NET (but you will be using C#), ASP.NET 2.0 or higher and SQL Server 2005.
- It would be helpful if you also knew AJAX and how to write unit tests.
- It would be really great if you already knew CSLA or ComponentArt.
The Joel Test results: 11 out of 12.
- Do you use source control? (YES)
- Can you make a build in one step? (YES)
- Do you make daily builds? (YES+) We believe in continuous integration. No breaking the build.
- Do you have a bug database? (YES)
- Do you fix bugs before writing new code? (YES)
- Do you have an up-to-date schedule? (YES)
- Do you have a spec? (YES)
- Do programmers have quiet working conditions? (NO) You will be working in an open area with 4 other developers.
- Do you use the best tools money can buy? (YES)
- Do you have testers? (YES)
- Do new candidates write code during their interview? (YES)
- Do you do hallway usability testing? (YES)
Still interested even after #11? Then send me an e-mail using the contact form or scott.kuhl@juggle.com.