Posted: October 17, 2011

VoteIt is a start-up that's changing the way people make decisions with real time, social, consensus building web and mobile applications. We are looking for developers who are versatile, experienced, and interested in working in a fast-paced collaborative work environment. VoteIt is located in the Central Business District of New Orleans in a vibrant walkable section of town close to restaurants, coffee shops and bars.

We offer a competitive salary, with flexible work hours, 15 days of paid time off, and 9 company holidays.

Job Description

You’ll enjoy the freedom to innovate, and the opportunity to contribute to the development community and open source projects. To get things done, we use an agile development methodology with personal discipline and focus on quality.

Our server software is written in Ruby and Rails with plenty client side Javascript and deployed to Heroku. We are looking for developers with experience in web development using Ruby on Rails or similar technology. Candidates are also required to have database design and SQL experience.

To get hired, you’ll need professional experience and solid references. We strongly prefer developers to work in our New Orleans office, but will consider telecommuting for candidates with vast experience in our desired domains of expertise.

Desired Skills

We don’t expect you to have all of this experience, but please make sure to highlight any of these skills in your cover letter and add more details as appropriate in your resume.

• Ruby on Rails, node.js, PHP, ASP.net, or JSP
• Database Design and SQL
• Agile software development
• Test driven development
• HTML and CSS
• Javascript
• jQuery, Prototype, or similar javascript frameworks
• Git, Mercurial, or Subversion
• Heroku, Engine Yard, or Amazon Web Services
• Mobile app development