Data Processing Developer
Ginkgotree is changing the way course materials are designed and delivered. We’re ending the reign of overpriced, cookie-cutter textbooks by letting faculty combine any materials they want into an online curriculum. Do you want to use e-books or sites like Wikipedia? No problem. Videos or podcasts? Done. $200 textbooks printed on dead trees? F*** that.ABOUT YOU• You’re looking for real startup experience working for a small team where the code you write can change an industry• You live for simple, clean, and easily maintainable code• You work hard when you’re passionate about something• You want to be in the trenches with others who are rebuilding DetroitWe’re looking for a entry level developer. This developer will be writing scripts in Ruby to parse excel, MARC, and ONIX data into our discovery engine database. Maybe you attend hackathons in your spare time, contribute to open source projects, or teach yourself new code on the weekends. If so, let’s talk.ABOUT USWe can’t wait to meet the next person to join our solid team of friends. Our workplace dynamic is a cross between Parks and Recreation and the IT Crowd, minus the bureaucracy. We work hard, play hard, and love it all.Our stack is Javascript (jQuery, _.js), CSS/SASS, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL, deployed via Capistrano, and served up with Passenger/nginx on Ubuntu-based VMs through Digital Ocean and Amazon S3.IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR...• A well-defined job description• Itemized lists of project specs• A strict 9-to-5 schedule• Playing it safe and asking for permission rather than forgiveness...you should probably look elsewhere for a job.Ginkgotree was founded in 2012 by a team of 4, and after a stint in Ann Arbor, we’ve set up shop in downtown Detroit. Our office is located right across the street from the Detroit Opera House and Comerica Park in the M@dison Building, which was rated one of the coolest offices in the world by Inc. in 2012 (and by us too). Trust us, you'll love it!Sound like fun? Email #EMAIL_fc46b9bc24861580687166944b0af2e77e11dd212a8ee95c7ccae78fd44ab222#Send something about you, like links to your projects/github and an overview of your experience, and tell us why this sounds exciting. No resumes or CVs please.
Title: Data Processing Developer
Salary: None
Description: Ginkgotree is changing the way course materials are designed and delivered. We’re ending the reign of overpriced, cookie-cutter textbooks by letting faculty combine any materials they want into an online curriculum. Do you want to use e-books or sites like Wikipedia? No problem. Videos or podcasts? Done. $200 textbooks printed on dead trees? F*** that.ABOUT YOU• You’re looking for real startup experience working for a small team where the code you write can change an industry• You live for simple, clean, and easily maintainable code• You work hard when you’re passionate about something• You want to be in the trenches with others who are rebuilding DetroitWe’re looking for a entry level developer. This developer will be writing scripts in Ruby to parse excel, MARC, and ONIX data into our discovery engine database. Maybe you attend hackathons in your spare time, contribute to open source projects, or teach yourself new code on the weekends. If so, let’s talk.ABOUT USWe can’t wait to meet the next person to join our solid team of friends. Our workplace dynamic is a cross between Parks and Recreation and the IT Crowd, minus the bureaucracy. We work hard, play hard, and love it all.Our stack is Javascript (jQuery, _.js), CSS/SASS, Ruby on Rails, and MySQL, deployed via Capistrano, and served up with Passenger/nginx on Ubuntu-based VMs through Digital Ocean and Amazon S3.IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR...• A well-defined job description• Itemized lists of project specs• A strict 9-to-5 schedule• Playing it safe and asking for permission rather than forgiveness...you should probably look elsewhere for a job.Ginkgotree was founded in 2012 by a team of 4, and after a stint in Ann Arbor, we’ve set up shop in downtown Detroit. Our office is located right across the street from the Detroit Opera House and Comerica Park in the M@dison Building, which was rated one of the coolest offices in the world by Inc. in 2012 (and by us too). Trust us, you'll love it!Sound like fun? Email #EMAIL_fc46b9bc24861580687166944b0af2e77e11dd212a8ee95c7ccae78fd44ab222#Send something about you, like links to your projects/github and an overview of your experience, and tell us why this sounds exciting. No resumes or CVs please.
Requirements: Entry level experience, Bachelor's Degree education
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