Boston.rb

Location

Cambridge, MA

To apply, contact:

leah@professionalrecruitingservices.com

We have been retained by GenArts (www.genarts.com) to recruit for a Ruby on Rails Developer in their Cambridge, MA office. If interested, please send your resume along with salary requirements to: L.Kelly leah@professionalrecruitingservices.com

Company Overview: Founded in 1996 in Cambridge, MA, GenArts is the leading provider of visual special effects software for the film, television and video industries. GenArts’ technology enables Hollywood film, commercial, broadcast, and episodic content producers to bring to life some of the most innovative audience experiences in entertainment. The company’s products have helped revolutionize the industry's visual effects capabilities, allowing for groundbreaking sequences in major productions such as Indiana Jones, Spider-Man and The Matrix trilogy, blockbuster television series Lost from ABC, HBO productions and others. GenArts’ technologies were used to create unique visuals in some of the most popular videos of music icons Coldplay, Madonna and U2. In March 2008 GenArts received funding from Insight Venture Partners, a leading venture capital firm specializing in software and the Internet, to support potential M&A activity and rapid expansion of GenArts into new markets, including the consumer space. The company is profitable with significant year over year revenue growth.

Position Summary:

GenArts is looking for a talented, experienced, self-motivated Ruby on Rails/MySql Developer to design and implement an internal database-driven CRM web application running on Linux. This person will be a significant contributor to the environment of the company. They will be fully responsible for design,implementation, testing, and documentation, as well as ongoing maintenance. GenAets is upgrading from an old CRM application (MS Access database), so MS Access/VB experience is a definite plus, but not required.

The ideal candidate will also have a strong IT background, especially with open source IT apps such as LDAP, mail and calendaring; the position can grow into becoming the primary IT resource for the company.

The candidate needs to have an energetic, can-do attitude with a strong desire to contribute to the overall success of the company and staff.

• Computer Science or Engineering college degree and professional experience in a Developer role with significant Ruby on Rails application experience required • Strong database experience required • Must be self motivated and independent; able to work with a minimum of supervision and work well in small groups • Must have the desire to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company • Must have excellent communication and organization skills and be detailed oriented