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Job Listings (Version #45)

If you are an employer or recruiter looking to hire available Ruby and Rails programmers in the New York City area, here are a few ways to find them:

  1. Send an email to the Ruby-NYC mailing list, which can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-nyc/ .
  2. Post your contact information, and a short pitch if you feel like it, below. Full-time, part-time, and contract postings are all fine.
  3. Come to our meetings on the last Thursday of the month, and when we do short announcements at 7:30, stand up and talk about your company & position for about 60 seconds. See Location and Directions.

Job postings:

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Are you a senior developer with Ruby on Rails experience looking for an opportunity to redefine enterprise web applications? Have you ever used an intranet, extranet, or a wiki, and absolutely knew that you could build something better if you had the chance? Or, are you currently a Java or .Net guru doing Rails projects on the side, and looking for an opportunity to switch?

iCrossing, a global digital marketing company, is looking for an experienced senior developer with solid Rails experience to help our VP of Tech disrupt the current crop of corporate web-based applications. You’ll be developing simple, elegant, and innovative solutions for us using your favorite framework: Rails. We’ll be honest, on occasion, you’ll have to edit some legacy PHP code, handle some system maintenance, and participate in exciting daily SCRUM meetings, but it’s all part of being a senior developer.

If you’re the right person, you have a deep interest in the web, development, and enjoy working in a user-focused, team-based environment. Passion is an absolute must; if you’re looking for a standard corporate IT gig, this is not the job for you. You have at least 5 years with web development, with a minimum of one year developing with Ruby and Rails. As a senior developer, you must know how to develop web applications from the ground up – from database schema design to application architecture to css/javascript/xhtml – and have experience managing other developers. Ideally, you also have some experience with agile development, tdd, version control (GIT/SVN), and unix systems. Our team works on Mac, and we hope that you do too.

If you’re looking for a place to call “work” where you can be passionate, challenged, and engaged, you should check us out. The Job application is here: http://bit.ly/3Veuir



Park Assist is looking for Web App Developers, Ruby on Rails

About Us:
We’re a successful, well funded, innovative startup company spanning three continents, looking to pair our killer hardware with a killer web app.

About you:
You have at least 3 years developing software applications in any language, and at least 6 months using Ruby on Rails to make beautiful web apps. You know how to use Subversion/Git and can handle Agile methodologies. Your knowledge of XHTML, CSS and Javascript can’t be matched. Your amazing communication skills mean you’re equally comfortable addressing geeks and laymen.

It would be great if you also had experience with RESTful Web Services, AJAX and JSON. Knowledge of SQL configuration and programming (functions, triggers, stored procedures, etc) is a definite plus. Our new US office is in New York, but we gladly support ecommuters and will consider applications from talented people anywhere.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement new web apps and widgets for a variety of sensor data-driven services. You will draw on all the cool new web technologies as well as the old classics.
  • Recommend solutions and enhancements for new and existing applications.
  • Become an expert in both the technical and commercial aspects of the business, and use your creativity and design sense to drive new product development.
Salary and Perks:
  • Generous salary – depends on your experience and portfolio
  • Stock options
  • A shiny new Mac (if you insist, alternatives can be negotiated)
  • Do-Things-Your-Way – The flexibility and freedom of being part of a dynamic and successful Startup
  • Opportunity to join at growth phase of the business and get involved from the ground up
  • Autonomous and flexible working environment with an innovative culture
To apply, send resume to jobs@parkassist.com

outside.in is looking for talented ruby developers and sysadmins!

outside.in is looking to hire front-end rails developers, back-end rails developers, a lead (senior) rails developer, and a sysadmin because we’re growing. The most important thing is that we’re looking for smart, passionate folks who care about what they’re doing, working with other smart people, making something amazing, and the ruby and rails community. Job descriptions for the front-end and back-end positions are posted at 37signals:
front-end developer position
back-end developer position

We’re tackling some tough problems and folks who are excited about stretching themselves and working on challenging problems are encouraged to apply.

If you know someone who might be interested, put them in touch with us! We offer $500 for successful referrals of candidates.

Interested parties, please email me at cory [AT] outside.in.
(re-posted and updated to include new job openings on July 25, 2008)

WJTSEARCH.COM

Are you ready for Web 2.0?

Fast-growing tech company (Financial Market News – Subscription)is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails developer to join their team. Successful candidate will have at least 2 years experience deploying scalable RoR applications.

Qualifications:
  • 2 yrs demonstrated coding skills in Ruby on Rails
  • MySQL (3 yrs)
  • Apache
  • Mongrel
  • SVN
  • Capistrano
  • Javascript/AJAX/JSON is a plus
  • C/C++ is a plus
  • Knowledge of Linux and open-source technologies
  • Familiarity with agile development practices
Responsibilities:
  • Roll-out dependable software to support major publishing organizations and paying online consumers
  • Establish engineering best practices such as code reviews, design guidelines, and check-in policies
  • Improve performance, scalability, and availability of our systems
  • Communicate with technology and business teammates, as well as external partners
willm @ wjtsearch.com
www.wjtsearch.com/jobs.aspx
www.linkedin.com/in/wmechem


Pivotal Labs is hiring Senior Ruby on Rails Developers in NYC

If you’re looking for a place to do serious agile development in Ruby on Rails, this is the place. We’re looking for brilliant Rails developers to join our growing team in New York. If you want to share your knowledge while learning from others, work sustainably, and work on some serious projects, we think you’ll have a blast working with us.

The Job:
  • Developing Ruby on Rails applications for a variety of leading clients
  • Test Driven Development
  • Pair Programming
  • Aggressive Refactoring
  • Working directly with clients to manage requirements
Additional Skills desired:
  • Experience with testing frameworks from rspec and Test::Unit to Selenium and JsUnit
  • SQL
  • JavaScript, Flash (ActionScript 3)
  • Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical clients

Email your resume to jobs@pivotallabs.com



Social Network seeks Senior Ruby-On-Rails Developer

Emerging social network based in NYC is seeking a freelance Ruby-on-Rails developer with the potential to turn into a full-time position. We are an exciting start-up that utilizes proprietary technology and consumer-trend analysis to provide users engaging shopping information. Position will provide an engaging project that will allow you to work with one of the most creative and inspiring teams around.

The position involves improving the infrastructure of the site as well building out new features. This position is on-site in our New York, NY office and will involve coordination with our off-site developers virtually.

Required Skills:

  • Expert in Ruby-On-Rails (especially in Rails 1.2 & 2.0 frameworks) – Required for building fresh modules and/or writing tests for existing/new modules. Proficiency in writing functional/unit tests is preferred.
  • Experience with web technologies like Javascript, CSS, HTML. Past experience in Python or PHP will be considered
  • Experience in working with Solaris or OpenSolaris-based Accelerator, as well as Ubuntu / Linux OS
  • Handling databases, specifically MySQL
  • Experience developing web-based applications and websites with dynamic content and management systems
  • Experience/understanding of working on Social Networking platforms and components
  • Experience working with Subversion
  • Ability to meet deadlines and multi-task
  • Must be available to work in the NY (Manhattan) area

Design skills are not necessary but are of benefit

If you are interested, please email a resume with salary requirements to alleyrails@gmail.com



Senior Developer

SIFT, LLC seeks a motivated full-time Ruby on Rails developer for the most interesting web services projects that you’ve ever worked on.

Required Experience:

  • 5+ years developing software applications in any language.
  • 1 or more intensive Ruby on Rails (Rails 2.0+) projects using ActiveRecord, ActiveResource, mongrel or mongrel_cluster (or similar), Test::Unit or RSpec.
  • 1 or more intensive web services projects.
  • 1 or more scalable web applications serving large numbers of users through the usage of multiple servers.
  • MySQL (or similar) databases, optimization, and de-normalization concepts.
  • Configuring Ruby on Rails applications for deployment on Linux.
  • Subversion.

Bonus Points for Experience with:

  • Amazon EC2 (Enterprise Compute Cloud)
  • Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service)
  • Python / Django
  • memcached
  • Apache
  • PostgreSQL
  • Ajax
  • RESTful web services

We will ask you to demonstrate the application(s) that you helped develop, and explain your specific contribution.

Qualified applicants will be asked to complete a short test that demonstrates their technical skills as part of the interview process.

SIFT, LLC is developing an innovative package of web services (SaaS – Software as a Service) for deployment on the Amazon cloud. You will be developing and deploying “disruptive” software that will change the world (for the better!). You will contribute innovations to the open-source community, and be a featured speaker at industry events.

Anticipated Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 (commensurate with experience and skills) + significant equity share (stock options).

SIFT rewards team members with excellent medical/dental benefits, 401K, flexible schedules. Fun bonuses including Yankees tickets, concert tickets, Broadway tickets, dinners, lunches, etc.

Convenient work location will be located near either Union Square or Chelsea Market. Also – possible locations near City Hall and in Brooklyn (Metrotech). Home office hours are also possible.

Please email us your resume and salary history for consideration. Where possible, please include the public URLs of web applications that you have worked on, and specifically detail your contribution.

Send email to: dpohl [at] siftllc [dot] com

Must be authorized to work in the USA. Principals only – no recruiters.


We are a group of full-time security consultants (white hat hackers) looking for a talented Rails developer to help advance an innovative RoR web site ( www.phishme.com ) with paying customers.

Responsibilities:
  • Optimization of our current web application
  • Enhancing logging and monitoring functionality
  • Assisting in customer support
  • Developing features for future releases.
  • Basic Server Administration
Requirements:
  • 5 years of development experience, at least 1 year of Rails experience
  • Should have dug through Rails source code before and know how to optimize application performance
  • Should be comfortable with complex SQL statements, stored procedures, and have experience with encrypted database storage
  • A healthy curiosity in security is a must (understanding cross-site scripting, directory transversal attacks, proper input validation, etc)
  • Should be familiar with popular Ruby gems such as ar_mailer, mongrel_cluster, and optimizing apache load balancing.
  • Background in Linux system administration is a plus.

Location: We are located in NYC, but for this position, you can work from anywhere in the United States.

To apply: Send your Resume/CV, cover letter and, if possible, some examples of prior work to igcontact [at] intrepidusgroup [dot] com

Posted: 4/7/2008



DG Interactive, a small award-winning interactive agency located in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, is looking for a contract web developer for an exciting new in-house project. The position is expected to be full time for approx. 3 months, but may be able to be done on a part-time basis.

You would likely spend about 90% of your time on this new project and 10% on other agency projects. The following skillsets are required:

- 5 years+ overall programming experience

- Min 3 years experience with at least one of the following languages and web frameworks:
  • Ruby on Rails
  • PHP/Drupal
  • Python/Django

- MySQL database design

- CSS/XHTML

- Web 2.0 AJAX

- Knowledge of and experience with social networking sites, Web 2.0, data import/scraping

- Ability to create and/or manage the creation of an algorithm for matching fields of data across an array of fields and data sources

- A high level of organization and attention to detail.

You will be overseeing this project and will likely get additional resources after a short planning phase.

What’s in it for you? A great deal of flexibility in how and where you work, input on the best ways to shape this project and, ultimately, a chance to help shape the future of the world’s population. Seriously.

You will be required to sign an NDA at your interview.

Please send an email outlining your interest and highlighting your experience along with a resume and hourly/weekly compensation requirements to sales /at\ dg-interactive.com – Attn: Dave Grossman

Posted: March 17, 2008



Our premier client in Manhattan is currently looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer. This is an exciting client and a great place to work. Our client is involved with emerging technologies for print-to-web, cutting edge online advertising, and world renowned content. Located near Times Square in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. They have easy access to the subway, PATH, Grand Central Station, Port Authority, the Ferry, and Penn Station.

Responsibilities
Develops and maintains web page code for the company’s Internet websites, including editorial content database as well as other asset and client databases. Participates in meetings with internal customers, project managers, and other technology department staff to help establish product requirements and schedules. Perform other job related duties.

Required Qualifications
This position requires a wide range of technical knowledge, strong programming/scripting skills, W3C standards expertise, and interaction design ability. Must be able to translate business requirements into functional products and make good design decisions. Experience with Ruby on Rails, SQL, XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and content management systems are prerequisites and 3 years of experience in web development and information technology is required. Java and Publishing industry experience a plus.

Additional Information:
1.) IDE – Development Environment. What have you done with this in ROR’s
2.) Have you written GEM in ROR’s
3.) SVN – Sub Version (Version Control Systems) What has your experience been with SVN?
This is a contract to hire position which will lead to full benefits including vacation, holidays (9), Medical, Dental, Vision, Dependent Care Savings, Health Savings Account, Wage Works, Life Insurance, Legal Assistance Plan, and Vacation Purchase Plan.

This is a long term contract position with a strong possibility of becoming a regular employee.

If interested please contact:
Phil Longden
Lead Recruiter
Philip.longden@cdicorp.com
845-468-5726


Seeking Ruby/Rails web application developer

We seek an ambitious and entrepreneurial Ruby on Rails developer to join our dynamic team. Our CTO has four patents to his name and our Director of Engineering is an MIT graduate with more than twenty years of programming experience.

You will have significant influence on the design of our web based marketplace and you will help us to build our business from the ground up. This position will evolve quickly as we rapidly grow the company over the next three years and the compensation we are offering is attractive.

We are building an innovative business-to-business web application which solves a real problem. The market opportunity is in the billions of dollars and no one company has made significant inroads into this space. We are positioning ourselves to seize it.

We are currently in advanced discussions with Rails guru Obie Fernandez (author of The Rails Way) about having Hashrocket develop our prototype. It is expected to be complete by early March. After that, all future development will be done in house. This is where you come in.

We will pay to fly you to Boston for an interview and will pay for relocation expenses.

Contact CTO Chandra Bajpai at (508) 318-4465 or cbajpai prospectmarkets com


Ruby on Rails Developer

TechSmart Solutions Group, a high-energy, NYC-based consulting boutique focused on application development and application security, seeks talented, bright, well-rounded candidates for a role in software development. Candidates must have previous software development experience with Ruby on Rails, and be well versed in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. This position offers the right candidate the ability to grow personally as well as be a key contributor to the overall business strategy and success of the company.

Highly organized software developers with excellent interpersonal skills seeking to take the next step in their careers are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will have a combination of project management, software development and consultancy experience and the opportunity to shape TechSmart’s culture and make a major impact on the business.

Our clients are some of the most progressive names in online media: IAC/Interactive Corp, Ziff Davis Media, Thumbplay, UGEN Media, and more.

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Work with clients to spec and design Ruby on Rails applications
  • Produce UML modeling documents that guide team development
  • Design OO model for application logic
  • Implement agile processes and test-driven code development in real-world projects
  • Code application and maintain the code base with source control
Required Skills
  • Demonstrate at least 5 years of software development / coding experience.
  • 3-4+ years experience object-oriented business logic
  • Working knowledge of AJAX (XML, JSON)
  • Solid knowledge of at least one additional OO language required (Design pattern experience preferred)
  • Solid knowledge of relational data modeling and SQL
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Possess the ability to manage multiple projects / clients simultaneously
  • Be highly organized
  • BS preferred, but not required

To apply for this position, please send your resume to resumes {AT} techsmartgroup.com.


Seeking developer for NYC based start-up launching next month

In a month from now we’d be placing this post on our own site, myJambi.com—a social marketplace for services. We’ve been working on this project non-stop and are incredibly excited to add new people and personalities to our band of merry men and women.

We’ve kick-started development in Ruby on Rails with a fantastic New York-based external development team. As a reference point, the application currently has about 2500 lines of code with around 3000 lines of test coverage. We are excited to be hiring our first in-house lead developer and will be looking to add at least two more developers by late Spring.

This is a truly unique position as you will not only be highly involved in the technical direction of the company, but you will also have the opportunity to build a small group of Rails developers who will work alongside you. You are getting in on the ground floor of a promising start-up that already has a dedicated and enthusiastic business team, a site that is launching into alpha within the next month, and a solid budget funded by a group of prominent angel investors.

We hope you’ll be as excited as we are about building this fantastic product.

Core Requirements:
  • 3-4 years’ experience with web development in Ruby on Rails, Python / Django, PHP / Symfony
  • Experience with agile development and test-driven / behavior-driven development
  • Experience with web 2.0 and Ajax. You must have a high level of sensitivity to front-end requirements.
  • You are much more comfortable in the open-source software world than in the banking/enterprise software world
  • Comfortable with semantic XHTML and CSS
  • Other technologies: MySQL, SVN
  • Keen familiarity with both e-commerce and social networking.
  • Interested in the service buying and selling experience and community
  • You can and will put yourself in the shoes of your end user.
  • You stay up all night thinking about improving your product’s feature set.
  • You love working in a small, team-focused environment
  • You’re comfortable being wrong sometimes
  • You’re personable with very good communication skills
  • You have a pragmatic, realistic, and practical business mind
  • You have a whimsical, lateral, creative product-development mind
  • You live in New York City.
Preferred qualities:
  • 1+ year of production Ruby on Rails development experience, including deployment with Mongrel
  • Comfortability with relational database design
  • Familiarity with: Capistrano, Rake, RubyGems, RSpec, Selenium
Responsibilities:
  • Continuous feature development and improvement through short, iterative development cycles
  • Interface and collaborate with external development team
  • Help build our internal development team and manage hand-off of responsibilities from external team to internal team
  • Provide production support
  • Manage deployments
Benefits:
  • Medical benefits with an excellent health plan
  • Stock options
  • Two weeks’ paid vacation
  • Being part of a small, fun, extremely hard-working team

This position is full-time and located in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. We’re offering competitive start-up salary plus benefits, commensurate with experience.

Interested?
Please send your resume to http://jobs@myjambi.com.


iminlikewithyou.com is a great place to make stuff

iminlikewithyou.com needs a rails developer. In case you haven’t heard, iminlikewithyou is doing some amazing shit, mainly surrounding the entertainment areas of the universe. You should also check out blockles

If you would like to be part of the future of entertainment on the internet and you also know the rails, you might be a good fit! We offer excellent benefits like bigotry and racism. We can probably also much more than average for the right person.

You can contact me through the blog or at charles [at-] iminlikewithyou.com


Are you a web application programmer looking to join a growing, vibrant web agency?

Alexander Interactive is looking for web application developers with solid programming and database skills to join our team. Ideal candidates seek fast-paced, challenging development work with a team of industry veterans and exposure to market-leading clients.

We’re committed to executing on flawless projects, to implementing open source technologies, and to building our tight team. We’re an energetic, high-speed group of designers and developers. Qualified applicants are code junky rock-stars who want to influence our development standards.

We currently have openings for semi-permanent/contract and full-time positions with a generous base salary, bonus, health insurance, IRA, and other employee benefits.
We hire smart programmers with a variety of web development experience and expose them to the following:

  • multiple programming languages and platforms including Ruby, Python and PHP
  • cutting-edge web 2.0 and ajax development projects
  • expert training and collaboration with our senior team
  • work on projects from a wide variety of clients and industries
  • design and program projects for Fortune 500 clients
  • build very large transactional systems for premier online destinations
  • interact directly with clients
  • work in a fun, low-stress environment

Skills / Qualifications:

  • 3+ years professional experience with web development (Ruby on Rails, Python / Django, PHP / Symfony, or other server-based frameworks) )
  • Object-oriented design skills
  • Design and development of e-commerce and content-driven web applications
  • Relational database design
  • Collaborative development with multiple programmers
  • svn, unix/linux tools
  • Customer-focused with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional skills a plus:

  • Rails tools like: Capistrano, Rake, RubyGems etc.
  • MySQL

Location:
On-site in the Flatiron area of Manhattan. Local candidates only.

Contact us at jobs_aiwebdev@aieml.com



Software Engineer Opportunity-
Hello, I am a Senior Technical Recruiter at AT-Tech Staffing Services, Inc. One of my clients is a large, international non-profit organization with an NYC headquarters. They requested my assistance in finding a talented Software Engineer with solid hands-on development experience to join their development team in an excellent, full-time, permanent career opportunity.

In addition to offering an excellent work environment and a competitive compensation package, this position also offers 32 days of Paid Time Off in addition to 11 holidays, a convenient Midtown Manhattan location and the opportunity to work for a leading non-profit organization that makes a difference in people’s lives everyday.

To be successful in this role, you would need:
-At least five (5) years related work experience.
-At least two (2) years of supervisory experience in a corporate environment.
-At least two (2) years of hands-on development experience working with Ruby on Rails, Net and other popular program development tools and languages.

If you are qualified for this position or wish to discuss it in greater detail, please feel free to reach out to me at the number below.
Thanks and regards,
Eric
Eric J. Shehab
Senior Technical Recruiter
AT-Tech Staffing Services, Inc.
100 Wall Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Direct: (212) 372-5408
Office: (212) 824-0086
Fax: (212) 697-4044
Email: eshehab@at-tech.com


h3. Curbed

The Curbed network of weblogs is looking for a talented and motivated developer, ideally with some Rails experience.

Please see the full posting here:
http://jobs.rubynow.com/jobs/show/1594

We’re also offering a bounty of $500 to a person who refers us to a hired candidate.

Plaintext resumes and a note of introduction to: developer-jobs@curbed.com

Thanks for your time.

Eliot Shepard
Head of Technology, Curbed


RecycleBank.com

Ruby on Rails Software Engineer at Green Technology Startup in Union Square

The Opportunity:

Do you want to use your application development skills to change the world for the better? Do you strongly believe in the power of technology to solve social issues? Are you excited about developing software using agile methodologies with tools like Ruby on Rails? Do you iteratively prototype and test your ideas in partnership with the end user?

If you answer yes to these questions we are very interested in working with you.

At RecycleBank, our goal is to create incentives for people to recycle and do other environmentally beneficial actions. We create incentives through allowing members to participate in a rewards and loyalty programs. We’ve already rolled out to several cities and have shown that we can significantly increase recycling and provide value to each participating household.

If you join soon, as a Software Engineer, you will immediately participate in a very high-profile project that powers the heart of the RecycleBank rewards program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Custom software development in an agile test-driven iterative environment.
• Technology evaluations and integration
• Scaling systems for growth, and designing for different clients and roles.
• Designing systems for high-traffic, high-availability, and monitoring
• Cross functional team work with business stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ruby on Rails experience (personal/contract/consultant site development)
• Familiarity with the LAM[P/RoR] stack (Linux/Apache administration background is a big plus)
SQL programming for MySQL
MVC, event-driven, multi-threaded application design
• Ability to interact with a diverse group of internal customers, and collaborators.
• Energy and excitement for solving complex technical challenges.

Check us out at recyclebank.com. We are willing to consider contract work, telecommuting options and other things that make sense for both parties. If you would like to pursue this opportunity with us, please email a cover letter and resume to us at:

ruby -e “[100,121,97,110,103,64,114,101,99,121,99,108,101,98,97,110,107,46,99,111,109].each{|x| print x.chr}”


NYC Ruby Memebers,
I am a Senior Technical Recruiter here in NYC and I currently have a client in Midtown NYC looking for 2 Senior Web Developers w/ RoR.

If you are currently available and interested in contract positions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

Bruce Ormond
Galen Technology Solutions
100 Wall Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Direct: 212-500-6983
Main: 212-557-3100
bormond@galentechsolutions.com
www.galentechsolutions.com


BatchBlue Software seeks full-time RoR developer

BatchBlue seeks a full-time Ruby on Rails software developer to help build useful, user-friendly software for growing businesses.

We’re a small but talented crew looking for a self-motivated, communicative, and customer-focused teammate to join us. We offer a fast-paced, flexible work environment with great benefits for a creative, enthusiastic candidate who is willing to learn new things.

Things we hope you are already acquainted with:

  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • Javascript/AJAX
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • Model/View/Controller
  • Unit-testing
  • Source control
  • Unix

Extra credit for experience with web services, open standards, semantic markup, and Java, C/C++ or Erlang.

BatchBlue is located in Rhode Island, with a satellite office soon opening in New York City. We will consider qualified applicants from outside of these areas.

For more information about the company and our products, please see our web site:

http://www.batchblue.com

To apply, send resume (HTML format preferred), salary requirements, and samples of work to:

jobs at batchblue dot com

BatchBlue Software
Organize Your Business. Live Your Life.

If you are an employer or recruiter looking to hire available Ruby and Rails programmers in the New York City area, here are a few ways to find them:

  1. Send an email to the Ruby-NYC mailing list, which can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ruby-nyc/ .
  2. Post your contact information, and a short pitch if you feel like it, below. Full-time, part-time, and contract postings are all fine.
  3. Come to our meetings on the last Thursday of the month, and when we do short announcements at 7:30, stand up and talk about your company & position for about 60 seconds. See Location and Directions.

Job postings:

Add some postings!


Are you a senior developer with Ruby on Rails experience looking for an opportunity to redefine enterprise web applications? Have you ever used an intranet, extranet, or a wiki, and absolutely knew that you could build something better if you had the chance? Or, are you currently a Java or .Net guru doing Rails projects on the side, and looking for an opportunity to switch?

iCrossing, a global digital marketing company, is looking for an experienced senior developer with solid Rails experience to help our VP of Tech disrupt the current crop of corporate web-based applications. You’ll be developing simple, elegant, and innovative solutions for us using your favorite framework: Rails. We’ll be honest, on occasion, you’ll have to edit some legacy PHP code, handle some system maintenance, and participate in exciting daily SCRUM meetings, but it’s all part of being a senior developer.

If you’re the right person, you have a deep interest in the web, development, and enjoy working in a user-focused, team-based environment. Passion is an absolute must; if you’re looking for a standard corporate IT gig, this is not the job for you. You have at least 5 years with web development, with a minimum of one year developing with Ruby and Rails. As a senior developer, you must know how to develop web applications from the ground up – from database schema design to application architecture to css/javascript/xhtml – and have experience managing other developers. Ideally, you also have some experience with agile development, tdd, version control (GIT/SVN), and unix systems. Our team works on Mac, and we hope that you do too.

If you’re looking for a place to call “work” where you can be passionate, challenged, and engaged, you should check us out. The Job application is here: http://bit.ly/3Veuir



Park Assist is looking for Web App Developers, Ruby on Rails

About Us:
We’re a successful, well funded, innovative startup company spanning three continents, looking to pair our killer hardware with a killer web app.

About you:
You have at least 3 years developing software applications in any language, and at least 6 months using Ruby on Rails to make beautiful web apps. You know how to use Subversion/Git and can handle Agile methodologies. Your knowledge of XHTML, CSS and Javascript can’t be matched. Your amazing communication skills mean you’re equally comfortable addressing geeks and laymen.

It would be great if you also had experience with RESTful Web Services, AJAX and JSON. Knowledge of SQL configuration and programming (functions, triggers, stored procedures, etc) is a definite plus. Our new US office is in New York, but we gladly support ecommuters and will consider applications from talented people anywhere.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement new web apps and widgets for a variety of sensor data-driven services. You will draw on all the cool new web technologies as well as the old classics.
  • Recommend solutions and enhancements for new and existing applications.
  • Become an expert in both the technical and commercial aspects of the business, and use your creativity and design sense to drive new product development.
Salary and Perks:
  • Generous salary – depends on your experience and portfolio
  • Stock options
  • A shiny new Mac (if you insist, alternatives can be negotiated)
  • Do-Things-Your-Way – The flexibility and freedom of being part of a dynamic and successful Startup
  • Opportunity to join at growth phase of the business and get involved from the ground up
  • Autonomous and flexible working environment with an innovative culture
To apply, send resume to jobs@parkassist.com

outside.in is looking for talented ruby developers and sysadmins!

outside.in is looking to hire front-end rails developers, back-end rails developers, a lead (senior) rails developer, and a sysadmin because we’re growing. The most important thing is that we’re looking for smart, passionate folks who care about what they’re doing, working with other smart people, making something amazing, and the ruby and rails community. Job descriptions for the front-end and back-end positions are posted at 37signals:
front-end developer position
back-end developer position

We’re tackling some tough problems and folks who are excited about stretching themselves and working on challenging problems are encouraged to apply.

If you know someone who might be interested, put them in touch with us! We offer $500 for successful referrals of candidates.

Interested parties, please email me at cory [AT] outside.in.
(re-posted and updated to include new job openings on July 25, 2008)

WJTSEARCH.COM

Are you ready for Web 2.0?

Fast-growing tech company (Financial Market News – Subscription)is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails developer to join their team. Successful candidate will have at least 2 years experience deploying scalable RoR applications.

Qualifications:
  • 2 yrs demonstrated coding skills in Ruby on Rails
  • MySQL (3 yrs)
  • Apache
  • Mongrel
  • SVN
  • Capistrano
  • Javascript/AJAX/JSON is a plus
  • C/C++ is a plus
  • Knowledge of Linux and open-source technologies
  • Familiarity with agile development practices
Responsibilities:
  • Roll-out dependable software to support major publishing organizations and paying online consumers
  • Establish engineering best practices such as code reviews, design guidelines, and check-in policies
  • Improve performance, scalability, and availability of our systems
  • Communicate with technology and business teammates, as well as external partners
willm @ wjtsearch.com
www.wjtsearch.com/jobs.aspx
www.linkedin.com/in/wmechem


Pivotal Labs is hiring Senior Ruby on Rails Developers in NYC

If you’re looking for a place to do serious agile development in Ruby on Rails, this is the place. We’re looking for brilliant Rails developers to join our growing team in New York. If you want to share your knowledge while learning from others, work sustainably, and work on some serious projects, we think you’ll have a blast working with us.

The Job:
  • Developing Ruby on Rails applications for a variety of leading clients
  • Test Driven Development
  • Pair Programming
  • Aggressive Refactoring
  • Working directly with clients to manage requirements
Additional Skills desired:
  • Experience with testing frameworks from rspec and Test::Unit to Selenium and JsUnit
  • SQL
  • JavaScript, Flash (ActionScript 3)
  • Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical clients

Email your resume to jobs@pivotallabs.com



Social Network seeks Senior Ruby-On-Rails Developer

Emerging social network based in NYC is seeking a freelance Ruby-on-Rails developer with the potential to turn into a full-time position. We are an exciting start-up that utilizes proprietary technology and consumer-trend analysis to provide users engaging shopping information. Position will provide an engaging project that will allow you to work with one of the most creative and inspiring teams around.

The position involves improving the infrastructure of the site as well building out new features. This position is on-site in our New York, NY office and will involve coordination with our off-site developers virtually.

Required Skills:

  • Expert in Ruby-On-Rails (especially in Rails 1.2 & 2.0 frameworks) – Required for building fresh modules and/or writing tests for existing/new modules. Proficiency in writing functional/unit tests is preferred.
  • Experience with web technologies like Javascript, CSS, HTML. Past experience in Python or PHP will be considered
  • Experience in working with Solaris or OpenSolaris-based Accelerator, as well as Ubuntu / Linux OS
  • Handling databases, specifically MySQL
  • Experience developing web-based applications and websites with dynamic content and management systems
  • Experience/understanding of working on Social Networking platforms and components
  • Experience working with Subversion
  • Ability to meet deadlines and multi-task
  • Must be available to work in the NY (Manhattan) area

Design skills are not necessary but are of benefit

If you are interested, please email a resume with salary requirements to alleyrails@gmail.com



Senior Developer

SIFT, LLC seeks a motivated full-time Ruby on Rails developer for the most interesting web services projects that you’ve ever worked on.

Required Experience:

  • 5+ years developing software applications in any language.
  • 1 or more intensive Ruby on Rails (Rails 2.0+) projects using ActiveRecord, ActiveResource, mongrel or mongrel_cluster (or similar), Test::Unit or RSpec.
  • 1 or more intensive web services projects.
  • 1 or more scalable web applications serving large numbers of users through the usage of multiple servers.
  • MySQL (or similar) databases, optimization, and de-normalization concepts.
  • Configuring Ruby on Rails applications for deployment on Linux.
  • Subversion.

Bonus Points for Experience with:

  • Amazon EC2 (Enterprise Compute Cloud)
  • Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service)
  • Python / Django
  • memcached
  • Apache
  • PostgreSQL
  • Ajax
  • RESTful web services

We will ask you to demonstrate the application(s) that you helped develop, and explain your specific contribution.

Qualified applicants will be asked to complete a short test that demonstrates their technical skills as part of the interview process.

SIFT, LLC is developing an innovative package of web services (SaaS – Software as a Service) for deployment on the Amazon cloud. You will be developing and deploying “disruptive” software that will change the world (for the better!). You will contribute innovations to the open-source community, and be a featured speaker at industry events.

Anticipated Salary Range: $80,000 – $100,000 (commensurate with experience and skills) + significant equity share (stock options).

SIFT rewards team members with excellent medical/dental benefits, 401K, flexible schedules. Fun bonuses including Yankees tickets, concert tickets, Broadway tickets, dinners, lunches, etc.

Convenient work location will be located near either Union Square or Chelsea Market. Also – possible locations near City Hall and in Brooklyn (Metrotech). Home office hours are also possible.

Please email us your resume and salary history for consideration. Where possible, please include the public URLs of web applications that you have worked on, and specifically detail your contribution.

Send email to: dpohl [at] siftllc [dot] com

Must be authorized to work in the USA. Principals only – no recruiters.


We are a group of full-time security consultants (white hat hackers) looking for a talented Rails developer to help advance an innovative RoR web site ( www.phishme.com ) with paying customers.

Responsibilities:
  • Optimization of our current web application
  • Enhancing logging and monitoring functionality
  • Assisting in customer support
  • Developing features for future releases.
  • Basic Server Administration
Requirements:
  • 5 years of development experience, at least 1 year of Rails experience
  • Should have dug through Rails source code before and know how to optimize application performance
  • Should be comfortable with complex SQL statements, stored procedures, and have experience with encrypted database storage
  • A healthy curiosity in security is a must (understanding cross-site scripting, directory transversal attacks, proper input validation, etc)
  • Should be familiar with popular Ruby gems such as ar_mailer, mongrel_cluster, and optimizing apache load balancing.
  • Background in Linux system administration is a plus.

Location: We are located in NYC, but for this position, you can work from anywhere in the United States.

To apply: Send your Resume/CV, cover letter and, if possible, some examples of prior work to igcontact [at] intrepidusgroup [dot] com

Posted: 4/7/2008



DG Interactive, a small award-winning interactive agency located in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, is looking for a contract web developer for an exciting new in-house project. The position is expected to be full time for approx. 3 months, but may be able to be done on a part-time basis.

You would likely spend about 90% of your time on this new project and 10% on other agency projects. The following skillsets are required:

- 5 years+ overall programming experience

- Min 3 years experience with at least one of the following languages and web frameworks:
  • Ruby on Rails
  • PHP/Drupal
  • Python/Django

- MySQL database design

- CSS/XHTML

- Web 2.0 AJAX

- Knowledge of and experience with social networking sites, Web 2.0, data import/scraping

- Ability to create and/or manage the creation of an algorithm for matching fields of data across an array of fields and data sources

- A high level of organization and attention to detail.

You will be overseeing this project and will likely get additional resources after a short planning phase.

What’s in it for you? A great deal of flexibility in how and where you work, input on the best ways to shape this project and, ultimately, a chance to help shape the future of the world’s population. Seriously.

You will be required to sign an NDA at your interview.

Please send an email outlining your interest and highlighting your experience along with a resume and hourly/weekly compensation requirements to sales /at\ dg-interactive.com – Attn: Dave Grossman

Posted: March 17, 2008



Our premier client in Manhattan is currently looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer. This is an exciting client and a great place to work. Our client is involved with emerging technologies for print-to-web, cutting edge online advertising, and world renowned content. Located near Times Square in the heart of mid-town Manhattan. They have easy access to the subway, PATH, Grand Central Station, Port Authority, the Ferry, and Penn Station.

Responsibilities
Develops and maintains web page code for the company’s Internet websites, including editorial content database as well as other asset and client databases. Participates in meetings with internal customers, project managers, and other technology department staff to help establish product requirements and schedules. Perform other job related duties.

Required Qualifications
This position requires a wide range of technical knowledge, strong programming/scripting skills, W3C standards expertise, and interaction design ability. Must be able to translate business requirements into functional products and make good design decisions. Experience with Ruby on Rails, SQL, XML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and content management systems are prerequisites and 3 years of experience in web development and information technology is required. Java and Publishing industry experience a plus.

Additional Information:
1.) IDE – Development Environment. What have you done with this in ROR’s
2.) Have you written GEM in ROR’s
3.) SVN – Sub Version (Version Control Systems) What has your experience been with SVN?
This is a contract to hire position which will lead to full benefits including vacation, holidays (9), Medical, Dental, Vision, Dependent Care Savings, Health Savings Account, Wage Works, Life Insurance, Legal Assistance Plan, and Vacation Purchase Plan.

This is a long term contract position with a strong possibility of becoming a regular employee.

If interested please contact:
Phil Longden
Lead Recruiter
Philip.longden@cdicorp.com
845-468-5726


Seeking Ruby/Rails web application developer

We seek an ambitious and entrepreneurial Ruby on Rails developer to join our dynamic team. Our CTO has four patents to his name and our Director of Engineering is an MIT graduate with more than twenty years of programming experience.

You will have significant influence on the design of our web based marketplace and you will help us to build our business from the ground up. This position will evolve quickly as we rapidly grow the company over the next three years and the compensation we are offering is attractive.

We are building an innovative business-to-business web application which solves a real problem. The market opportunity is in the billions of dollars and no one company has made significant inroads into this space. We are positioning ourselves to seize it.

We are currently in advanced discussions with Rails guru Obie Fernandez (author of The Rails Way) about having Hashrocket develop our prototype. It is expected to be complete by early March. After that, all future development will be done in house. This is where you come in.

We will pay to fly you to Boston for an interview and will pay for relocation expenses.

Contact CTO Chandra Bajpai at (508) 318-4465 or cbajpai prospectmarkets com


Ruby on Rails Developer

TechSmart Solutions Group, a high-energy, NYC-based consulting boutique focused on application development and application security, seeks talented, bright, well-rounded candidates for a role in software development. Candidates must have previous software development experience with Ruby on Rails, and be well versed in all aspects of the software development lifecycle. This position offers the right candidate the ability to grow personally as well as be a key contributor to the overall business strategy and success of the company.

Highly organized software developers with excellent interpersonal skills seeking to take the next step in their careers are encouraged to apply. The ideal candidate will have a combination of project management, software development and consultancy experience and the opportunity to shape TechSmart’s culture and make a major impact on the business.

Our clients are some of the most progressive names in online media: IAC/Interactive Corp, Ziff Davis Media, Thumbplay, UGEN Media, and more.

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Work with clients to spec and design Ruby on Rails applications
  • Produce UML modeling documents that guide team development
  • Design OO model for application logic
  • Implement agile processes and test-driven code development in real-world projects
  • Code application and maintain the code base with source control
Required Skills
  • Demonstrate at least 5 years of software development / coding experience.
  • 3-4+ years experience object-oriented business logic
  • Working knowledge of AJAX (XML, JSON)
  • Solid knowledge of at least one additional OO language required (Design pattern experience preferred)
  • Solid knowledge of relational data modeling and SQL
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Possess the ability to manage multiple projects / clients simultaneously
  • Be highly organized
  • BS preferred, but not required

To apply for this position, please send your resume to resumes {AT} techsmartgroup.com.


Seeking developer for NYC based start-up launching next month

In a month from now we’d be placing this post on our own site, myJambi.com—a social marketplace for services. We’ve been working on this project non-stop and are incredibly excited to add new people and personalities to our band of merry men and women.

We’ve kick-started development in Ruby on Rails with a fantastic New York-based external development team. As a reference point, the application currently has about 2500 lines of code with around 3000 lines of test coverage. We are excited to be hiring our first in-house lead developer and will be looking to add at least two more developers by late Spring.

This is a truly unique position as you will not only be highly involved in the technical direction of the company, but you will also have the opportunity to build a small group of Rails developers who will work alongside you. You are getting in on the ground floor of a promising start-up that already has a dedicated and enthusiastic business team, a site that is launching into alpha within the next month, and a solid budget funded by a group of prominent angel investors.

We hope you’ll be as excited as we are about building this fantastic product.

Core Requirements:
  • 3-4 years’ experience with web development in Ruby on Rails, Python / Django, PHP / Symfony
  • Experience with agile development and test-driven / behavior-driven development
  • Experience with web 2.0 and Ajax. You must have a high level of sensitivity to front-end requirements.
  • You are much more comfortable in the open-source software world than in the banking/enterprise software world
  • Comfortable with semantic XHTML and CSS
  • Other technologies: MySQL, SVN
  • Keen familiarity with both e-commerce and social networking.
  • Interested in the service buying and selling experience and community
  • You can and will put yourself in the shoes of your end user.
  • You stay up all night thinking about improving your product’s feature set.
  • You love working in a small, team-focused environment
  • You’re comfortable being wrong sometimes
  • You’re personable with very good communication skills
  • You have a pragmatic, realistic, and practical business mind
  • You have a whimsical, lateral, creative product-development mind
  • You live in New York City.
Preferred qualities:
  • 1+ year of production Ruby on Rails development experience, including deployment with Mongrel
  • Comfortability with relational database design
  • Familiarity with: Capistrano, Rake, RubyGems, RSpec, Selenium
Responsibilities:
  • Continuous feature development and improvement through short, iterative development cycles
  • Interface and collaborate with external development team
  • Help build our internal development team and manage hand-off of responsibilities from external team to internal team
  • Provide production support
  • Manage deployments
Benefits:
  • Medical benefits with an excellent health plan
  • Stock options
  • Two weeks’ paid vacation
  • Being part of a small, fun, extremely hard-working team

This position is full-time and located in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. We’re offering competitive start-up salary plus benefits, commensurate with experience.

Interested?
Please send your resume to http://jobs@myjambi.com.


iminlikewithyou.com is a great place to make stuff

iminlikewithyou.com needs a rails developer. In case you haven’t heard, iminlikewithyou is doing some amazing shit, mainly surrounding the entertainment areas of the universe. You should also check out blockles

If you would like to be part of the future of entertainment on the internet and you also know the rails, you might be a good fit! We offer excellent benefits like bigotry and racism. We can probably also much more than average for the right person.

You can contact me through the blog or at charles [at-] iminlikewithyou.com


Are you a web application programmer looking to join a growing, vibrant web agency?

Alexander Interactive is looking for web application developers with solid programming and database skills to join our team. Ideal candidates seek fast-paced, challenging development work with a team of industry veterans and exposure to market-leading clients.

We’re committed to executing on flawless projects, to implementing open source technologies, and to building our tight team. We’re an energetic, high-speed group of designers and developers. Qualified applicants are code junky rock-stars who want to influence our development standards.

We currently have openings for semi-permanent/contract and full-time positions with a generous base salary, bonus, health insurance, IRA, and other employee benefits.
We hire smart programmers with a variety of web development experience and expose them to the following:

  • multiple programming languages and platforms including Ruby, Python and PHP
  • cutting-edge web 2.0 and ajax development projects
  • expert training and collaboration with our senior team
  • work on projects from a wide variety of clients and industries
  • design and program projects for Fortune 500 clients
  • build very large transactional systems for premier online destinations
  • interact directly with clients
  • work in a fun, low-stress environment

Skills / Qualifications:

  • 3+ years professional experience with web development (Ruby on Rails, Python / Django, PHP / Symfony, or other server-based frameworks) )
  • Object-oriented design skills
  • Design and development of e-commerce and content-driven web applications
  • Relational database design
  • Collaborative development with multiple programmers
  • svn, unix/linux tools
  • Customer-focused with excellent verbal and written communication skills

Additional skills a plus:

  • Rails tools like: Capistrano, Rake, RubyGems etc.
  • MySQL

Location:
On-site in the Flatiron area of Manhattan. Local candidates only.

Contact us at jobs_aiwebdev@aieml.com



Software Engineer Opportunity-
Hello, I am a Senior Technical Recruiter at AT-Tech Staffing Services, Inc. One of my clients is a large, international non-profit organization with an NYC headquarters. They requested my assistance in finding a talented Software Engineer with solid hands-on development experience to join their development team in an excellent, full-time, permanent career opportunity.

In addition to offering an excellent work environment and a competitive compensation package, this position also offers 32 days of Paid Time Off in addition to 11 holidays, a convenient Midtown Manhattan location and the opportunity to work for a leading non-profit organization that makes a difference in people’s lives everyday.

To be successful in this role, you would need:
-At least five (5) years related work experience.
-At least two (2) years of supervisory experience in a corporate environment.
-At least two (2) years of hands-on development experience working with Ruby on Rails, Net and other popular program development tools and languages.

If you are qualified for this position or wish to discuss it in greater detail, please feel free to reach out to me at the number below.
Thanks and regards,
Eric
Eric J. Shehab
Senior Technical Recruiter
AT-Tech Staffing Services, Inc.
100 Wall Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Direct: (212) 372-5408
Office: (212) 824-0086
Fax: (212) 697-4044
Email: eshehab@at-tech.com


h3. Curbed

The Curbed network of weblogs is looking for a talented and motivated developer, ideally with some Rails experience.

Please see the full posting here:
http://jobs.rubynow.com/jobs/show/1594

We’re also offering a bounty of $500 to a person who refers us to a hired candidate.

Plaintext resumes and a note of introduction to: developer-jobs@curbed.com

Thanks for your time.

Eliot Shepard
Head of Technology, Curbed


RecycleBank.com

Ruby on Rails Software Engineer at Green Technology Startup in Union Square

The Opportunity:

Do you want to use your application development skills to change the world for the better? Do you strongly believe in the power of technology to solve social issues? Are you excited about developing software using agile methodologies with tools like Ruby on Rails? Do you iteratively prototype and test your ideas in partnership with the end user?

If you answer yes to these questions we are very interested in working with you.

At RecycleBank, our goal is to create incentives for people to recycle and do other environmentally beneficial actions. We create incentives through allowing members to participate in a rewards and loyalty programs. We’ve already rolled out to several cities and have shown that we can significantly increase recycling and provide value to each participating household.

If you join soon, as a Software Engineer, you will immediately participate in a very high-profile project that powers the heart of the RecycleBank rewards program.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Custom software development in an agile test-driven iterative environment.
• Technology evaluations and integration
• Scaling systems for growth, and designing for different clients and roles.
• Designing systems for high-traffic, high-availability, and monitoring
• Cross functional team work with business stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ruby on Rails experience (personal/contract/consultant site development)
• Familiarity with the LAM[P/RoR] stack (Linux/Apache administration background is a big plus)
SQL programming for MySQL
MVC, event-driven, multi-threaded application design
• Ability to interact with a diverse group of internal customers, and collaborators.
• Energy and excitement for solving complex technical challenges.

Check us out at recyclebank.com. We are willing to consider contract work, telecommuting options and other things that make sense for both parties. If you would like to pursue this opportunity with us, please email a cover letter and resume to us at:

ruby -e “[100,121,97,110,103,64,114,101,99,121,99,108,101,98,97,110,107,46,99,111,109].each{|x| print x.chr}”


NYC Ruby Memebers,
I am a Senior Technical Recruiter here in NYC and I currently have a client in Midtown NYC looking for 2 Senior Web Developers w/ RoR.

If you are currently available and interested in contract positions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,

Bruce Ormond
Galen Technology Solutions
100 Wall Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Direct: 212-500-6983
Main: 212-557-3100
bormond@galentechsolutions.com
www.galentechsolutions.com


BatchBlue Software seeks full-time RoR developer

BatchBlue seeks a full-time Ruby on Rails software developer to help build useful, user-friendly software for growing businesses.

We’re a small but talented crew looking for a self-motivated, communicative, and customer-focused teammate to join us. We offer a fast-paced, flexible work environment with great benefits for a creative, enthusiastic candidate who is willing to learn new things.

Things we hope you are already acquainted with:

  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • Javascript/AJAX
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • Model/View/Controller
  • Unit-testing
  • Source control
  • Unix

Extra credit for experience with web services, open standards, semantic markup, and Java, C/C++ or Erlang.

BatchBlue is located in Rhode Island, with a satellite office soon opening in New York City. We will consider qualified applicants from outside of these areas.

For more information about the company and our products, please see our web site:

http://www.batchblue.com

To apply, send resume (HTML format preferred), salary requirements, and samples of work to:

jobs at batchblue dot com

BatchBlue Software
Organize Your Business. Live Your Life.