Help make the world a better place

Tired of companies that care more about their next round of funding–or the $40,000 espresso maker purchased for the office? Want to put your development skills towards solving fundamental problems that impact everyone?

We’re a small company tackling difficult challenges in healthcare, education, and open government. Our applications impact more than 75% of the births in California, Oregon, and Washington, address equity gaps at the Oakland Unified School District, and ensure that everyone can participate in and have access to the Federal regulatory process.

We’re seeking a Rails developer to help us continue building out and designing new and existing applications. We fuse open source technologies with lean startup philosophies and collaborate extensively with working content experts to build software that has immediate impact. To learn more, take a look at some of our projects on www.criticaljuncture.org.

We’re looking for someone who shares our values and has a strong desire to learn and grow as developer–someone who has an insatiable appetite for learning, a solid development foundation, and wants to create more than ads and change more than a stock ticker price. The position is full time.

To apply, please email jobs@criticaljuncture.org with why you think you’d be a good candidate for the position and provide some links to code you wrote.

Please note that only candidates in the SF Bay Area will be considered.

Principals only (no recruiters please).

Perks

  • Large potential for long-term growth
  • Meaningful work that creates change
  • Tackle difficult problems that need solving
  • Make large, complex data understandable and actionable
  • Work on open source projects
  • Competitive pay based on experience
  • Competitive retirement, healthcare, etc
  • Sleep at night

Requirements

  • Solid Ruby / Ruby on Rails fundamentals
  • Have launched (or worked on) at least one application into production
  • Ability to meet in SF/Marin at least two days a week
  • User-oriented mindset

Desired Experience

  • Experience with test-driven development using RSpec
  • Technologies such as Redis, Sphinx, background jobs, REST APIs
  • Math/statistical background
  • Strong client-side JavaScript experience