Ruby on Rails Web Developer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Her Campus Media is the #1 media portfolio for college students and Gen Z. Our brands -- Her Campus, Spoon University, College Fashionista, InfluenceHer Collective, and Generation Hired -- reach an audience of over 130 million social followers and 19 million monthly unique users, and count more than 50,000 influencers and student ambassadors at 1,500 colleges in our global network. Whether through content, resources, events, or other experiences, our mission is to support, celebrate, inspire, amplify, and equip Gen Z to realize their dreams as individuals and for society. We also power full-service, integrated marketing programs for the world’s top brands, who partner with us to create authentic, meaningful connections with our audience.

Her Campus Media is made up of passionate, entrepreneurial, ambitious doers who are fired up about cultivating the next generation of leaders and changemakers. We are a small but mighty team of individuals, most of whom identify as women, committed to continuing to build a dynamic and inclusive organization where we want to work. Visit our Careers page to learn more about our culture and what makes us tick at hercampusmedia.com/careers!

Job Description

The Product & Engineering team at Her Campus Media is responsible for building and maintaining the engines that power our organization.  If you want to be able to build really cool online experiences that enable thousands of writers to share their stories, then come join our small & scrappy team. 

NOTE: Her Campus Media is a remote friendly company that said this role will be expected to at the very least travel to the Boston office one week every quarter in order to plan larger development projects and be able to have critical face time once COVID restrictions are over.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, at this time we are NOT able to sponsor visas.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Will include but not be limited to:

  • Supporting & extending custom built CMS & website written in Ruby on Rails that powers SpoonUniversity.com

  • Owning the CI/CD process for the RoR CMS

  • Supporting & extending WordPress installations powering HerCampus.com and CollegeFashionista.com 

  • Building custom integrations with 3rd party services like CloudFlare, BrandFolder, Google Ad Manager, etc.

  • Being a trusted technical expert for the product team and architecting creative solutions that lets the company scale in their content delivery and support for thousands of college aged writers

  • Customizing marketing shingle sites built on Squarespace with advanced functionality via javascript & css

  • Generating ad-hoc reports to support sales, marketing & management

  • Being an escalation point for end user issues with the CMS’s that power the HCM sites

Qualifications

We believe the following will set you up for success in this role. If you don't have all of these qualifications, please still consider applying and tell us more about what makes you a great candidate for this role! We value unique perspectives, approaches and backgrounds.

  • Minimum of 3-5 years of actual development experience with at least one modern web scripting language 

    • Ruby on Rails experience required

    • PHP or other web scripting languages

    • Front end development experience (modern CSS & JS practices)

    • A true polyglot will be considered a top candidate

  • Comfort with relational database technologies (MySQL, PostgresSQL, etc)

  • Familiarity with non-relational database technologies (MongoDB)

  • Experience with modern development tools (GIT, CI/CD, Cloud servers, etc)

  • General exposure to project management, sprint planning, testing plans, QA checklists and other ancillary development tasks

  • Ability to troubleshoot bugs in production and get to the root cause

  • Excellent written & verbal communication especially when explaining complex technical topics to lay team members and end users

  • Willingness to learn new skills and roll up your sleeves to pitch in where help is needed

  • Eligible to work in the US without sponsorship (US Citizen, Green Card Holder, etc.)

Additional Information

Benefits & Perks

  • Eligibility for performance bonuses

  • Choice among six health insurance plans

  • Dental and vision insurance

  • 401k retirement savings plan with company matching

  • Unlimited PTO and flexibility to work remotely part of the week

  • Extremely generous company holiday policy, with 16+ paid holidays annually including 2 floating holidays

  • Highly parent-friendly culture, including 12 full weeks of parental leave plus additional 4 weeks of part-time parental leave, all fully paid

  • Summer Fridays

  • FSA and HSA offered

  • Life insurance

  • Optional short-term and long-term disability insurance

  • Free One Medical membership offering same-day primary care over video or in person

  • Free Health Advocate services to help navigate the healthcare system

  • Dog-friendly office (if in Boston)

  • Expected salary range is $70-120K depending on experience

Interview Process & Expectations

We intend to move quickly to finalize a hire. You can expect 2-3 rounds of interviews, including an initial phone screen, a programming / technical test with the Director of Engineering and subsequent interviews with the wider Product & Engineering team.

To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter via our applicant tracking system (SmartRecruiters). All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Her Campus Media is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, which means we are committed to creating and expanding diverse thoughts and backgrounds throughout our organization. Her Campus Media does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.

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