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Jobs at Practically Green
Practically Green is growing and we're expanding our engineering team across our full web applications stack. We are looking to hire engineers and front-end developers who are interested in joining a funded, rapidly-growing (but still early-stage), consumer, web/mobile company.
All positions are on-site at our offices at Dogpatch Labs in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Principals only please.
Product Manager
The Pitch: Practically Green is growing rapidly, and we're looking for a product leader to be the voice of the customer and build out the product roadmap for our suite of products.
Us: We are a fast-growing company, run by smart, practical people. We believe that helping people live healthier and greener is a worthwhile cause -- and an attractive business opportunity. We have a great sales team, and happy, paying customers. We believe the best way to grow is to hire really good people and give them what they need to execute.
You: You have shipped product, and are a native in the mobile, social and web worlds of 2012.
You walk gracefully among business people, designers, software engineers and everyday consumers—speaking their languages, drying their tears and delivering them what they need, not just what they request.
You know the difference between Cocoa and Java, any maybe even the best organic brands of each.
You slice and dice metrics to design questions and find answers, not just to generate long reports and 3-D pie charts. You understand the difference between accuracy and precision, and that shiny != useful. You may have even named your cat Tufte.
Your emails are clear. Your presentations have fewer than ten words per slide.
You research with purpose, and run usability tests with empathy.
You ship. And tomorrow, you ship again.
You believe in green, and in helping people improve their lives. You believe in profit, knowing that a sustainable business is one that has top-notch people, products and markets. You are interesting, love to create useful things, and are fun to spend time with.
What you'll do: You will come in and take over the product roadmap for mobile, web and email. You will be joining a product and engineering team of five.
Our Environment and Tools: We're an agile shop on a Rails stack. We currently use Balsamiq, Github and Basecamp in the product flow, but you'd be able to pick your own tools.
What you'll get paid: This is a critical hire for us, so this position comes with market salary and equity.
To apply: please send a note to Susan Hunt Stevens, CEO (susan@) with your resume, links to your portfolio, sites you've worked on, and how you're going green in your own life.
Senior Software Engineer
The Pitch: Practically Green is growing rapidly, and we're looking to expand our engineering team so we can deliver on our mission to help people live healthier and greener lives. The Senior Software Engineer will own large portions of the application.
Us: We are a fast-growing company, run by smart, practical people. We believe that helping people live healthier and greener is a worthwhile cause -- and an attractive business opportunity. We have a great sales team, and happy, paying customers. We believe the best way to grow is to hire really good people and give them what they need to execute.
You: You love building web applications, especially when you can use Ruby and Rails. You are a Rails expert, having built several production Rails applications using test-driven development. You believe in getting stuff done, quickly and smartly. You believe in green, and in helping people improve their lives. You believe in profit, knowing that a sustainable business is one that has top-notch people, products and markets. You are interesting, love to hack on code, and are fun to spend time with.
What you'll do: You will come in and work on our Ruby on Rails application, extending current functionality and building new pieces. You will have significant ownership of and input into the design of our application, and will be joining an engineering team of four.
Our Environment and Tools: Ruby, Rails 3, MySQL, Haml, Sass, jQuery, RabbitMQ, RSpec, Git, Nginx, Passenger, Github, and Basecamp.
What you'll get paid: This is a critical hire for us, so this position comes with market salary and equity.
To apply: please send a note to Rajiv Manglani, Director of Engineering (rajiv@) with your resume, links to your Github repository, sites you've worked on, and how you're going green in your own life.
Software Engineer
The Pitch: Practically Green is growing rapidly, and we're looking to expand our engineering team so we can deliver on our mission to help people live healthier and greener lives. The Software Engineer will own whole chunks of the application.
Us: We are a fast-growing company, run by smart, practical people. We believe that helping people live healthier and greener is a worthwhile cause -- and an attractive business opportunity. We have a great sales team, and happy, paying customers. We believe the best way to grow is to hire really good people and give them what they need to execute.
You: You should have experience in building web-based applications in Ruby, Python, Perl, or PHP. You want to stretch yourself to become an expert in Ruby on Rails. You are willing to be mentored by other members of our engineering team who have been building web applications for years. You believe in green, and in helping people improve their lives. You are interesting, love to hack on code, and are fun to spend time with.
What you'll do: You will join us and learn Ruby on Rails. You will come in and work on our Ruby on Rails application, extending current functionality and building new pieces. You will be joining an engineering team of four.
Our Environment and Tools: Ruby, Rails 3, MySQL, Haml, Sass, jQuery, RabbitMQ, RSpec, Git, Nginx, Passenger, Github, and Basecamp.
What you'll get paid: This is a critical hire for us, so this position comes with market salary and equity.
To apply: please send a note to Rajiv Manglani, Director of Engineering (rajiv@) with your resume, links to your Github repository, sites you've worked on, and how you're going green in your own life.
