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Leadify - The Find Engine - http://leadify.net/careers.html Jackson, MS Backend Engineer What you’ll do * Consistently ship high-quality code to production * Own Your Apps: Fix bugs, talk to users, and regularly update your existing applications * Iterate frequently and prioritize your workload with management * You’ll implement features for our social messaging application using Ruby (Sinatra framework) - Write custom web services that interact with social platforms like Twitter. We listen and provide recommendations based on trends. Then we deploy and track the effectiveness of our messages. - Design RESTful APIs that allow our web apps to interact with our data * Convert time-consuming manual reports into web services that return data instantly using ActiveRecord * Build data transformation scripts that allow our different apps to talk to each other Who we're looking for * Someone who loves to code. Have you programmed as a hobby? Do you get nervous and frustrated at the thought of losing an internet connection? Then, you're one of us! * Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup where you?ll never run out of things to do * A self-starter that can get stuff done with little supervision. We expect you to come up with an initial design, talk it over with our architect and you?re good to go. * Strong CS fundamentals, some experience with our stack (Ruby, Sinatra Framework, MySQL, Redis, Perl, Neo4J, JavaScript, Angular.JS) and a desire to learn and master your craft. * An understanding of application performance (Big-O and profiling) and data structures Bonus * Deep knowledge of Graph Theory; Familiarity with graph databases * Database Skills - 3rd Normal Form is "normal" to you Interested? Send us an email at jobs@leadify.net