Willing (YC S15) Needs a Full Stack Ruby Engineer in Miami, FL

WHY WE EXIST Making just a few decisions during our lives can have a big impact on our family’s future. Decisions like choosing guardians for our kids, and making sure the things we care about are left to the people and institutions we love. Today, making these decisions is so expensive and complicated that most of us unknowingly leave an expensive mess behind for our families at the worst possible time. We want to solve this - for everyone and forever. WHAT WE DO Willing makes quality estate planning easy and affordable. We do this by designing and building a service that is simple, powerful and inspiring; and by being a place where amazingly talented people are excited to make each other even better. We've been featured on Wired, Business Insider, were named the fastest growing startup of the summer by Mattermark, and were one of TechCrunch's top demo day picks. Our growth and conversion rates are likely among the best you have every seen and early results from our freemium revenue tests are very exciting. We are well-funded by some of the best technology investors in the world, including Y Combinator, Atlas Venture, Ashton Kutcher and 500 Startups. WHO YOU ARE You are an engineer that is passionate about designing, building, testing, shipping and improving great code. Your colleagues or classmates recognize you as among the best they’ve ever worked with. You are a fast learner with a “get things done” mentality. You communicate clearly and efficiently. You are not afraid of hard work. You enjoy learning and teaching. You are the kind of person people trust and want to be around. People smile when they see you. Minimum requirements: 3+ years of work experience building and scaling web applications or Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or similar technical field (e.g., Math, Physics) Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, CSS, and Javascript/jQuery Proficiency in Postgres or other RDBMS, and database architecture and scaling Experience with iOS or Android development is a plus, but not required WHAT YOU WILL DO You will work directly with our CTO as our first engineering hire. You will be expected to contribute across all areas of the business and have the potential to grow at the pace of a world class startup. Key responsibilities: Analyze and solve difficult problems across the stack with autonomy, confidence, and creativity Ensure the stability and security of our environment, including testing and monitoring Build and ship new functionality based on our product roadmap Identify issues and refactor existing code to enhance and scale our service Build something millions love HOW TO GET IN TOUCH Email us at careers@willing.com with a link to your previous work and LinkedIn profile. I'll be around in SF all day on November 10 if you'd like to get together in person. Good luck!