Samasource is looking for enthusiastic, idealist engineers who want to write 
code that meaningfully impacts the human condition. Ideal candidates 
will want to leverage their problem solving and creative talent to hack 
real-world social systems. They see the fundamental application of 
technology as human empowerment. If you are an engineer with a passion 
for building brilliant solutions that address tangible problems, we need
 your help to re-imagine work.<div id="resumator-job-description" class="resumator-jobs-text clrfix">
<p>Link: <a href="http://samasource.theresumator.com/apply/yVLsQD/Software-Engineer-Generalist.html">http://samasource.theresumator.com/apply/yVLsQD/Software-Engineer-Generalist.html</a>
	</p><p>The Company:</p>
<p>
	Samasource is a social enterprise that connects people living in 
poverty to work via the Internet. We are a small, dynamic team committed
 to changing the world with an innovative business model. To get a quick
 overview of what we do, watch this 50 second video on YouTube of two of
 our workers: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96bSBNRCSoQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96bSBNRCSoQ</a>. Then watch the
 suggested videos on the right, and if that&#39;s not enough, watch the 9 
minute TEDx talk our founder gave: <a href="http://vimeo.com/9305118">http://vimeo.com/9305118</a>.</p>
<p>
	The Code:</p>
<p>
	We&#39;re building a global distributed microwork platform customized to 
our unique ecosystem. This is a big space with lots of unsolved 
technical problems, here are a few we&#39;re trying to solve this month:</p>
<ul><li>
		Distributed, collaborative education and training</li><li>
		Remote rural content delivery</li><li>
		Intelligent task allocation and adaptive workflow</li><li>
		Operational and platform scalability</li><li>
		Mobile payments and messaging</li></ul>
<p>
	<br>
	The Tools:</p>
<p>
	We keep up with the latest Rails 3.0.X releases, test with 
Test::Unit/Shoulda, use Redis for some fanciness, plan with Pivotal 
Tracker, and template with Haml and SASS. See something missing? Tell 
us, show us, make it happen.</p>
<p>
	Responsibilities:</p>
<ul><li>
		Write elegant, high quality, unit-tested code in Ruby. Be prepared to 
send in samples of work that you&#39;re proud of, bonus points for 
contributions to open source projects</li><li>
		Own new platform components from conception to deployment</li><li>
		Proactively communicate with workers and customers to understand and fix problems</li><li>
		Fearlessly learn new technologies and comprehend new problem spaces</li><li>
		Share your work with internal and external stakeholders in team meetings and at conferences</li></ul>
<p>
	Requirements:</p>
<ul><li>
		Comprehensive understanding of a web application stack</li><li>
		2+ years of software development experience</li><li>
		2+ years of relational database experience</li><li>
		API design experience is a plus!</li><li>
		Strong working knowledge of unit testing frameworks</li><li>
		Self directed, self motivated, and at home in a very fast-paced environment <br></li></ul>
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