I have a few facebook apps right now and I need someone full-time to manage, maintain, update and keep improving and growing them. The main app has about a million email permissions and 500k+ fans. The apps were written in 2007 with Ruby on Rails 1.2.5 and are hosted with two VPS CentOS app servers and a VPS MySQL database server. The server uses HAProxy to distribute the incoming requests among mongrels. Static files are served using apache.
To apply, please email me at anand.chhatpar [at] gmail.com, tell me more about yourself and answer the following:
1. Would this be an interesting project for you? Why?
2. Which of the following have you worked with before, and what would be your level of proficiency in each:
a. Facebook REST and/or Graph API
b. Ruby on rails
c. memcached
d. MySQL
e. SSL certificates
f. CentOS server admin
g. Viral promotion techniques
h. Email deliverability, click-through tracking, A/B testing
i. Ad placement optimization
j. Page Copy and Flow A/B testing
k. Javascript and Jquery
l. Graphic Design/Fireworks/Photoshop
m. CSS
n. Web design for usability
o. Event tracking with Google Analytics
p. Mixpanel or Kissmetrics or another real-time analytics tool
q. Large scale database (120+ GB) management, migration when needed
3. How did you hear about this job opening?
The pay for this job is going to be in the top 10% and will depend on your expertise. Looking forward to meeting you! Thanks!