Hiring with RailsDevs

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Brian Eng

CTO/Managing Director, SalesAndCatering.com

As a small SaaS company operating within the hospitality industry, we were seeking to hire a senior-level Rails developer with a very specific background, both from a skill set and team culture perspective. Being a small but steadily growing business, we've always found the traditional hiring process to be cumbersome and time-consuming – balancing our day-to-day operations while trying to find the perfect fit for our team was always going to be a challenge before we discovered RailsDevs. From the very first interaction, Joe demonstrated an exceptional understanding of our needs, helping to hand-pick candidates who might fit the bill. His personal touch and expertise makes RailsDevs so much better than a traditional job board. And having access to a pool of high-quality candidates, who all have specific experience with our Rails-based tech stack, is impressive. The result? We were able to hire a senior developer who was not only proficient in Ruby on Rails, but also culturally fits our team and understands the nuances of our business. To anyone looking to hire Ruby on Rails developers, we highly recommend RailsDevs and Joe Masilotti. Their approach is a breath of fresh air in the often complex landscape of developer recruitment. We have no doubt that we will turn to RailsDevs for our future hiring needs.
As a small SaaS company operating within the hospitality industry, we were seeking to hire a senior-level Rails developer with a very specific background, both from a skill set and team culture perspective. Being a small but steadily growing business, we've always found the traditional hiring process to be cumbersome and time-consuming – balancing our day-to-day operations while trying to find the perfect fit for our team was always going to be a challenge before we discovered RailsDevs. From the very first interaction, Joe demonstrated an exceptional understanding of our needs, helping to hand-pick candidates who might fit the bill. His personal touch and expertise makes RailsDevs so much better than a traditional job board. And having access to a pool of high-quality candidates, who all have specific experience with our Rails-based tech stack, is impressive. The result? We were able to hire a senior developer who was not only proficient in Ruby on Rails, but also culturally fits our team and understands the nuances of our business. To anyone looking to hire Ruby on Rails developers, we highly recommend RailsDevs and Joe Masilotti. Their approach is a breath of fresh air in the often complex landscape of developer recruitment. We have no doubt that we will turn to RailsDevs for our future hiring needs.

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Ben K

CTO at The Feed

RailsDevs is great. It does what every jobs board should do: Turn the model around so that employers are reaching out to developers. Niche and a great pool of talent here.
RailsDevs is great. It does what every jobs board should do: Turn the model around so that employers are reaching out to developers. Niche and a great pool of talent here.

Rebecca Lange-Thernes

Executive Director, Stocks in the Future

I work with a small financial literacy nonprofit that uses a ruby/rails website for our program. For years, we have been trying to figure out how to find engineers who could help us streamline and upgrade our website working within our budget. We could only find large corporations who would charge high prices for the work. Luckly, someone on our volunteer Tech Team found out about RailsDevs and we decided to use it as our resource to find candidates needed to work on our site. We found the monthly fee affordable and well worth it to tap into several engineers to interview and work at the price that we could afford. Many had the heart for the mission that we do and were open to helping us at a very affordable price. Joe was extremely helpful with tips and how best to communicate with potential candidates. He was on the ball always asking if we had any questions or needed assistance. We have no regrets working with RailsDevs and would do it again when we need this type of work.
I work with a small financial literacy nonprofit that uses a ruby/rails website for our program. For years, we have been trying to figure out how to find engineers who could help us streamline and upgrade our website working within our budget. We could only find large corporations who would charge high prices for the work. Luckly, someone on our volunteer Tech Team found out about RailsDevs and we decided to use it as our resource to find candidates needed to work on our site. We found the monthly fee affordable and well worth it to tap into several engineers to interview and work at the price that we could afford. Many had the heart for the mission that we do and were open to helping us at a very affordable price. Joe was extremely helpful with tips and how best to communicate with potential candidates. He was on the ball always asking if we had any questions or needed assistance. We have no regrets working with RailsDevs and would do it again when we need this type of work.

Carl Smith

Vice President of Technology

As the Vice President of Technology at Gig Wage, I lead the engineering and product teams as we develop our platform for easily paying 1099 workers and helping businesses and contractors get their 1099 forms filed. I found RailsDevs on Twitter and quickly checked it out to help with our recruiting needs. I really like the fact that it's centered on exactly the type of developers we look for. I found it easy to use and easy to contact the developers to set up interviews and initiate the hiring process. Joe is also very helpful as well, making himself available for answering questions and offering advice in the hiring process. Since finding RailsDevs I have hired two developers there. One as a full time employee and another as a contractor. Both have been fantastic hires for me and the organization. When hiring time comes up again, RailsDevs will definitely be the first place I go, and I'm confident I won't have need to go anywhere else. Thank you for getting this running, Joe!
As the Vice President of Technology at Gig Wage, I lead the engineering and product teams as we develop our platform for easily paying 1099 workers and helping businesses and contractors get their 1099 forms filed. I found RailsDevs on Twitter and quickly checked it out to help with our recruiting needs. I really like the fact that it's centered on exactly the type of developers we look for. I found it easy to use and easy to contact the developers to set up interviews and initiate the hiring process. Joe is also very helpful as well, making himself available for answering questions and offering advice in the hiring process. Since finding RailsDevs I have hired two developers there. One as a full time employee and another as a contractor. Both have been fantastic hires for me and the organization. When hiring time comes up again, RailsDevs will definitely be the first place I go, and I'm confident I won't have need to go anywhere else. Thank you for getting this running, Joe!

Jonathan Markwell

Founder, PlainScaling

I work with small software businesses with everything from development to business operations and customer research to marketing. Rails has been my platform of choice since 2007. My clients struggled to find good developers that were affordable. Everywhere we looked we were flooded with candidates who wanted the work but didn't seem to care about how they would do it. Those that made it to interview failed to show any curiosity in the business they would be working on. They also didn't show any interest in continuously improving their own skills and expanding their experience. Everyone I've spoken to from RailsDevs has been brilliant. We seriously considered hiring every one of them. It seems RailsDevs has attracted a set of developers that really value long term learning and the wider Ruby community.
I work with small software businesses with everything from development to business operations and customer research to marketing. Rails has been my platform of choice since 2007. My clients struggled to find good developers that were affordable. Everywhere we looked we were flooded with candidates who wanted the work but didn't seem to care about how they would do it. Those that made it to interview failed to show any curiosity in the business they would be working on. They also didn't show any interest in continuously improving their own skills and expanding their experience. Everyone I've spoken to from RailsDevs has been brilliant. We seriously considered hiring every one of them. It seems RailsDevs has attracted a set of developers that really value long term learning and the wider Ruby community.

Tate Johnson

CTO, The Lookout Way

My name is Tate and I'm the CTO at The Lookout Way. We're based all over Australia and we make our flagship product, Lookout, in Ruby on Rails. We were hiring using traditional channels, but we decided to try RailsDevs because it let us talk directly to interested people. We went on to welcome our two newest people after talking to them on RailsDevs. It's like the convenience of working with a recruiter, but half the placement fee for us.

My name is Tate and I'm the CTO at The Lookout Way. We're based all over Australia and we make our flagship product, Lookout, in Ruby on Rails. We were hiring using traditional channels, but we decided to try RailsDevs because it let us talk directly to interested people. We went on to welcome our two newest people after talking to them on RailsDevs. It's like the convenience of working with a recruiter, but half the placement fee for us.

Aatash Parikh

Founder, Inkwire

RailsDevs made the hiring process a lot easier for us by surfacing great developers, showcasing their strengths and personality, and clearly outlining their availability and other relevant details. As an early-stage startup, we made our first developer hire on the platform and he started contributing on Day 1 and has been an amazing fit for our company.
RailsDevs made the hiring process a lot easier for us by surfacing great developers, showcasing their strengths and personality, and clearly outlining their availability and other relevant details. As an early-stage startup, we made our first developer hire on the platform and he started contributing on Day 1 and has been an amazing fit for our company.

Ari Summer

VP of Engineering at Loomly

Hiring great developers is incredibly hard! RailsDevs' focus on Rails developers and effective search made the process easy. We found an excellent developer within a few weeks.
Hiring great developers is incredibly hard! RailsDevs' focus on Rails developers and effective search made the process easy. We found an excellent developer within a few weeks.

Phil

Founder at Theatre Digs Booker

RailsDevs is a lifesaver. My lead developer gave notice and I found his replacement in under a week through RailsDevs. Being able to see developer profiles and knowing what they are looking for really helps refine the process and I was able to find the perfect fit. He deployed 3 changes to our production site on his first day and the outgoing dev and I couldn’t be happier.

RailsDevs is a lifesaver. My lead developer gave notice and I found his replacement in under a week through RailsDevs. Being able to see developer profiles and knowing what they are looking for really helps refine the process and I was able to find the perfect fit. He deployed 3 changes to our production site on his first day and the outgoing dev and I couldn’t be happier.

JP

CTO at Hoist

I love what Railsdevs does for the community and can appreciate Joe’s deliberate efforts towards inclusivity. Having an open source codebase is great for a number of reasons but what I love about it the most is that it gives junior engineers (and experienced engineers!) a lens into a non-trivial app’s innards. As someone building out an engineering team, I’ve been able to find a talented senior engineer who was able to make contributions to our team immediately. I’m excited to see how the project evolves over time!

I love what Railsdevs does for the community and can appreciate Joe’s deliberate efforts towards inclusivity. Having an open source codebase is great for a number of reasons but what I love about it the most is that it gives junior engineers (and experienced engineers!) a lens into a non-trivial app’s innards. As someone building out an engineering team, I’ve been able to find a talented senior engineer who was able to make contributions to our team immediately. I’m excited to see how the project evolves over time!