--- title: We're hiring! description: We're looking for a technical lead to help us continue to develop our platform in 2014 --- [![logo-with-wordmark-black-transparent](https://blog.growkudos.com/hubfs/logo-with-wordmark-black-transparent.svg)](https://www.growkudos.com/)   - Share research ⌄ - [For researchers](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/researchers-2023) - [For publishers](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/publishers) - [For universities](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/universities-2023) - [For pharma](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/medical-pharmaceutical-research-layered-publications-article-extenders) - [SDG Knowledge Cooperative](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/sdg-knowledge-cooperative) - Read research ⌄ - [Kudos Research Showcase](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/) - [Arts & Humanities](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-arts-and-humanities-research) - [Business & Management](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-business-and-management-research) - [Climate Change](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/climate-change) - [COVID and Beyond](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/coronavirus) - [Environmental Sciences](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-environmental-research) - [Life Sciences](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-life-science-research) - [Medical Sciences](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-medical-research) - [Physical Sciences](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-physical-science-research) - [Social Sciences](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-social-science-research) - [Technology & Engineering](https://www.growkudos.com/showcase/collections/summaries-of-technology-and-engineering-research) - Resources ⌄ - [How to guides: getting started with Kudos](https://info.growkudos.com/content-and-resources#how-to) - [News](https://blog.growkudos.com/news) - [Researcher case studies](https://info.growkudos.com/content-and-resources#case_studies) - [Educational webinars](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/kudos-webinars) - [Training materials](https://info.growkudos.com/content-and-resources#training_materials) - [Research projects](https://info.growkudos.com/content-and-resources#kudos_research) - [Publisher case studies](https://info.growkudos.com/content-and-resources#publisher-case-studies) - [About](https://info.growkudos.com/landing/about) - [Log in](https://www.growkudos.com/hub) [![Join Kudos](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/5642616/f2a2023e-e6e6-4d0b-bec9-cb73d1281c15.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/5642616/f2a2023e-e6e6-4d0b-bec9-cb73d1281c15) [Kudos News](https://blog.growkudos.com/news) # We're hiring! November 28 2013 / By **David Sommer** Kudos is growing! We're looking for a technical lead to help us continue to develop our platform in 2014, when we will be supporting a greater number of publisher customers and authors / institutions in maximizing the visibility, usage and impact of their research. Here's how our [CTO Leigh Dodds](http://www.growkudos.com/team/) describes the role: We're looking for **• A "full stack" developer with good all-round skills – capable of building scalable, back-end applications as well as dynamic websites** • Experience with building, maintaining and scaling both back-end and front-end web applications and web APIs • Ruby and Ruby on Rails (or similar frameworks based on Active Record) • Javascript and JQuery • Experience with agile test-driven development, e.g. using RSpec, and continuous integration • Git for version control • MySQL • Unix scripting skills to support server configuration and management on the target Ubuntu environment • Experience working with cloud-based hosting, e.g Amazon cloud and/or Rackspace • Good communication skills for dealing with colleagues (including those less technical), partners, customers • Ideally, experience working as a distributed team (e.g. using IRC, Google Hangouts, etc) and / or managing other developers. 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