Deny Designs is a modern, think-outside-the-box home furnishings brand fueling the obsession for expression with curated home statement pieces supporting artists worldwide. Our team is located in Englewood, CO, and we’re looking for solid engineers to grow our engineering team. The next generation of tech leaders who understand that simplicity and reliability are aspects of a system to be carefully calculated with every decision made.

Leaf Group is a house of brands, creating and cultivating digital-first companies in growing lifestyle categories: Fitness & Wellness (Well+Good, Livestrong.com); Home & Decor (Hunker, Society 6, DenyDesigns), and Art & Design (Saatchi Art, The Other Art Fair). Additionally, we have performance focused brands in key categories such as Travel, Pets, and DIY (OnlyInYourState, Cuteness, eHow). Our media and marketplace brands are authentic and authoritative, reaching a large and growing passionate audience. 

We work in a fun, collaborative environment that is diverse, adventurous, and open-minded. We look for proactive, accountable people focused on continuous learning and growth to push themselves and our businesses forward. Check us out here.

A big vision calls for a big job. As we grow, our need for a Full Stack Ruby On Rails Developer grows with us.  We are considering remote for this role but welcome local candidates.

Our platform is built using Ruby on Rails so expertise in this area is a requirement. Familiarity with other aspects of the systems (Redis, MySQL, and Amazon Web Services, etc.) is not required, but is a huge plus.

As a Full Stack Ruby On Rails Developer, you will be involved in every step of the development process. If you're seeking an environment where you can have ownership, continue to learn and advance your career, let’s have a conversation.

You’ll Report To: Director, Engineering & Operations

A typical day as a Full Stack Ruby On Rails Developer might include:

• Maintaining existing code as well as improving and updating code as needed
• Reviewing current processes and making recommendations for improvement
• Working with the team on day-to-day operations
• Constructively providing feedback and insights to your peers through code reviews and other discussions
• Constantly improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes

You’ll be successful if you are experienced in building within and maintaining large codebases containing a significant amount of business logic.

What You Have:

• Experience building and maintaining web applications for 3+ years
• 3+ years of Ruby on Rails experience and strong knowledge in best practices
• Strong Linux working knowledge (Debian architecture)
• Test driven development (Rspec, capybara)
• Mercurial and/or Git (branching and merging)
• Experience with continuous integration practices, pipelines and workflows
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. You can explain complex topics to both highly technical and non-technical team members
• Not afraid to wear multiple hats - no job being too small or too large
• We're casual and informal but we work hard and work responsibly…A pleasant and supportive demeanor goes a long way

Experience with any of the following technologies is a plus:

• Java
• React and/or AngularJS
• Amazon Web Services (ELB, EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)
• Sage/MAS90
• Basic DB administration (MySQL)
• Jira
• Agile development methodologies
• ImageMagick, Photoshop, Blender and/or other image manipulation tools

What We Have:

• eHow is the 2019 & 2020 People's Choice and official Webby Winner for Social Video/How To-DIY 
• Well+Good is the 2019 People's Choice winner of the Webby’s Award for Best Lifestyle Brand
• Leaf Group is among TalentDesk’s 2019 Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among the 2019 Built In LA Best Companies To Work For
• Leaf Group is among Comparably's 2018 Best Companies in Los Angeles
• Well+Good is the 2018 winner of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company Award
• MyPlate is the 2018 winner of the Webby Award for Best Design
• Winner of the 2017 Best Company for Diversity award Comparably
• Competitive compensation and benefits packages (i.e., Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, 401K)
• Discounted gym memberships
• Paid-to-play vacation rewards
• Discretionary unlimited vacation time
• Employee discounts for Saatchi Art, Society6, and Deny Designs

Leaf Group, Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings are welcome and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by state, federal, or local law. It is the intent of the Company to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local legislation concerning equal opportunity in employment.

Agency Disclosure:
If the Leaf Group Talent Acquisition department, or any current company employee, receives an unsolicited resume from a third party recruiting agency and Leaf Group does not have a signed Agency Agreement active, Leaf Group will not be deemed liable to pay a placement fee. The unsolicited resume will be considered a gift and can be considered for our recruitment efforts.