Lead Developer Job Posting

Job Title:	CTO/Lead Developer/Partner - we're in closed beta
Company:	My City Lives
Position Type:	Permanent
Pay Rate:	Equity
Skills:	Web Development, fast learner
Date Posted:	Oct-07-09

About Us
We are an online startup that is currently in closed beta. We are currently looking for someone to take on development full time as our CTO/Lead Developer. Our business model was created following a year of research and validated by all of our advisors (read: not banner ad based). Our plan is to generate revenue from Day 1, as we believe this will put us in the best position possible to either find funding or to grow on our own and keep the lion's share of what we have created.

Since meeting in our Masters program, we have been working full time on this start-up and are now looking for an equally committed third founder. This individual will share our passion, ambition and work ethic.

About the Business
My City Lives is an application which was inspired by collaborative ideas shared at a meet-up we've been hosting since January called Creativity Killed the Recession. A mashup of online maps and video, we are helping people find where to go but our platform lends itself to be an excellent tool for advocacy, citizen journalism and entertainment as well.

Requirements
• Suited and Skilled for Startup Environment: You'll relish the fact that things will move fast, you'll have to work long hours, be a leader and think for yourself.
• Not only be a great developer/hacker, but love doing it: You should have a solid grasp of a number of server-side and client-side languages and frameworks i.e. Ruby on Rails, jQuery, javascript, SQL, HTML, CSS, etc or have a defendable opinion if you've chosen not to learn one. You should also have an ability to learn new languages/technologies quickly if needed.
• A person with good values (life's too short to work with jerks) who also seeks balance and is not afraid to have a good time

Responsibilities
Take on lead development role
- Site development, development methodology and implementation
- Improve scalability
- Monitor sites performance and repair problems in a timely manner
- Monitor performance profiling tools
- Evaluate current web hosting option and other possibilities
Assist/lead future technical recruitment
Setting up future server environments for deploying code
Collaborate with other Founders to maintain a strong strategic direction
Help improve current best practices

Compensation
We are an early stage start-up; so compensation is equity only, with all the benefits and problems that come with that :) -- you will be brought on as a co-founder/full partner and your equity stake will reflect that.

Location:	Canada-ON-Toronto
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:	Adam
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:	adam@mycitylives.com