We are hiring at LetMeGo.com! We are looking for a software developer to focus on test automation, which heavily uses Selenium and Javascript. This person will join our ninja-grade development team working from our offices in Bogota. This is a full-time, long-term, independent contract. This contract starts paying COP2,000,000 per month. We also offer stock options and paid vacation time.
Summary
LetMeGo is the most advanced lodging service on the web, built by world-traveling, ninja-grade coders. We launched our beta back in January of this year. Although we are not profitable yet, we are well funded by Torrenegra Labs. We think that testing rocks and debugging sucks. This is where you come in. We are looking for a genius software developer to focus on test automation using Selenium. Your job will require you to write and record new use cases, update the existing ones (which run in the hundreds), and offer limited tech support. Optionally, every now and then you will be able to play with the code of LetMeGo.
If interested, please keep on reading. Here we describe the job, benefits, requirements, how to apply, and more info about LetMeGo and Torrenegra Labs.
Job Description
- You will be responsible for recording and updating hundreds of test cases using Selenium.
- Every day, cronjobs automatically run all test cases. If something fails, you will be informed to investigate.
- You will be offering technical site support to other tech-savvy members of the LetMeGo team whenever they have questions and issues with the LetMeGo.com site.
- Your direct leader will be Alexander Torrenegra
- You will use the RRapido Methodology (a custom flavor of agile development and RUP)
- Optionally (only if you wish), every now and then you will be able to modify the code of LetMeGo (fixing bugs and performing minor improvements). We call it “The Merrcury Engine”.
- Optionally, you will be able to suggest and implement improvement to the existing test automation platform of LetMeGo.
- To learn more about the way we document use cases and test cases check out this post and this post.
Salary and Benefits
- A minimum of a three year contract
- Monthly income starting at COP2,000,000
- Yearly income increases
- Paid vacation time (15 business days per year)
- Stock options
- No work on Colombian holidays
- Learning from and sharing experiences with our team of professionals and other ventures of Torrenegra Labs
- Work for an innovative, world-changing startup
- Attractive business and entrepreneurial environment
- Opportunity for personal and career growth
Requirements
Successful candidates must possess all of these skills, attributes, and tools, without exception:
- You must be a very good software developer. Seriously.
- Serious knowledge of JavaScript or Selenium.
- 1+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Great sense of humor.
- Work full time with us.
- Be able to work out of our office in Bogota, Colombia (Calle 100 con Avenida 19).
- Be available 24×7 for emergencies.
- Your English skills should be good (reading, writing, listening, talking).
- The ability to work well with virtual teams (you may never get to see some of your coworkers in person).
- Be able to work as an independent contractor.
While not required, knowledge in these areas is considered highly relevant:
- Technical support
- Test-driven development (TDD)
- CakePHP
- Agile development
- AJAX
How to Apply
We have designed an application process, so that even if you don’t get the job, you will be have plenty of fun applying.
Here is what you have to do:
Using the Firefox plugin of Selenium and its Flow Control extension, please record a script that visits http://search.twitter.com/, stores the currently available trending topics, determines how many tweets each trending topic is getting per minute, and finally echoes the trending topic with the most tweets per minute.
Once you complete this test, please send an email message to ninjas [at] letmego [dot] com with the following information:
- Your name
- Phone number
- Your resume in English
- Link to where the selenium test can be downloaded from
- Link to your resume in LinkedIn.com
The deadline for submitting your application is August 22nd, 2010.
About LetMeGo
Here we’re supposed to tell you we’re a “Web 2.0″ company that’s building “synergies” and “paradigm shifts” and “leveraging core competencies”, and that sort of stuff. Yawn. Here’s the scoop: LetMeGo is the most advanced lodging service on the web, built by world-traveling, ninja-grade coders who believe that travellers deserve more control over their bookings, and that small lodgings deserve better tools to compete with the big guys. Oh, and they love great deals. And hate hassles. It’s where you’ll find the perfect lodging at the perfect price.
About Torrenegra Labs
Since 2000, Torrenegra Labs has been dedicated to serial entrepreneurship, creating new ventures that make others. lives better through cutting-edge technology and a focus on best-in-class customer service. Founded by Alexander Torrenegra, it serves as the parent company to a variety of associated businesses, including Voice123 (the leading online voice talent marketplace) and now LetMeGo. Torrenegra Labs has offices in New York City and Bogota.
Photo by Dmitry Baranovskiy
Alexander is LetMeGo's co-founder and jefe. Here is his LetMeGo 
