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Very professional service. Easy to use and quick responses to let your customers what's going on. AWESOME!
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We're building www.gazelle.com with big goals in mind. Sure, we want people to think of us as the place to sell used electronic devices. It's designed to be easy and fast with zero hassles for folks selling anything from cell phones to MP3 players, Apples to Blackberries.

But we also want to accomplish a couple of other things:

  • Change the way people think about consumption and ownership.
  • Provide an alternative to the devastating escalation of e-waste.

Gazelle is aiming to assemble the very best team and is highly selective when hiring. If you can contribute to our passionate, creative, freewheeling team, we want you. You'll need to learn quickly and be comfortable making independent (correct) decisions as we forge new territory together. Gazelle fosters a collaborative environment that encourages input and rewards initiative.

In addition to the chance to make internet history, every employee receives three weeks vacation, full medical and dental benefits, participation in a 401K plan and a generous bonus plan.

Listed below are current openings. See if any are the right fit for you.

Gazelle is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Current Openings

Rails Developer

Gadget Inspector

QA Engineer

Systems Administrator


Rails Developer

Skills: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, JavaScript, TDD, BDD, MySQL, EC2

Location: Allston, MA

Position Type: Full time Permanent

Compensation: Competitive and based upon experience, stock options, quarterly bonus plan, matching 401K

 About the Team

Second Rotation aims to assemble the very best team and is highly selective when hiring. If you can contribute to our passionate, creative, freewheeling team, we want you. You'll need to learn quickly and be comfortable making independent (correct) decisions as we forge new territory together. Gazelle fosters a collaborative environment that encourages input and rewards initiative. 

In addition to the chance to make internet history, every employee receives three weeks vacation, full medical and dental benefits, participation in a matched 401K plan, and a generous quarterly bonus plan. 

Opportunity

We are looking for mid-level Ruby on Rails developer to help deliver solutions to support the Second Rotation vision. As a member of the Second Rotation engineering team, you will be responsible for supporting and enhancing gazelle.com and our supporting systems. You will be expected to learn the system from end to end and be willing and eager to learn new technology to support the business. You will be working in short iterations with frequent releases, so responsibilities can and will change frequently. You will work closely with the rest of the engineering team, as well as with business stakeholders to refine requirements.

An ideal candidate will have:

  • 2-3 years web development experience
  • Experience working with Ruby on Rails
  • Agile development experience, including iterative development, (T/B)DD, and automated testing
  • Strong web skills (construction, not design) - HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Relational database skills - MySQL, Rails-style structure, performance issues
  • Knowledge of Apache/Passenger server configuration
  • Experience with Git or another DVCS
  • Load-balanced, multi-machine, multi-environment deployment experience
  • Understanding of, and experience with, Amazon Web Services, including EC2 and S3
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Willingness to research and learn to find the best solution to a problem
  • Experience with Mac OS X (for development) and Linux (for deployment)

No recruiters please!

Contact us to learn more at careers+dev [at] secondrotation.com with Rails Developer in the subject line.

 

 



Gadget Inspector

We are looking for gadget gurus! Folks who love poking and prodding all the latest electronic devices (and last year's models too!). Cell Phones, MP3 players, Gaming consoles, Digital Camcorders, Cameras and Laptops...we get it all. Consumers send them to us, we inspect them and then re-sell them. Where do you fit in? We need self motivated, detail oriented people who can learn our process, turn on a dime, take apart an electronic gadget, test it per our guidelines and then move on to the next device with an eye on quality and the customers experience. Previous work experience with electronics, mobile phone activations, computer hardware, warehouse logistics, shipping, Inventory systems and eCommerce/Internet technologies.

Requirements/Characteristics

  • An aptitude for consumer electronics
  • Detail oriented and can follow directions well
  • Hands on, team player that can do the work,
  • Primary duty will be to inspect and test used consumer electronics but will also include a combination of manual and clerical shipping, receiving, distributing and or storing duties.
  • Receives incoming materials, supplies and equipment.
  • Unpacks and checks product into our proprietary system.
  • Prepares materials for shipment.
  • Constantly recommends and supports performance improvements
  • Must be able to effectively and professionally interface with internal and external customers of varying ranks and positions.
  • Solid communication skills, both written and oral
  • Must be self-directed, confident, and able to work in a startup environment

BS degree or equivalent experience

Contact us to learn more at careers@gazelle.com with 'Inspector' in the subject line.



QA Engineer

We are looking for a seasoned,  QA Engineer to help ensure our applications meet and exceed a high level of quality. You will work with the engineering team to continually test both production applications and "in development" applications. You will create and execute on test plans, as well as plan and manage testing and release cycles. You will ensure that new features are fully tested and the UI works correctly in our target browsers.  You should be able to write test scripts and should be able to work in a UNIX based environment. You will be passionate about ensuring the delivery of high quality software via best practices and manage the staging and release cycles of multiple, concurrent branches. You will be instrumental in building an exciting and rapidly expanding company.
 
Requirements/Characteristics:
  • A Minimum of 3-5 years of web/application QA experience.
  • Experience with high traffic websites, performance measuring, and system pressure points.
  • Experience in testing with a variety of OS/browser combinations.
  • Experience with writing and executing test plans and scripts.
  • Experience testing application performance and testing.
  • Experience with automated and scripted testing tools.
  • Experience managing external vendor relationships.
  • A basic level of SQL and database knowledge.
  • The ability to write scripts using a language such as Ruby, Python, or Perl, while not absolutely required, is definitely preferred.
  • Use Agile development practices and SCRUM methodologies.
  • Solid communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Must be self-directed, confident, and able to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • CS/Engineering degree or equivalent experience.

Contact us to learn more at careers@gazelle.com with 'QA Engineer' in the subject line.



Systems Administrator

We are looking for a seasoned Systems Administrator to help ensure that our applications meet and exceed the current and future demands of our customers. Our applications are hosted using Amazon AWS technologies, such as EC2, EBS, and S3. You should feel most at home working in an all UNIX based environment. Familiarity with the Right Scale suite of tools for managing AWS is not required, but it will definitely make you stand out from the pack. You will be responsible for the speed, monitoring, and uptime of our systems. You will be instrumental in building an exciting and rapidly expanding company.
 
Requirements/Characteristics:
  • A Minimum of 5-7 years of web/application systems administration experience.
  • Experience with high traffic websites, performance measurement, and system pressure points.
  • Experience setting up and maintaining high performance Apache servers.
  • Experience with mod_rewrite.
  • Experience configuring ha_proxy for load balancing.
  • Experience with network and system security a must.
  • Experience with setting up and maintaining SMTP gateways is preferred.
  • Experience configuring Memcached instances is preferred, but not required.
  • Experience managing external vendor relationships.
  • Experience with Passenger (mod_rails) is preferred, but not required.
  • The ability to write scripts using Ruby is preferred.
  • Use Agile development practices and SCRUM methodologies.
  • Solid communication skills, both written and oral.
  • Must be self-directed, confident, and able to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • CS/Engineering degree or equivalent experience.

Contact us to learn more at careers@gazelle.com with 'Systems Admin' in the subject line.