Pluron, Inc.

We are Hiring

VP of Marketing — Online Marketing

We are looking for an exceptional VP of Marketing to take ownership of all our marketing efforts. The ideal candidate will have the right combination of drive, intelligence, creativity, experience, and the ability to get things done. While prior experience is essential for this job, being smart, hungry, and highly productive will count greatly.

This is a high-level job in a startup and will involve both hands-on individual contributions and high-level executive responsibilities. Both ability to get things done personally and to delegate/outsource work are essential, as is knowing when to do which. We are looking for a generalist who will be able to scale himself and his organization as the company grows.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

Qualifications (desirable, not all are required)

Please send your resume as plain text, PDF (preferred), or MS Word to jobs-marketing@pluron.com. Please include your name in the Subject of the email. Principals only please.

Keywords: segmentation, paid search, organic search, opt-in email, affiliate management, affiliate marketing, copy-writing, Search Engine Marketing, SEM, PPC, CPA, CPM, CPC, landing pages, banner ads, Google AdWords, YSM, MSN, SEO; closed-loop marketing, analytical marketing, ROI marketing, Scientific Advertising; B2B marketing, Gartner, Forrester, IDC; international marketing; collateral, data sheets, presentations, case studies, testimonials

Staff Software Engineer — Ruby on Rails/Unix

This job is with our development group in Ukraine in Kiev and Nikolayev, but we will consider qualified candidates elsewhere.

We are looking for an exceptional software engineer to join our team building hosted web applications using Ruby on Rails. This is a new technology, so we don’t necessarily expect prior experience. We do expect an impressive software development background, strong motivation and the desire to learn. We consider specific prior knowledge and skills secondary to the ability to get things done, intelligence, motivation and experience.

The ideal candidate will be a generalist, with experience developing both large systems (e.g. operating systems, databases, applications servers, compilers, large-scale enterprise software) and application software. Experience with UNIX is a must. Experience with web applications and databases is extremely helpful. Ruby/Rails experience would be great.

This engineer will work with a product manager, designer and other engineers to develop web application using Ruby on Rails. He/she will be an active contributor in RoR and general open source community, and will become an well-known authority on this domain. He will run operations, administering production and development servers.

Qualifications (several are desirable, NOT all are required)

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Please send your resume and cover letter as plain text, PDF, or MS Word to jobs@pluron.com

Front-End Web Developer — Usability, AJAX, CSS, Web Design, Ruby on Rails

This job is with our development group in Ukraine in Kiev and Nikolayev, but we will consider qualified candidates elsewhere.

We are looking for an exceptional front-end web developer to join our team building hosted web applications using Ruby on Rails. This is a cross-functional role lying between hard-core software development and web design, and we will consider motivated candidates from all parts of this spectrum.

The ideal candidate will have created multiple good-looking and highly usable web sites and applications. He/she will be a master of HTML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX and will be able to create professional interfaces using this medium. He/she will strive to comply with web standards. He will will be an advocate for the user, understanding user's needs and improving usability. He/she will work with a product manager and other engineers to achieve appropriate compromise between the looks, functionality and code complexity.

Qualifications (several are desirable, NOT all are required)

Please send your resume and cover letter as plain text, PDF, or MS Word to jobs@pluron.com. Please include a link to your portfolio, and list several other websites that you admire.