This Boutique Consultancy Firm was founded by Santiago Pastorino (one of the Rails Core Team members) that specializes in web development through its expertise in Rails, Javascript, and Agile practices. It was built on three principles:
Deliver quality services that make the company proud and that make a big impact on its clients and its community.
Work and partner with the most talented and greatest people possible.
Have fun and enjoy the process.
The company’s focus is and has been the U.S. market, especially startups in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York. It is deeply involved in the U.S. tech community, sponsoring the main ruby/rails conferences and making several OSS contributions to the Ember ecosystem. It has a very strong set of values rooted in respect, honesty, humility, trust, and constant improvement, and the team strives to keep the company as flat and collaborative as it can be.
Industry: Technology & Web Development
Sector: For-Profit Company
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Possible Intern Roles:
Marketing and Writing
The intern will help conceptualize and develop strategy for creating content for the blog: discovering what things would be of interest, extracting experiences from the team, translating internal presentations, building content based on one-on-one conversations, and managing social media.
Suggested Spanish level: Intermediate
Candidate requirements: The ideal candidate will have good writing skills and an interest in sales and marketing.
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