Ombud is a Social Evaluation platform for Enterprise Business Technology that enables people engaged with enterprise technology to showcase their experience, while also tapping the knowledge of other domain experts. With its social research approach, Ombud brings transparency to the notoriously opaque market research process. Ombud's beta testing program opened to the public in December 2011.

The company was founded in the spring of 2011 by Thad Eby, Brenda Harms and Thomas Reilly and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. Ombud is privately funded. The name is derived from Ombudsman, "a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests." The cofounders have a history of successful startups.

At Ombud, management fully supports the employees so your career is a top priority, no matter where your passion takes you (although we prefer that talented people stay with us). We work hard and we play hard: the CEO brews us beer and we are proud of our hard work. Your work will never go un-used and we update the site weekly with our developers' work. The office is a fantastic place to come to work everyday: we have immediate access to Boulder Creek, trails for mid-day hikes (and showers) and downtown restaurants. The team is absolutely wonderful to work with, and we have friendly dogs that hang out with us at the office. You make your own way at Ombud: although we all work towards the same goals, each of us designs and executes on goals in unique ways. The freedom and autonomy can be scary for some and exciting for people who will fit in well here at Ombud.

Finally, innovation and contribution go hand in hand. We work closely with Open Source technologies and want to give back anything we create. We want you to contribute 10% of your effort to the Open Source Community (which means we will give you time to contribute).

What we'd like to see in you

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience developing with Ruby on Rails, Groovy/Grails and/or Python/Django
• JavaScript UI Frameworks (jQuery preferred)
• noSQL and SQL Experience:  mySQL and hBase are what we currently use, but if you know MongoDB, CouchBase, Postgres, etc, that's fine too
• Experience with HTML5/CSS3 and drive to become a master
• Pragmatism over dogmatism
• Problem solving skills with a knack innovation
• Ability to act like an adult: take responsibility and execute with minimal guidance
• Able to thrive in fast paced and high-pressure environment
• Creative, dynamic, and likes to have fun!

Your responsibilities

• Build robust and impactful tools and systems that enable social research amongst the enterprise on hot technologies
• Design and implement new and exciting website features.
• Modify and update current software to satisfy market demand and multi-departmental initiatives.
• Design and implement web interfaces using HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Design and develop database driven web tools/apps utilizing a variety of technologies (i.e. Ruby/ROR, Grails/Gorm/Groovy, LAMP)
• Build integration points with other systems and tools utilizing web services and APIs
• Identify and attack high-leverage opportunities, problems, and process improvements
• Lead technical delivery and architecture analysis for purchased employee productivity applications and projects
• Work with a variety of cross-functional teams to build awesome web applications

What're we offering?

• Competive salary (we've got funding)
• Early-stage Equity (everyone should share in our success)
• Full health benefits (nobody likes being sick)
• Generous vacation policy (avoid burnout, pursue your follies)
• Dog friendly office (if your dog is friendly)
• Office in the heart of downtown Boulder (great choices for food, vibrant community)
• Custom brews crafted by our CEO (award-winning, in fact)

To Apply: Send a PDF of your resume to and let us know what you're passionate about outside of work.

Please don’t apply if you are recruiter, offshore developer, or a contractor looking for remote/telecommuting work.

Ombud is a Social Evaluation platform for Enterprise Business Technology that enables people engaged with enterprise technology to showcase their experience, while also tapping the knowledge of other domain experts. With its social research approach, Ombud brings transparency to the notoriously opaque market research process. Ombud's beta testing program opened to the public in December 2011.

The company was founded in the spring of 2011 by Thad Eby, Brenda Harms and Thomas Reilly and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. Ombud is privately funded. The name is derived from Ombudsman, "a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests." The cofounders have a history of successful startups.

At Ombud, management fully supports the employees so your career is a top priority, no matter where your passion takes you (although we prefer that talented people stay with us). We work hard and we play hard: the CEO brews us beer and we are proud of our hard work. Your work will never go un-used and we update the site weekly with our developers' work. The office is a fantastic place to come to work everyday: we have immediate access to Boulder Creek, trails for mid-day hikes (and showers) and downtown restaurants. The team is absolutely wonderful to work with, and we have friendly dogs that hang out with us at the office. You make your own way at Ombud: although we all work towards the same goals, each of us designs and executes on goals in unique ways. The freedom and autonomy can be scary for some and exciting for people who will fit in well here at Ombud.

As a key member, you'll be designing new systems from scratch, translating business goals into fantastic code and seeing the process from start through to finish. We like to work smarter here at Ombud so we have time to go play in beautiful Boulder after work and we're looking for teammates with a similar mentality.

Finally, innovation and contribution go hand in hand. We work closely with Open Source technologies and want to give back anything we create. We want you to contribute 10% of your effort to the Open Source Community (which means we will give you time to contribute).

Position Summary

We are looking for an engineer who can create infrastructures that amaze us with their elegance and robustness. You're going to be a key member of our engineering team developing, implementing and maintaining the technologies and systems our web application runs on.

Production Engineering is a hybrid software/systems group that ensures Ombud’s services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth. They are embedded in Ombud's product and infrastructure, and are core in every significant engineering effort underway in the company. Our team is comprised of varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new grads to industry veterans. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We cannot stress that last point enough attitude is everything! We sail into uncharted waters every day at Ombud in Production Engineering, and we are always learning.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and review system architectures, capacity plans, tooling needs, automation plan and product launch plans
• Balance the need to "keep things running" with allocating time to long-term, high-impact projects
• Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most complex systems in the world.
• Run capacity experiments to determine scaling and utilization parameters of service tiers.
• Identify and address capacity-related issues proactively
• Manage our back-end service: Hadoop, Hbase, Solr, MySQL, Tomcat and front-end services, such as Amazon EC2

What we'd like to see in you

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Sound knowledge of Linux and TCP/IP network fundamentals
• Coding proficiency in at least one language, we use Java
• Familiarity with a production build process using tools, such as Git and Jenkins
• Experience with cloud infrastruc, such as Amazon EC2
• Ability to rapidly learn new development languages
• Ability to pick up new software, frameworks and APIs quickly
• Sharp and tenacious troubleshooting skills: you can fix anything
• Good knowledge of internet service architectures (such as load balancing, CDNs, VPNs)
• Configuration and maintenance of common applications such as Apache, hbase/hadoop, Squid, MySQL, NFS, DHCP, NTP, SSH, DNS, and SNMP
• Good verbal and written communications skills
• Detail oriented and thoughtful

What're we offering?

Competive salary (we've got funding)

Early-stage Equity (everyone should share in our success)

Full health benefits (nobody likes being sick)

Generous vacation policy (avoid burnout, pursue your follies)

Dog friendly office (if your dog is friendly)

Office in the heart of downtown Boulder (great choices for food, vibrant community)

Custom brews crafted by our CEO (award-winning, in fact)

To Apply: Send a PDF of your resume to and let us know what you're passionate about outside of work.

Please don’t apply if you are recruiter, offshore developer, or a contractor looking for remote/telecommuting work.

Ombud is a Social Evaluation platform for Enterprise Business Technology that enables people engaged with enterprise technology to showcase their experience, while also tapping the knowledge of other domain experts. With its social research approach, Ombud brings transparency to the notoriously opaque market research process. Ombud's beta testing program opened to the public in December 2011.

The company was founded in the spring of 2011 by Thad Eby, Brenda Harms and Thomas Reilly and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. Ombud is privately funded. The name is derived from Ombudsman, "a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests." The cofounders have a history of successful startups.

At Ombud, management fully supports the employees so your career is a top priority, no matter where your passion takes you (although we prefer that talented people stay with us). We work hard and we play hard: the CEO brews us beer and we are proud of our hard work. Your work will never go un-­‐used and we update the site weekly with our developers' work. The office is a fantastic place to come to work everyday: we have immediate access to Boulder Creek, trails for mid-­‐day hikes (and showers) and downtown restaurants. The team is absolutely wonderful to work with, and we have friendly dogs that hang out with us at the office. You make your own way at Ombud: although we all work towards the same goals, each of us designs and executes on goals in unique ways. The freedom and autonomy can be scary for some and exciting for people who will fit in well here at Ombud.

As a key member, you'll be designing new systems from scratch, translating business goals into fantastic code and seeing the process from start through to finish. We like to work smarter here at Ombud so we have time to go play in beautiful Boulder after work and we're looking for teammates with a similar mentality.

Finally, innovation and contribution go hand in hand. We work closely with Open Source technologies and want to give back anything we create. We want you to contribute 10% of your effort to the Open Source Community (which means we will give you time to contribute).

What skills do we desire?

We are building a Software­‐as­‐a­‐Service Web Collaboration platform. We are looking for someone who has designed a user interface that has been used by 10,000+ People. We need you to create an innovative and outstanding experience for our solution. You will need to have experience developing strategic direction for web projects from concept to inception. You should have a strong portfolio of your most recent work and have at least 3 years of user experience design working in the Internet, entertainment, music, or media industry. At least 6 years of experience designing user interfaces for web, interactive media and print media. We are looking for someone who wants to work with cutting edge technologies and provide innovative user experiences.

What technologies are we using?

Our history lies in the commercial enterprise software space. As such, we are looking for experience with the following:

• Experience using a major JavaScript Library, preferably jQuery
• HTML5 and CSS3 Knowledge and a strong desire to use
• Adobe Illustrator/Adobe InDesign/Adobe Photoshop
• Savvy at translating business requirements into mockups and wireframes.
• Ability to convert mockups into clean HTML/CSS Code.
• Ability to maintain adherence to design specifications throughout the development lifecycle.

What're we offering?

• Competive salary (we've got funding)
• Early-stage Equity (everyone should share in our success)
• Full health benefits (nobody likes being sick)
• Generous vacation policy (avoid burnout, pursue your follies)
• Dog friendly office (if your dog is friendly)
• Office in the heart of downtown Boulder (great choices for food, vibrant community)
• Custom brews crafted by our CEO (award-winning, in fact)

To Apply: Send a PDF of your resume to and let us know what you're passionate about outside of work.

Please don’t apply if you are recruiter, offshore developer, or a contractor looking for remote/telecommuting work.

Ombud is a Social Evaluation platform for Enterprise Business Technology that enables people engaged with enterprise technology to showcase their experience, while also tapping the knowledge of other domain experts. With its social research approach, Ombud brings transparency to the notoriously opaque market research process. Ombud's beta testing program opened to the public in December 2011.

The company was founded in the spring of 2011 by Thad Eby, Brenda Harms and Thomas Reilly and is headquartered in Boulder, CO. Ombud is privately funded. The name is derived from Ombudsman, "a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests." The cofounders have a history of successful startups.

At Ombud, management fully supports the employees so your career is a top priority, no matter where your passion takes you (although we prefer that talented people stay with us). We work hard and we play hard: the CEO brews us beer and we are proud of our hard work. Your work will never go un-­‐used and we update the site weekly with our developers' work. The office is a fantastic place to come to work everyday: we have immediate access to Boulder Creek, trails for mid-­‐day hikes (and showers) and downtown restaurants. The team is absolutely wonderful to work with, and we have friendly dogs that hang out with us at the office. You make your own way at Ombud: although we all work towards the same goals, each of us designs and executes on goals in unique ways. The freedom and autonomy can be scary for some and exciting for people who will fit in well here at Ombud.

Position Summary

We are looking for a web software engineer who has developed and released real world solutions in a past or present life. We are developing a great platform and would view you as a key member of the team. You should be very comfortable with Web Technologies and understand how technical and functional design requirement interlay with each other. We are developing and testing in Java and using the Grails framework for our platform. You will be participating in application design sessions and code reviews to ensure accuracy towards business requirements. Time is essential and as such you should be able to work fast to develop and implement both front-­‐end and back-­‐end services. Multitasking between regular individual task requests and working with the team on group developments are required. You should have experience developing and designing large software systems. Finally, innovation and contribution go hand in hand. We are working very closely with Open Source technologies and want to give back anything we create. You should expect to contribute 10% of your efforts to the Open Source Community, which means we will give you time off to contribute.

Your Responsibilities

As a key member, you'll be designing new systems from scratch, translating business goals into fantastic code and seeing the process from start through to finish. We like to work smarter here at Ombud so we have time to go play in beautiful Boulder after work and we're looking for teammates with a similar mentality.

• Build robust and impactful tools and systems that enable social research amongst web 2.0 communities
• Design and implement new and exciting website features
• Modify and update current software to satisfy market demand and multi-­‐departmental initiatives
• Design and develop database driven web tools/apps utilizing a variety of technologies (i.e.Ruby/ROR, Grails/Gorm/Groovy, LAMP)
• Build integration points with other systems and tools utilizing web services and APIs
• Identify and attack high-­‐leverage opportunities, problems, and process improvements
• Lead technical delivery and architecture analysis for purchased employee productivity applications and projects
• Work with a variety of cross-­‐functional teams to build awesome web applications

What we'd like to see in you

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• Proficient with convention over configuration development
• Experience developing within J2EE, Python, Grails/Groovy, and Ruby on Rails
• JavaScript UI Frameworks: jQuery, YUI, Prototype, Node.js, MooTools
• A drive to proactively identify and deploy scalable enterprise tools empowering your coworkers
• Proven problem solving skills with a knack for thinking out of the box and innovation
• Experience with HTML5 and drive to become a master
• Ability to work proficiently with minimal daily guidance and bring mature seasoned skills when working with production systems
• Able to thrive in fast paced and high-­‐pressure environment
• Creative, Dynamic, and Likes to have fun!

What're we offering?

• Competive salary (we've got funding)
• Early-stage Equity (everyone should share in our success)
• Full health benefits (nobody likes being sick)
• Generous vacation policy (avoid burnout, pursue your follies)
• Dog friendly office (if your dog is friendly)
• Office in the heart of downtown Boulder (great choices for food, vibrant community)
• Custom brews crafted by our CEO (award-winning, in fact)

To Apply: Send a PDF of your resume to and let us know what you're passionate about outside of work.

Please don’t apply if you are recruiter, offshore developer, or a contractor looking for remote/telecommuting work.