Ruby at Adobe
Several years ago, I started a skunkworks project at Adobe. With the freedom to choose, I asked the team if we could try Ruby. Since they were all burnt out on C/C++ and had absolutely no interest in writing Java, they jumped in. The skunkworks project failed, but the code morphed into what is now the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Along the way, we learned of others at Adobe using Ruby. The team that built Photoshop.com wrote that backend and the amazing synchronization service for Adobe Revel in Ruby. With our acquisition of Typekit, we added another talented team of Rubyists to the Adobe family.
Interest and usage of Ruby is growing at an amazing rate here at Adobe as more and more teams see what they can do with such a versatile and proven language. They see the passion from the engineers who use Ruby, what they are able to create and how quickly things get done. It’s addictive. But, you knew that already!
Both my team and the Typekit team have openings for API engineers. You should consider joining us if you love Ruby, OS X and Linux and…(OK, I won’t ask which text editor you prefer. TextMate, Sublime Text, vim, emacs… we won’t judge you. Much.) You can apply using one of the links below or contact me via Twitter or email me.
Adobe Creative Cloud – API Engineer
https://adobe.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=14716
Typekit – API Engineer
https://jobs.github.com/positions/a502cf96-5cdf-11e1-9b1c-335dc6cf67cd
