Ruby / Ruby on Rails Developer - Atlanta/Norcross Area
Please email your resume to [email protected] asap if interested. We
also offer a 1000 dollar referral fee if we hire someone you refer.
Thanks
Required Skills:
• Ruby on Rails development experience
o RubyGems, packages, plugins
o Experience with editors such as TextMate or RadRails could be useful
• Other web development experience
o Web application development, open source software, open source web
framework/platform, database interfaces, web and application servers,
or scripting experience… anything including HTML/DHTML, XHTML, CSS,
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), LAMP (Linux [shell scripting
(bash, zsh)], Apache, MySQL, and PHP
• Experience with the Agile development process and methodologies, the
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), User interface design,
usability engineering and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) knowledge
would probably help elevate your candidacy
• Candidate should have superior “soft skills,” too… The desire,
determination and follow-through would make the candidate more
qualified. The ability to relate to both a technical audience and a
business audience is preferred.
• In a fast-paced environment, the ability to manage multiple
priorities, exercise strong organizational skills and utilize
analytical and creative problem solving skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop and Implement Ruby and Ruby on Rails Software applications
• Assemble and lead a small development team of both internal and
external resources
• Identify risks and dependencies within the schedule and cross-group
feature areas
• Help define and lead group coding standards
• Use Test Driven Development and write appropriate automated test
cases.
• Design and code a robust and scalable Web based toolset for back
office management
• Utilize pair programming paradigm when deemed appropriate.
• Drive code reviews to surface design and implementation issues
• Make appropriate design and implementation trade-offs
• Research new tools and technology improvements and implement them
into the code base
• Debug existing code and find the root causes of bugs and fix them
• Take responsibility for the performance and serviceability of
products
• Proactively identify and resolve customer/partner and quality issues
• Deliver quality product on time
• Participate in and lead SCRUM meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently, identify and manage
dependencies, resolve issues, and ship product on time is required
• Strong understanding of and experience with the Scrum software
development methodology is required
• Demonstrated history of working effectively within a team and cross-
group environment is required
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
are required
Nice to Have:
• Adobe Flash ActionScript experience is preferred
• Experience with TDD preferred
• Prior experience in startup environments is preferred
• Linux / Windows Server
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical
discipline is preferred
• 2-3 years experience Ruby / Ruby on Rails
• 2-3 years experience Apache
• 2-3 years experience Scrum
• 2-3 years experience Ajax
• 2-3 years experience OOP
• 2-3 years experience Perl