Senior Web Developer (RoR)
We’ve been retained by a well positioned and managed San Francisco based (SOMA) startup to find an exceptional Ruby on Rails (RoR) business applications developer. Be a key part of a brilliant team making great SaaS products for a huge Small Business market space. We’re looking for the developer who wants to work with some of the brightest minds on Ruby, JavaScript, CSS/HTML and MySQL. Design products and develop code in a dynamic Agile environment. Our client offers an A-list of team members in a great start-up environment; above-market comp package includes benefits and stock.
Position Description:
· Write bullet proof code that is highly scalable. · Design and implement software for SaaS business management applications and supporting middleware. · Write unit tests and coordinate your development with the CTO and the development team. · Deploy applications. · Perform version control with SVN and participate in release management. · This position requires technical leadership qualities exercised in a hands-on, non-bureaucratic style and a willingness to mentor and review other team member's work product as required to strengthen the team and to improve the product.
Requirements:
· Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree or equivalent. · Strong knowledge of building secure and scalable web applications · Business or financial systems experience a big plus. · Strong knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, Ruby, Rails, Linux, MySQL and Apache. · REST or other services oriented design experience. · Experience with JSON and XML, including parsing, schema, and transformations. · Strong grasp of network protocols, caching, synchronization, pooling, threads, concurrency, distributed computing, transactions, and optimization. · Disciplined approach to software development, with mindset of test- driven coding and agile project management. Strong teamwork skills, practical business sense and a passion for delivering cool and innovative products.