Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

SKILLS: Ruby on Rails, MVC frameworks, Linux/Unix, Web Applications

SUMMARY:
We are seeking a great software developer to work in a small, high performance team, supporting development, maintenance and enhancements of our platform developed in Ruby on Rails (RoR). As a fast-growing pioneer and market leader of the prepaid industry and the category expert, our client delivers proprietary point of sale activation technology that enables virtually any product to become prepaid. A global full service retail provider, they have something for everyone.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Work closely with product management to define the product and guide its implementation
- Implement new features and optimize existing ones at model, controller, and UI levels
- Design and implement features within the Ruby/Rails web application
- Scalability and performance improvements for the application and underlying infrastructure
- Roll up your sleeves, fix bugs, and solve problems - we are a small dev ops style shop at the moment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- 2+ Years of experience building mission-critical consumer web applications
- Advanced knowledge of Ruby on Rails or similar MVC web frameworks
- 1+ years experience working with Ruby or Python
- 1+ years experience with Javascript /jQuery
- Data modelling and optimization of RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL) for direct and ORM-mediated access
- Experience in Agile and TDD/BDD methodologies
- Comfort developing for and running Linux/Unix systems

DESIRED:

- Contributions to relevant open-source projects
- Familiarity with Git version control
- Experience building modern mobile applications with HTML/JS frameworks such as Phonegap or Appcelerator Titanium

BENEFITS:

As an Agile consultant, you'll gain many of the advantages and benefits of being a direct hire, while experiencing the flexibility of consulting. It's the best of both worlds! Our IT consultants enjoy a wide array of benefits including: medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, Employee Assistance Program and more.