Archive for July, 2010

Rails Developer – Manchester

Ruby50 is working with an exciting start-up that has recently completed a successful funding round.

This client is currently working with a number of freelance developers, but now want to take on somebody full-time as the business is moved onto the next level.

Based in central Manchester, you will be reporting directly to the technical director who is an experienced rails developer. Working in fixed sprints, you will be involved in planning and implementing user stories; prior knowledge and experience of agile practices would therefore be a distinct advantage.

Required Skills:

• Ruby, Rails
• BDD (Rspec, Cukes or equivilant)
• JavaScript (JQuery)

Desired Skills:

• CSS
• HTML 5
• Server setup and deployment

Salary: up to £36k

Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply for this position

30 July 2010– darragh.browne
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Experienced Developers – London

Ruby50 is currently working with an innovative organisation to find a number of strong developers to work on exciting new projects.

Due to a high level of growth and having recently acquired a large consumer facing site, the company are currently looking for developers to work on this and other projects.

Ruby is their language of choice, but this company appreciates developers who are adept at more than one language and choose the right tool for the job.

This is an organisation that embraces and goes beyond agile practices by having a “do it now” approach to everything that they do. With this attitude, projects are delivered in a matter of days or weeks, allowing successful ideas to be quickly implemented and fine-tuned.

With a working environment that promoted intrapreneurship, the team are actively encouraged to contribute new business ideas. If the idea is right, the company will provide technical and monetary resources to develop the idea into a functioning business unit.

In the office there is a pool table, Wii, PS3 and draft beer machine to make sure that it’s not all work and no play. There are many other benefits, including casual dress code, flexible working hours, pension, gym membership and childcare support.

If you are a strong developer who wants to work in a fast-past, progressive environment that will give you an opportunity to work on many exciting projects, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Required Skills:

• Ruby on Rails
• BDD/TDD
• JavaScript
• Strong communication skills

Desired Skills:

• .Net experience
• CSS
• Haml & Sass

Salary: up to £65k

Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply for these positions.

8 July 2010– darragh.browne
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