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Test Developers – £50k+ in London

Do you absolutely love testing and Behaviour Driven Development? If so, we may have the ideal job for you…

Ruby50 are currently looking for 2 experienced testing / Quality Analyst developers to work for a subsidiary of BBC Worldwide.

A large part of your job will be gathering business requirements and objectives and translating them into solutions that can be tested. Your responsibilities will include writing testing plans, cases and scripts for manual or automated execution

You will collaborate with a number of people across the team, ranging from developers and designers to product mangers. As such, you will be able to translate complex technical concepts into easy to understand, business language.

As this organisation has some very high traffic sites, it is important that production code is thoroughly tested before deployment. Applicants will be expected to have a good understanding of agile development life-cycle, while evaluating test performance and making continuous improvements to the automated, ruby-based test platform.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a developer with great analytical skills to join a world-renowned organisation who is putting together a new London-based team.

Required Skills:

• Ruby
• TDD/BDD tools (Rspec, Cucumber, Selenium, You decide…)
• Experience of testing across a range of platforms (web, APIs, mobile)
• Experience of testing within an agile development environment

Desired Skills:

• JavaScript & AJAX
• Java

Salary: up to £53k per annum

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply

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

24 June 2011– admin
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£53k developer jobs at BBC Worldwide – London, UK

Ruby50 are working with a global brand to find a number of developers to work in their London office.

Working in a subsidiary of BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, this job will involve development of both high traffic consumer sites and in-house tools to manage and deliver digital content across multiple platforms.

This organisation believes that software is crafted and improved over time, rather than simply delivered. As such, you will be expected to stay on edge and bring new tools and methods into the job and wider organisations.

You will be expected to provide technical solutions to problems and engage in new feature development, while also maintaining existing applications.

A passion for BDD/TDD is a must and you will also be expected to engage in system, user and load, and regression testing. Knowledge is shared within the organisation through a mixture of pair programming and in-house presentations, enabling you to broaden your skills while passing your knowledge to others.

This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved with an exciting, organisation that will allow you to explore ideas while improving your professional development.

Required Skills:

• 5 years + years software development experience
• 2+ years commercial Rails
• BDD (Rspec & Cucumber)
• Git
• Experience of deployment (Rake, Capistrano)
• Good communications skills

Desired Skills

• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript & AJAX
• Selenium
• Java

Salary: £43,000 – £53,000 depending on skills and experience

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply

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

1 June 2011– admin
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Experienced Rails Developer – London

Ruby50 is searching for an experienced Rails developer to join an innovative startup operating in the mobile space.

Based in central London and working with the in-house development team, you will have responsibility for building a mobile delivery platform.

This is a great opportunity for somebody who wants to get stuck in at the early stages of a startup with big ideas in the area of app delivery.

Required Skills:

• Solid Rails
• BDD tools
• JavaScript

Desired Skills:

• MongoDB
• CSS

Salary: up to £50,000

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

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply.

16 May 2011– admin
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Developer for media tech company in London

Ruby50 is searching for a developer to work with a leading media and publishing company that is built on innovative technology.

Working with with in-house designers under the guidance of a project manager, you will be using bespoke in-house tech to deliver code that touches all areas of the business.

This company takes a rigorous approach to development with thorough testing and QA before production deployment.

While the server side technologies are built in Rails and tested with RSpec and Cucumber, there is a lot of JavaScript AJAX tech on the client side.

Successful applicants will have strong front-end skills, alongside good knowledge of ruby/rails and good understanding of coding best practice.

If you are a motivated developer, passionate about working on new tech don’t hesitate to get in touch if you want to work in this innovative London company!

Required Skills:

• OOP background
• 18 months Rails
• Understanding of RESTful resources and coding best practice
• JavaScript (jQuery)
• CSS
• Good communication skills

Desired Skills:

• TDD/BDD (RSpec, Cukes)
• JavaScript unit testing (Jasmine/Screw Unit)
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs
• Experience working on high traffic apps

Salary: £35k – £45k+ depending on skills and experience, contact jobs@ruby50.com to apply ;-)

This is a full-time, permanent position and applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.

26 November 2010– admin
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Rails Developer – London

Ruby50 is searching for a rails developer with 2 – 3 years commercial experiance to work at an exciting company that has recently completed another large round of investment

Based in London, this job is working on a consumer facing app that provides a marketplace for niche products. The company has been established for a number of years and is growing rapidly.

A passion for open source software is essential and the successful applicant will be a quick learner who thrives in an informal, faced-paced environment. The right developer will get pleasure out of writing clean, concise code while having a commitment to delivering an intuitive user experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a friendly organisation that embraces new technology and agile methodologies.

Required Skills:

• Ruby on Rails
• TDD tools
• Git
• JavaScript

Desired Skills:

• BDD tools (Rspec, Cucumber)
• AJAX
• CSS
• HAML

Salary: up to £40k per annum

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

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com for more information.

6 October 2010– admin
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Freelance and Permanent Positions in London

Ruby50 is searching for some strong developers to work in an award winning London based tech company.

Due to a sustained level of high growth, this organisation has a need for both freelancers and permanent developers to work on site with their internal development team.

Ruby is their language of choice, but this company appreciates coders who have a broad skillset and choose the right tool for the job.

Their approach is to constantly test new ideas and deliver projects in a matter of days or weeks, allowing successful functionality to be quickly implemented and fine-tuned.

The development team are actively encouraged to contribute to the business, and if an idea is right, the company will provide technical and financial resources to develop a concept into a functioning business unit.

A relaxed office environment that includes a pool table, Wii, PS3 and draft beer machine makes this a great place to work with likeminded individuals that have a passion for exploring new technologies.

If you are an experienced ruby developer who wants to work in a progressive environment, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Required skills:

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

Desired skills:

• CSS
• Haml & Sass

All positions are based on-site in London and applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK  ;-)

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

21 September 2010– admin
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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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Senior Developer London – £65k

Our client is looking for a very experienced Ruby on Rails developer with knowledge scaling applications to cope with high amounts of data and traffic.

Based in London with an innovative organisation who have achieved numerous tech-business awards, the job will involve working on large consumer facing applications with high traffic. They are looking for somebody who is dedicated to writing dry, tested code.

With an analytical mind and the ability to navigate through large data sets, the ideal developer will also have an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for new business ideas.

Experience of agile practices is a must, and successful applicants will have a track record of delivering projects in a matter of weeks rather than months.

If you are interested in working in an organisation that champions agile methodologies and offers a fantastic working environment, flexible working hours and casual dress, please get in touch.

Required Skills:

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

Desired Skills:

• MapReduce
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Entrepreneurial spirit

Salary: up to £65k

Please contact jobs@ruby50.com or reply to this post for more details.

Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.
23 April 2010– darragh.browne
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