After successfully placing one developer, our client is looking for a second mid to senior level developer with strong front-end skills and at least 2 years commercial experience in Ruby on Rails.
Based in funky offices just outside London, this job is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated developer to get involved with an agency that works on challenging projects and exciting applications with big name clients.
The right candidate will have a passion for creating accessible web application while keeping the end user in mind at all times.
It is essential that candidates have extensive experience in building dynamic, database driven websites and must also have personal projects that can be showcased to the client. Links to online profiles such as StackOverflow would also be an advantage.
The working environment has a fantastic atmosphere where colleagues work and play together. Their stylish offices have games consoles for heated lunchtime battles, and the surrounding area has lots of nice country pubs for those developer brainstorming sessions!
Required skills:
• Ruby on Rails Experience with OO languages other than Ruby
• Advanced CSS and XHTML knowledge
• Excellent knowledge of Javascript and jQuery
• An understanding of common design patterns
• Github/svn
• Good communication skills
Desired skills:
• SASS and HAML
• Experience working in a Unix environment
Salary: Top market rate plus benefits for the right caliber of developer.
Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.
Please contact darragh@ruby50.com for further details.
Our client is looking for a ruby on rails developer with some solid commercial experience.
Based in London, this job is working on a single e-commerce application with a unique philosophy. The site has been up and running for a number of years and the team are now looking to move forward with a new stage of development.
A passion for open source software and communities is a must 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 (Shoulda, Test Unit)
• Git
• Javascript
• AJAX
• CSS
Desired Skills:
• BDD tools (Rspec, Cucumber)
• Pivitol Tracker
• CSS
• HAML
• Linux Server Administration
Salary: £28k – £40k depending on skills and experience.
Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK.
Please contact darragh@ruby50.com for more information.
Our client is looking for a Ruby on Rails Team Leader to work in their growing and geographically diverse multi-language web development team, developing a large network of local community websites for the UK.
The job will entail solution design, project scoping and planning, agile development methodologies (SCRUM) and architecture development both for new sites and to extend the functionality of the existing websites, and working together with the rest of the development team in code level programming to deploy complete, performance optimized and reliable working solutions.
On top of his/her technical skills, the candidate will lead and mentor other team members, whilst acting as SCRUM Master.
The candidate will be expected to stay up-to-date on current developments in Web, search and Internet oriented software, software development technology and development methodologies. Successful applicants should be very familiar with open source development and open source tools and resources available on the Internet.
Based in central London, the environment is relaxed, open to new ideas and driven to make a difference. Current technologies include Ruby on Rails, XHTML, AJAX, Sphinx, Sorl/Lucene, Memcache, MySQL and Linux.
Must have:
• Excellent academic qualifications
• 3+ years experience in Ruby on Rails development
• 7+ years experience in Web development
• Excellent understanding of the web
• XHTML
• CSS
• AJAX
• MySQL
• DB design skills
• Linux
Nice to have:
• Experience with search engine
• Sphinx or Solr/Lucene