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London Calling!

At Ruby50, we  are currently working with a number of companies in and around the London area to find developers with good experience of ruby/rails.

For those of you who don’t know, we’re a specialist recruitment agency set up by a team of developers at our sister company, Dynamic50. We have been around since 2008 and have worked with most of the top ruby employers in London to find extra resource, or build teams from scratch.

If you would like to keep in touch, drop an email to jobs@ruby50.com ;-)

We currently have the following jobs available, with roles ranging from 6 months of commercial experience, to very senior hands-on coders.

•  A funded startup focused on solving a lot of complex algorithm-based
   data problems.
•  A web development agency who work on a variety of interesting projects
   with high profile clients.
•  A global consumer organisation who are looking for developers on a
   12 month contract.

We always treat developers with the utmost of respect, telling you all about the role, existing team etc, and of course never share any details without your absolute permission!

We generally look for skills and experience in the following areas:

Need to have:

•  Ruby/Rails
•  BDD (Cucumber, RSpec)
•  Javascript
•  HTML & CSS

Nice to have:

•  RESTful API design
•  MongoDB, Redis
•  Node, backbone, batman (and/or other edgy JS tech)
•  Mobile development platforms (i.e. Phonegap, Titanium)

All our current positions are based on-site in the UK, so you will need to already hold permission to live and work over here.

24 January 2012– 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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£50k Senior Developer – Brighton

Our client is looking for a senior developer, with solid experience to join their established team.

Working in a rising start-up located on the Brighton seafront, you will be joining an entrepreneurial organisation that has big name clients and currently experiencing a high level of growth.

The ideal developer will be self-motivated and able get on with the job, whilst also making valuable contributions to the team. You will work across the development cycle and be involved in functional design and development, right through to long-term business planning and system architecture.

Successful applicants will have good communication skills with excellent written and verbal English. Knowledge of scaling and cloud clustering would be a distinct advantage.

This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced organisation who embrace new technology to solve complex technical challenges . Brighton is only one hour from London with a thriving tech scene and is a fantastic place to live and work.

Required Skills:

• Ruby on Rails
• Version control (SVN)
• TDD tools (Test::Unit, Shoulda)
• Server setup and deployment (Apache/Passenger/ Capistrano)
• Amazon S3

Desired Skills:

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• Cloud Clustering
• Amazon S3
• Trac

Salary: up to £50k

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

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

9 June 2010– darragh.browne
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Rails Developers London – up to £55k

Our Client is looking 2 Ruby on Rails developers with solid commercial experience to join their existing team. Based in London, this organisation specialises in SEO keywords, data analysis, mining and interpretation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an experienced team who embrace new technologies and agile practices. The team work in fixed two week iterations with morning stand up meetings and strive to keep technical debt to a minimum.

Applicants for the junior role should have at least 1 year’s commercial Rails experience, and senior level developers will be involved in project planning, while also being committed to writing dry, tested code.

Required Skills:

• Ruby on Rails
• Git
• Javascript (jQuery)

Desired Skills:

• Haml
• Sass
• Shoulda
• factory_girl

Salary:
£30k for the junior role
up to £55k for the senior developer position.

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

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

14 April 2010– darragh.browne
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Ruby on Rails Developers – Central London

Our client is looking for a number of ruby on rails developers with jobs ranging from graduate to mid-level developers.

These positions are located in modern offices in central London and working for an organisation that embraces agile methodologies to deliver pioneering online systems for business.

The right candidates will be passionate about Ruby on Rails and take pride in writing good, clean code while embracing the use of new technologies.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a start-up environment, working in rapid development cycles on a quality codebase. This fast growing company will provide a fantastic career opportunities and you will be expected to progress.

Responsibilities:

• Ruby on Rails development
• Database schema design
• Front-end development.

Required Skills:

• Ruby and Rails
• Rspec
• Git
• HAML
• JavaScript (JQuery/Prototype JS)
• Linux/Unix

Salary: £25k – £35k depending on skills and experience.

11 January 2010– darragh.browne
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Full time Ruby on Rails Developer (Social Networking) £30,000 – £40,000

Our client is looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer with at least 2 years of commercial experience.

The job is working in beautiful surroundings full-time and on-site in Maidstone, Kent; within easy commuting distance of London. The successful applicant will be responsible for new feature development and maintenance of the current codebase, along with basic server maintenance.

The right candidate will be a skilled problem solver who is able to see things through the eyes of a potential user. The role also involves gathering user requirements and an element of project management. As sole developer the applicant will be responsible for translating business needs into successful software requirements.

The client currently has access to a designer, so CSS and creation of wireframes / psds are not a necessity, however experience of payment gateways is essential.

Working in a small and friendly team operating in the social networking arena, this is a great opportunity for a committed individual who will be leading internal development.

Desirable Skills:

2 years + commercial experience with Ruby on Rails
JQuery
Rspec
Shoulda
Sagepay/Protx

Friendly Team Player
Good Communicator
All round IT skills / Server Management Experience
Passion for the web and web usability

Salary: Between 30k and 40k depending on experience.

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

Please contact Darragh at Ruby50 for further details.
E-mail: darragh.browne@ruby50.com, Tel: 07788 872465

17 September 2009– darragh.browne
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