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CTO & Senior Developer – London

Our client is looking for both a CTO and Senior developer to lead 5+ developers and manage growth of the application.

Working at an exciting social start-up based in London, successful applicants must have at least 2 years of commercial Rails experience and be well versed in BDD. It is also vital for applicants to have a good understanding of Agile/Scrum/XP methodologies and have extensive experience implementing such methods.

Development of the site is coming to a close and it will be handed over to a new team who will enable the application to evolve and grow.

This will be technically challenging but a fantastic working environment for the right individuals to get on board at the early stage of a project that will be massive

Required Skills:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Cucumber/Rspec
  • Agile development experience (XP/Scrum)
  • Team management experience

Desired Skills:

  • Jquery
  • HTML / XHTML
  • CSS

Salary:
£100k+ for CTO
£60k – £80k for Senior Developer

Applicants must have the right to reside and wok in the UK.
Please contact darragh.browne@ruby50.com for further details.

14 October 2009– darragh.browne
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Ruby on Rails Developer (Social Networking)

Our client is looking for a Ruby on Rails developer with some commercial Rails experience and good communication skills.

The job is working in a highly profitable and fast expanding organisation operating within the social networking arena. You will be working in fun, friendly offices in the lovely town of Windsor, only a short commute from central London.

The successful applicant will be working in an agile team that use Scrum and Kanban to improve as a collective. Working on new and existing Rails projects, the successful applicant will also be encouraged to contribute with their own ideas.

Since the client is a contributor to the Rails community, it is important that applicants are passionate about the technology and willing to learn.

This employer will look after you with perks such as; company pension, life insurance, Bupa health insurance, discounted Gym membership and a nicely kitted out games room; complete with table football and lots of games consoles! You will also be given fancy equipment to carry out your work.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on exciting projects, learn and grow in a fantastic working environment.

Required Skills:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • MySQL (or equivalent RDBMS)
  • Javascript (Prototype/Scriptaculous)
  • HTML and CSS
  • Linux/Unix

Desired Skills:

  • TDD and BDD (Rspec, Shoulda)
  • Links to projects or blogs you’ve written on
  • Agile experience (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Previous experience with social networking projects
  • Attribute-based searching with Sphinx
  • ColdFusion, Perl

Salary: up to £40,000

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

Please contact darragh.browne(at)ruby50.com to find out more and apply for this role.

25 September 2009– 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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