Opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer that enjoys interesting weather software

[David Johnston]

IPS Meteostar, a leading international provider of weather analysis/
mapping software and weather data products is excited to offer an
opportunity for a Senior Web Software Engineer to join our team. IPS
MeteoStar creates software that is used by meteorologists and other
professionals everyday all over the world to make decisions. IPS
MeteoStar’s customers are vast and varied including FedEx, US
Military, NASA, FAA, many major airlines and many international
customers, which provides a wide range of experiences and
opportunities (www.meteostar.com/ourclients.html).

As an IPS MeteoStar Senior Web Software Engineer you will experience
the following opportunities:
• Shape the future development of an already successful Rails
application (weather.meteostar.com ) . We continue growing and need
your fresh input to make it better
• Work on a team with experienced Ruby on Rails developers
• Work through our Scrum based development process
• Work on a continuously integrated development baseline with a focus
on unit testing
• Possibility for domestic and international travel
• Work with a wide variety of customers and industries
• Work on interesting and challenging spatial database and spatial
problems related to weather
• Work on industry and government leading technologies
• Work on cool new technology integrations like ajax+activeMQ in our
real-time sensor display or geoserver+openlayers in our interactive
map.
• Solve real-world weather related problems for customers
• Provide tools to increase the safety and knowledge of people and
protect resources all over the world
• Work for a company with many software engineers
• Work with a stable group of software developers on your team and the
weather engine development team
• Access to live world wide weather data to view and with which to
develop
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and medical benefits

We expect you to be a highly motivated, self-starter able to handle
multiple priorities to accurate completion under time deadlines. The
ability to troubleshoot is a must as our diverse customers encounter a
diverse set of challenges. A degree in Computer Science or related
discipline is desirable, as well as 5 years of programming experience
with the ability to articulate and stand behind complex software
solutions. Experience with the following tools and technologies are
also desired as many are used in our existing web and server
applications: Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Apache, Linux, HTML, HTTPS,
Java, Perl, C/C++, QT, SVN (Subversion) and Microsoft Office Tools
(Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). You will be working from our
offices located in the Denver Technology Center area (I-25 & Dry
Creek) for this position.

Please visit our website (www.meteostar.com) to learn more about us.
To apply for this position, please forward a cover letter (or email),
resume and information requested to evaluate your skills and fit with
our team to djoh...@meteostar.com (or by fax, (303) 792-3077).