Great Ruby on Rails Opportunity

[Nick]

Great Opportunity for a mid or senior level Ruby on Rails developer.

This is a direct hire opportunity or if you prefer a "try before you
buy" our client will also entertain contract to hire.

Location: Lakewood, but the company is moving to "LODO" shortly.

Job Overview
This is a widely used consumer app across iPhone, Android and the web,
and has an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars in both the iTunes App
Store and the Android Market. All of this equates to high quality
expectations and a Rails app that is built to scale.
The Senior Ruby on Rails Software Engineer will be responsible for
adding high quality, scalable functionality to our fast-growing web
platform. In addition to traffic, the web platform receives a large
amount of traffic from the mobile apps on iPhone and Android.

Job Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have the following:
Ruby on Rails specific experience
• 3 – 5 years experience developing applications using Ruby on Rails.
• 6 – 8 years total software engineering experience
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• BDD & TDD – proficient with test frameworks such as RSpec
• SQL (experience with MySQL, Postgres or equivalent)
• Experience with Mongo, Couch or other non-relational databases
• Git: Please send us your GitHub account if you have a project that
you would like us to review.
General
• Strong software engineering & architecture fundamentals
• Javascript, CSS, HTML (JQuery or equivalent)
• AJAX, RESTful web services, JSON
• Object-oriented programming and design including Model-View-
Controller architecture
• Use of Agile project tools such as Rally or Pivotal Tracker
• You want to be part of a growing and entrepreneurial technology
start-up with proven users and business model
• You have a “do whatever it takes” attitude
• You want to learn more, build your experience, and contribute within
a fast-paced agile environment
• You have a focus on users and customers, and a desire to win in the
marketplace
• You excel at working with other employees and within teams
Space
Job Responsibilities
• Deliver a best-in-class analytics dashboard for internal users and
external customers
• Help define requirements for projects
• Translate feature requirements into sound, creative software designs
• Creatively solve problems
• Work collaboratively with others
• Produce solid, thoroughly tested features (including automated
tests)
• Plan and execute software releases

Please send an introduction to nde...@pdsinc.com if you have some
interest.