BEING A RUBY ON RAILS DEVELOPER

As a Contract Lead Ruby on Rails Developer you will be working alongside the product management and UX design teams to make the products we build rock-solid and scalable.

It is the perfect opportunity for someone who is experienced in creating dynamic web applications and passionate about clean code and is looking for a short contract (2-3 months).

 

Design

• Take wireframes/mockups and user stories and build systems that meet the requirements


• Create user-friendly web app interfaces by working closely with UX designers and front-end developers

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code.


• Devops: improve automation of the software development process.


• Identify performance issues and bugs, and provide solutions to these problems.

• Work with other team members to ensure we are building the right product


• Participate in code reviews

• Pair-program with other developers or discuss possible technical architectures


• Contribute to creating a culture of writing excellent software

• 4+ years experience developing applications with Ruby on Rails


• Expert in HTML, CSS & JS


• Excellent knowledge of SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL)


• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB/CouchDB/ElasticSearch)


• Passion for good user experience


• Passion for technology


• Superb organisational skills and attention to detail


• Ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision


• University degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related subject