Monday, September 15, 2008

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer in New York, NY

Monday, September 15, 2008
iCrossing is a global digital marketing company that combines talent and technology to help world-class brands find and connect with their customers. The company blends best-in-class digital marketing services -- including paid and natural search marketing, Web development, social media, research and analytics -- to create integrated digital marketing programs that engage consumers and drive ROI. iCrossing clients include over 40 Fortune 500 companies and such recognized brands as The Coca Cola Company, DuPont, Office Depot, Toyota and Travelocity. Headquartered in Scottsdale , Arizona , the company has 550 employees in 13 offices in the U.S. and Europe . Find out more at [link removed] Are you a senior Ruby on Rails developer looking for an opportunity to redefine corporate web applications? Have you ever used an intranet, extranet, or a wiki, and absolutely knew that you could build something better? Are you currently a Java or .Net guru that wants to stop doing Rails projects as a hobby or side job?iCrossing, a global digital marketing company, is looking for an experienced senior Rails developer to help our VP of Enterprise Applications disrupt the current crop of corporate web-based applications. You'll be developing simple, elegant, and innovative solutions for us using your favorite framework: Rails. We'll be honest, on occasion, you'll have to edit some legacy PHP code, write VBScripts, and handle some system maintenance, but it's all part of being a senior developer.If you're the right person, you have a deep interest in the web, development, and enjoy working in a user-focused, team-based environment. Passion is an absolute must; if you're looking for a standard corporate IT gig, this is not the job for you.At least 3 years experience developing and architecting web applications Experience in agile methodologies OOP experience Experience with Javascript (inc. AJAX), CSS, XHTML. JS library experience (JQuery, Prototype) a plus Experience developing RESTful web services Experience with TDD Experience with version control systems (SVN, Git, CVS, etc.) Some systems experience Experience managing and mentoring of developers Project management skills a plus Good verbal, writing and presentation skills Ruby On RailsExperience with Ruby 1.8.x Experience with Rails 2.x Experience with plugin development PHP skillsSome experience with PHP4/5 scripting SystemsUnix experience (Linux, MacOS, etc.) Web Servers: Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, etc. App Servers: Mongrel, Thin, etc. Experience with Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc. Experience with Capistrano or other deployment automation systems Big plus:Contributions to Open Source projects Click the following link to apply online:https:// [link removed] ?jid=64054

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