Friday, February 27, 2009

RoR Developers - in New York, NY

Friday, February 27, 2009
My client is a custom software development
company that uses Agile principles to develop software
that empowers and automates businesses. They work
under very tight deadlines, focus on business value, and
believe user stories and good planning are key. They place
heavy emphasis on human interaction and elegance both
inside and outside of the product.

This is for serious developers ONLY!

The Developer must posses NO LESS than two years
experience with all required languages, platforms and
skills

Required Languages
ActionScript 3
Ruby 1.8.6
XML
SQL

Required Platforms
Flex 3
Ruby on Rails 2.1
MySQL 5.x
SQLite 3
Subversion
UNIX/Linux

Required Skills/Concepts
Software Architecture Design
Model-View-Controller
Agile Estimating and Planning
User Stories, Iterations
Test-Driven Development, Unit Testing
Refactoring
Team-based development
Software Architecture Scaling
Exploratory Testing
Fluent in English speaking and writing

Beneficial Languages
Python 2.5
HTML 4
CSS 2 & 3
Javascript
Objective-C 2

Beneficial Platforms
Django
Google App Engine
Cocoa, Cocoa Touch

Beneficial Skills/Concepts
Prototyping
UI Design, Human Interaction

The Developer Will
Understand and employ Agile methodologies!!!!!!!!!
Plan, write, estimate, task and execute User Stories
within Iterations
Attend and participate in brainstorming sessions
and planning meetings
Attend and participate in Retrospective discussions
Attend and participate in Daily Stand-up meetings
Attend and participate in Product Demonstrations
when possible
Independently generate solutions to complex
problems
Clearly communicate problems, solutions and ideas
to Project Managers
Implement UI designs, sketches and prototypes
Track his or her own hours accurately
Be held responsible for his or her work

If you are interested in doing ground breaking/ cutting edge developing with Ruby on Rails in an Agile environment, you love to innovate new ideas and push existing technology to and beyond its limits. Look no further, my client and I want to speak with you!

This position is in New York!


Please include a Microsoft Word version of your resume with your response.
No H1B visa's Please


To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here