Sunday, March 01, 2009

RoR Developers - in New York, NY

Sunday, March 01, 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

PHP 5.x
Javascript
HTML 4
CSS 2 & 3
Ruby 1.8.6
XML
SQL

Required Platforms

PHP 5.x
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
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