Job Details: Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Title: Ruby on Rails Developer
Company: Wagner-Grahf, Ltd
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: open
Date Posted: Apr-29-08

The primary purpose of the Web Developer is to work within a team of technical experts to develop and maintain our core product.

Principle Duties:

• Participate in full agile development methodology (XP / scrum-like) including user story definition, acceptance test creation, design, development, unit testing, deployment, documentation.
• Develop tools for the monitoring of all online systems for uptime and optimum performance. Actively involved in the ongoing support of production systems.
• Integrate third party solutions and service to support business initiatives.
• Provide support and perform system maintenance/upgrades.
• Assists in operations including release coordination and system deployment.

Required Skills:
• Bachelor's degree and/or 1 + years experience relating to web-based software development using Ruby or Perl. Other languages a plus (eg Java).
• Minimum of 1+ years experience developing, testing, deploying and maintaining open source interactive web applications.
• Minimum of 5 years experience with any SQL-based database development (MySQL or Oracle experience especially).
• Real-world experience with Agile engineering practices (test-driven development, object-oriented design, refactoring) and project management practices (Scrum teamwork, User Story development and estimation).
• Thorough understanding of common web and e-commerce concepts and technologies, such as: HTTP, SSL, Javascript and variants, HTML and other client-side data formats (no graphic design skills required).
• Knowledge of OO design patterns, refactoring and unit testing
• Ability to work collaborative, in a team environment and independently.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Actual experience on a ROR project a plus

Location: [rss] US-IL-Chicago
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Sharon Wagner
Contact Phone:
Contact Email: WagnerIT@aol.com


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