Ruby on Rails Developer

Location: New York, NY, United States

Job # 225324

Date Posted: 06-30-10

A global software company is currently looking for an on-site Ruby on Rails developer to work on its next generation of web 2.0 products.

Responsibilities:

Writes well-factored, extensible, elegant Ruby on Rails code with a test-driven approach
Understands existing code and framework and best coding practices
Works collaboratively as part of the development team with product managers, software engineers and architects
Reviews code periodically and refactors inefficient code
Continually keeps up to date with best practices and newest developments in the Rails world by learning from web resources and from other team members

Qualifications:

Required:

3+ years experience with Object Oriented analysis and design and MVC programming concepts, preferably in Ruby on Rails
Experience with behavior-driven-development (BDD) or test-driven-development (TDD)
Ability to write acceptance criteria for features in simple business language
Experience with complex SQL queries and database performance issues
Other technologies required:
MySQL, migrations
Source control (Subversion)
rSpec

Preferred: