Ruby on Rails Developer

A Ruby on Rails Software Developer 

• Design and develop software for Web applications, Application Program Interfaces (APIs) and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Capture functional requirements as Use Cases and accurately estimate level of effort to develop
• Work independently to identify solutions
• Write object-oriented Web application/interface code conforming to established methodology and standards
• Design and code software service components, units, and modules that meet project specifications and development schedules
• Work closely with the project team to ensure that all technical project deliverables comply with customer standards and requirements
• Evaluate third-party software components for potential use in developing solutions
• Practice Behavior Driven Development and test-first coding methodologies
• Contribute to business discussions about the project and user interfaces
• Document development projects and create test plans
• Troubleshoot problems and provide customer support for application issues

Desired Skills & Expertise

• Four year degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Three-plus years experience with Ruby on Rails
• Agile software development principles, practice and process experience (from use case definition to component delivery) experience required
• RSpec, git, Capistrano experience preferred
• Angular, JavaScript, JQuery experience required
• RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle) required
• NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB) database experience preferred
• SOA and Web service development experience preferred
• Experience deploying solutions on Linux platforms preferred
• RESTful Web service using XML, XSD, JSON experience preferred
• AMQP or JMS messaging experience preferred