Rails Job

Senior Ruby On Rails / Postgresql (Permanent In House or Outsourced)

Posted 3 months ago at 31 January 2012

Description:

Dear Developer,

I am looking for a dynamic developer who has real world ‘experience’ in live ‘enterprise’ crm applications – and working for a highly energised employer.

Our app and products are expanding and we need more developers to assist with maintenance and re-factoring, module expansion, iphone development and new market builds. We are looking for a senior developer to join our current team on a permanent basis.

Please send a cover letter in your application that explains how your experience will be a good fit for our company, based on the below criteria. No template application letters.

About the app:
Our app is a great prospect to work with, integrating government legislation, with easy to use Web 2 interface. The app currently supports over 600 clients, actively using it.

The application is large and complex, you will need to be a fast learner to learn the application logic along with the Australian Government business rules integrated. It is challenging and rewarding.

HTML, JS (Prototype and/or JQuery), Rails 2.3.5/Rails 3, ruby 1.9.2/ruby 1.8.7, PostgreSQL are all elements we integrate with over our various modules within our product line.

We use Ubuntu on our servers, so working experience with Ubuntu or other linux system (Fedora or Debian) or general unix-like system (mac osx) would be needed for development and deployment and to use general unix command-line tools, git, ruby

Conditions:
Working hours are 5 days a week 8 – 10 hours per day.

Immediate start or as soon as available for best person. Code examples required during interview process. Portfolio also.

We have some long term team members who are smart and excited working with the app and our head of development. We look forward to building a great relationship with some more developers as we expand our product into other markets and territories.

Happy to outsource. Our app website will be provided on interview.

kind regards
Ruby

Required skills:

Only respond to the job if you have the following MUST HAVE requirements.

- Strong RoR background (Rails 2.3 and 3)
- Strong PostgreSQL experience.
- Working knowledge of postgresql 8.4, triggers, stored procedures, constraints
- OOP history
- Unix/Linux experience
- Experience with legacy ruby/rails/javascript code
- Prototype and JQuery
- Pivotal Tracker
- Amazon EC2 experience (preferred, but not compulsory)

Desired skills:

Other attributes:
- Fast Learner
- Contributive thinker
- Wisdom
- Good english, written and spoken
- Keen to be part of a rapidly growing global company
- Keen to work
- Pivotal Tracker
- Amazon EC2 experience (preferred, but not compulsory)

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