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Sr. Web Developer (Ruby on rails)

Droisys, san jose, ca, United States

Title: Sr. Web Developer (Ruby on rails)

Location: San Jose, CA

Please NOTE: We need a consultant with experience with high traffic consumer web site

Requirements

  1. 3+ years of front end development at a high traffic consumer web site and 6+ years of software development experience
  2. Must have experience building real-world Rails applications with Rails version 3.0.x or later. Rails conventions for code organization, deployment, etc Familiarity with the language's meta programming features will be a plus.
  3. Strong understanding of the MVC design pattern and minimum 2 year of experience using open source tech stack (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Python) in a commercial application and web site development
  4. Familiarity with Asynchronous message queues and worker frameworks (e.g. Sidekiq, Resque) and, ideally, experience in using such a framework in one or more real world applications
  5. Hands on experience using unit-test frameworks and test automation tools/techniques in the development process
  6. Practical experience with REST and JSON APIs, and an understanding of how to build applications that serve and consume these sorts of APIs.

Personal Characteristics

  1. Passionate about creating world-class consumer web experiences for our consumers, customers, and partners
  2. Highly productive, self-motivated, creative, with excellent communication skills
  3. Committed to learning to stay current on relevant technologies and proactively suggest architecture changes and new coding practices

Additional Skills

  • Experience writing applications using Test Driven Development with framework like RSpec, Jasmine
  • Hands-on, commercial Node.js development is a definite asset
  • Knowledge of best practices in designing and architecting localized applications. Solid knowledge of OO design
  • Experience with one or more NoSQL databases, Redis is a plus
  • Experience with performance optimization for high-traffic web applications
  • Experience with agile methodologies
  • Strong sense of how to make features as seamless, intuitive and high-performing as possible for users
  • Ability to effectively translate business needs to technology solutions

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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