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Killer Ruby on Rails Developer - frontend

Posted: 2008-07-03
Company name: iMedExchange
City: Palo Alto
State: CA
Country: US
URL: https://imedexchange.com
Length of employment: Flexible
Contact Info: chip.vanek@imedexchange.com
Travel: 0%
Onsite: Yes
Description:

iMedExchange is a value-add social network for physicians. We are a funded startup with lots of momentum and a strong initial team. We have a couple of Rails rock stars on staff and are looking to add some more. If you are looking for an environment that values productivity and using new technologies, techniques, and tools to get things done faster and better, you're going to enjoy working here. We pay highly competitive rates and there are benefits and equity opportunities as well. Our Palo Alto developer work environment is a top priority and you'll have access to any and all the equipment needed to make your development life better.

Position Description:
We are looking for another smart and passionate web developer to join our team. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of site development experience and has a growing portfolio of engaging site. This is a great opportunity to increase the national productivity of physicians using your development skills. The position is full-time and on-site in our Palo Alto office. We have an experienced team of systems admins so you can focus on creating killer code and not keeping the mongrels alive.

Duties:
* Lead in the designing and development of components and features of the system.
* Collaborate with remote team members in the development, integration, and testing of new functionality.
* Conceptualize how new features will impact users and create innovative new solutions.
* Deliver kick ass code that delivers the results and is specified and tested for future growth.

Qualifications:
* 4+ years site design and development experience with links to your portfolio.
* 1+ years Ruby on Rails experience with strong controller & view experience.

* Strong hands-on development experience with a variety of front-side technologies like:
* jQuery, Haml, Sass, CSS, Yui, Prototype, jsapi, and have your own bag of javascript tricks.

* Experience and preference for a fast paced agile work environment were productivity is valued.
* Have a good eye for visual design and have a strong desire to polish the user experience.
* Disgust of grunt work and instinctive desire to automate repetitive tasks.
* Comfortable with Mac OS X development and Linux deployment environments
* A driven and proactive person with a desire to move the whole team ahead.

Required Skills:

Required Skills:
-Ruby on Rails
-AJAX & Javascript wizardry using jQuery
-CSS & know cross browser tricks
-XHTML (semantic markup)
-SVN, Capistrano, remote deployment and testing

Desired skills:

Desired skills:
-Haml & Sass
-Flash and Actionscript knowledge
-Capistrano
-Unit Testing / RSpec
-Strong *nix experience
-Mac OS X dev environment
-REST

Employment terms: Salary
Hours: Full-time