CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop advanced web applications using Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, SproutCore, HTML/CSS and JavaScript. Work to build and maintain software with the highest standards of software craftsmanship. Help build a culture of learning and continuous improvement on the team. Build strong business domain knowledge related to online advertising, campaign planning and execution, ad serving technologies and related topics. Collaborate with customers, product owners, developers and testers to solve real business problems. Collaborate with Software Test Engineers to create automated acceptance and integration tests. Support and improve development infrastructure including our continuous integration server and automated testing infrastructure.
We use open source tools. Currently we use Ruby/Rails and SproutCore for developing our applications. We use PostgreSQL and MongoDB for our databases, depending on the needs of the application. We believe in Agile software development and use Scrum as our project management methodology. ‘Inspect & Adapt’ is more than just a catch-phrase to us. Our software engineers pair-program on a regular basis and follow TDD principles. We are willing to have every problem under the sun exactly once, in exchange for never having the same problem twice.
QUALIFICATIONS
Strong knowledge of the Ruby language, design principles and patterns. Solid knowledge of relational databases (Postgresql) and/or “NoSQL” document stores (MongoDB).
WORK EXPERIENCE
* Experience as a member of an agile team is a strong plus.
* Experience working with, and contributing to, open source software projects is a plus.
* Experience with agile engineering practices including: test-driven development, pair programming, refactoring and emergent design, continuous integration.
* Experience with web front-end technologies and techniques including: SproutCore, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, jQuery, REST.
* Experience building RESTful web applications all the way down the stack from the front-end down to the metal
* Active on github