Ruby on Rails Developer

The Altip Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Altip Group is seeking a Ruby on Rails Developer in Washington, DC. This full-time position involves developing business-critical applications in a collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate should have 2+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails, an understanding of Agile practices, and a desire to engage in the entire system development lifecycle. Familiarity with datastores like Memcached and Redis is a plus.

Opportunities to work in self-directed teams and on innovative projects are available.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in Ruby on Rails.
• Familiarity with latest datastores like Memcached, Redis, MongoDB.
• Understanding of Agile practices including continuous integration and unit testing.
• Desire to work on systems end to end with no specific technology silo.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain in-house and customer-facing applications.
• Write quality code for very large systems.
• Participate in requirements gathering, design, and coding.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Agile practices

Memcached

Redis

MongoDB

jQuery

Job description

The Altip Group is a talent advisory firm focused on delivering human capital solutions for Fortune 1000 companies.

Job Description

We have an opportunity for a Ruby on Rails Developer in Washington, DC.

This full‑time developer is needed for an expanding set of business‑critical applications, both in‑house and customer‑facing. Work with a friendly and helpful team, using the latest versions of Ruby and Rails. Ability to write quality code for very large systems is critical. Knowledge of jQuery, RSpec and Linux is helpful.

Opportunity to work in small, self‑directed, project‑based groups, using Agile methodology, some pair programming and two‑week iterations. Each developer will be involved in requirements gathering, design and coding. New projects and groups form throughout the year to encourage exploration of new tools and techniques. Ideal candidate will enjoy solving problems and taming complexity.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have:

• 2+ years experience in Ruby on Rails
• a familiarity with the latest datastores (Memcached, Redis, MongoDB)
• an appreciation for the best Agile practices including continuous integration, unit testing, and planning poker
• a desire to work on the system end to end and not be siloed onto a specific technology
• experience building enterprise quality applications (scalable, HA)

Prefer candidates with:

• some familiarity with mobile technologies (iOS, Android)
• experience in the education management space

Additional Information

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