Ruby On Rails Developer

OVERVIEW

Our Developers:

• Have formal software development training and practical experience building web sites in Rails.
• Are creative problem-solvers in the truest sense and match that logic with hard work.
• Enjoy working with others, which is vital in our collaborative environment that balances knowledge sharing with blocks of focused, uninterrupted production time.
• Speak and write well.
• Are ravenous about learning new technologies, tackling new challenges, paying attention to details, and, ultimately, growing professionally.
• Multi-task and hit firm deadlines while tapping into their knowledge of XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and basic web usability standards.
• Have a firm grasp on relational database design and normalization.
• Enjoy working with distributed version control systems (git is our favorite).
• Care about best practices, including code reviews, continuous integration and deployment, and iterative development.
• Can manage their own server configuration and deployment setup in a pinch.
• Create / contribute to one or more open source projects.
• Love working alongside our award-winning design team.
• Actively participate in the local developer / technology community

To be considered to work at UpStart internet, you should exhibit these characteristics, too.

At a minimum, our Developers must also:

• Have at least 2 years of professional experience developing web applications.
• Have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems (or equivalent experience).

How to Apply:

Please send your resume and a thoughtful email that includes specifics about how your previous experience matches our job description to: jobs@upstartinternet.com.

Please include your salary requirements and examples of your work.