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Rails Web Developer / Designer (REMOTE)

Location: Needham, MA
Job # 141587
Date Posted: 11/4/09
Human Capital Consultants is a strategic professional services consulting organization serving industry leading, entrepreneurial, and near start-up organizations across the United States. Human Capital Consultants offers proven, customizable and matrix driven solutions for our clients’ Recruitment, Human Capital Management, and Human Resource Consulting needs. Human Capital Consultants has the experience and bandwidth to provide clients a wide array of resources from a single Recruitment or HR Resource to an entire team dedicated to single or multi-location needs, including Strategic Engagement Planning and Management. For more information visit our web site http://www.humancapitalconsultants.com
 
Rails Web Developer/Designer. Can work remotely from anywhere in the U.S.
 
Are you a passionate, multi-talented individual with a desire to help launch an exciting new organization dedicated to entrepreneurial innovation? If so our client wants you!
Our client has created an entirely new business division—one that will expand their services into high-value, innovative Web applications using the latest web technologies (frameworks, cloud services, AJAX). This new division will consist of a small group of remote Web developers that will collaborate virtually to conceptualize, prototype and produce disruptive Web services and applications for many markets, with a primary focus on providing valuable services for entrepreneurs.
Our client is recruiting for a multi-faceted web developer who enjoys building web applications that matter. The ideal candidate will be someone who cares about the web and web standards, loves building apps using cutting edge frameworks, gets a rush by pushing the envelope in usability and interactivity, feels great when writing clean, well-tested code, and all-around "gets it" when it comes to building for today's (and tomorrow's) web.
Responsibilities
  • Developing amazing applications from start to finish
Requirements
  • BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field
  • 2+ years experience building web applications
  • Practical, demonstrable experience in building web applications using Ruby on Rails
  • Knowledge of relational database design and SQL
  • Thorough capabilities with (X)HTML and CSS
  • Experience building rich interactions through AJAX
  • Strong knowledge of version control systems and application deployment
  • Experience with testing frameworks such as Test::Unit or RSpec
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills
  • Self-motivated and self-managed
  • Proven capability of working remotely
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven, dynamic environment
  • A passion for the technologies of the web
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in scaling web applications
  • Experience with test- or behavior-driven development
  • Experience with jQuery or Prototype
  • Experience exposing and consuming web services
  • Preference for unobtrusive javascript
  • Startup or small company experience
  • Entrepreneurial tendencies
  • Open source contributions
About Our Client
Our client is one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the U.S.  Our client’s employees are motivated by the entrepreneurs they serve and supported by their company’s core values, which inspire them to go above and beyond, always be entrepreneurial, encourage their radically passionate nature, and work as a team.
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply online http://humancapitalconsultants.catsone.com/careers
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