New Bamboo - The leading Ruby on Rails developers, London, UK

Position summary

Work directly with clients to work out what should be built, and to improve the product design based on web experience.

Design and develop the software, working in a team of 2-4.

Maintain the scrum process, with assistance from a scrum master.

Learn about new developments and help to train others at New Bamboo.

Writing ruby, erb, css, javascript code and tests (60%)

Working with clients to determine requirements and design products (10%)

Technical design sessions with the team (10%)

Collaborating with other agencies to help with visual designs, UX, and API specs (5%)

High-level project estimation and meetings with leads (5%)

Internal mentoring, training, and presenting (5%)

Deployments and server management (5%)

Able to communicate clearly with both non-technical clients and hardcore developers.
Happy to take responsibility (and authority) for every stage of a project.
Careful attention to detail.

Excited by new developments on the web, and constantly learning.
Pragmatic - motivated by project success as well as code beauty.
Opinionated about technology and able to argue a case intelligently and respectfully.

Code: Can build reliable, maintainable web applications (in any language)
Learning: Can get up to speed on new technologies quickly.
Collaboration: Can work as part of a technical team.
Communication: Can extract a clear set of requirements from a non-technical client through careful questioning.

Product Design: Can adapt requirements to something technically feasible and commercially successful.
Ruby: Can write idiomatic ruby, and understands the rails framework.
Javascript: Can write complex, structured javascript proficiently.
Scrum: Can write user stories, plan sprints, draw burndowns, and run demos.
Training: Can train others through blogging, mentoring, and presenting.