Senior Ruby Developer

We focus on investing in the best people and the best technology to create a financial services/Equity Options firm that has achieved unprecedented success! Our culture is built on speed, agility, innovation, and the desire to teach and learn every day. We thrive on collaboration, innovation, execution, and the power of the big idea. We are located in Seattle, Washington, where the Senior Ruby Developer Engineer will work with n-tiered web-based applications. We are only looking at local candidates and candidates that have worked with consumer based web applications.

We are looking for a strong Ruby on Rails Developer to help build and maintain the online businesses and their websites.
Technical Acumen. This person is widely respected for their technical acumen, as well as their astute and discriminating taste in web-based software products.

Must have a Passion for consumer-oriented Web 2.0. This is individual is creative, passionate and deeply immersed in all aspects of web-based consumer facing technologies and services.
Speed and Pace. This person has been part of teams which have built and been part of small-team-based software engineering organizations in an unpredictable, extremely fast-paced, exploration/experiment-driven environment.

Ability to thrive in a collaborative, team-based environment where engagement with other technically strong individuals is required

Requirements . 7-10 years professional programming experience, including the development of front-end and back-end software for web applications . 3+ years professional programming experience with Ruby on Rails on a production deployed product . Experience building n-tier Internet applications in Ruby on Rails, though experience in Java/J2EE, PHP or other related languages & in an MVC pattern and with interest to build Rails apps is still desirable . Demonstrated experience/knowledge building high-volume and consumer facing database-driven web applications.

. Experience with the following are required: MVC architectures, XML/JSON and RESTful APIs, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and Ajax . Proficiency with cross-browser, cross-platform issues, and web standards . Experience with Rails internals, writing plugins . Understanding of application deployment, Rails stacks (Nginx/Mongrel, Apache/Passenger etc.) . Unobtrusive JQuery techniques . Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases and design . Linux / UNIX and OS X experience . Know your way around the command line . Competent and knowledgeable technical design skills . Experience developing social network applications . Experience working with social network data portability protocols like Facebook Connect, MySpace Data Availability, OpenSocial, etc.
. Has felt the need to refactor something before . Must have excellent problem solving skills and enjoy a good challenge . Believes in testing their code

Nice to Have/Highly Desired, but not required:
. Experience working in Unix environments (Mac OS X, Linux) while also comfortable verifying your work in Windows clients . More senior candidates should have a C++, J2EE or similar background and design / architecture experience . Full cycle experience including analysis, design, development, documentation, testing, roll out, etc . Strong individual contribution and good in a team/collaborative environment . Strong experience with relational databases . Like to explore new technologies . Experience with Amazon Web Services and related technologies is a big plus (EC2, EBS, S3, Capistrano, etc.) . A B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering is desirable.