Ruby Developer for Long-Term Maintenance Contract (Individuals only!)

Description

Boston based digital, social and mobile media agency seeking an experienced software programmer/analyst with experience managing all aspects of a web application and associated infrastructure.

This is a long-term contract position. Will be responsible for managing a high-volume Ruby on Rails web application, including multiple hosting environments, a content distribution network, and several add-on services. Will have a budget of 20-30 hours monthly for maintenance, troubleshooting, customer support and feature enhancement development. Will report directly to a marketing director. Hourly or monthly retainer compensation negotiable.

A minimum of 2 years experience in the following skills:

Managing a production web application and hosting infrastructure

Developing production-ready Ruby on Rails web applications, both front- and back-end components

Managing code in a Git repository with multiple branches

Writing estimates for feature enhancements and new projects

Communicating effectively with both non-technical and technical users

Managing project deadlines effectively

Coordinating with other service contractors

Maintaining comprehensive project documentation

Experience using HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript techniques and frameworks

Writing and maintaining Rspec and Cucumber test suites

Working with a PostgreSQL database

Experience with these additional skills would also be beneficial:

Managing a bug/issue tracking system (Trac, Redmine, etc.)

Working with Heroku’s hosting platform

Working with Cloud Files’ cloud storage platform

Using profiling and debugging tools to streamline code and enhance throughput

Auditing a web application infrastructure and making recommendations for adding or removing components as necessary

Managing multi-stage hosting environments

Interested candidates should send resume, portfolio, and links to code samples or open source contributions.

Responses from individual candidates only, please.