Description
About the Role:
Within Unboxed, a Ruby on Rails developer is responsible for the client-side architecture and build process. They ensure the highest level of code quality and that appropriate test coverage is maintained. They are expected to estimate and implement their work within an agile process.
About You:
You'll be an opinionated and conscientious developer who loves building things for both money and pleasure. You'll have a github account, read hacker news and get angry at every other article therein. You'll be an advocate of TDD and continuous integration. You'll be able to work in an Agile environment and turn acceptance criteria into a functional system that people want to use.
Key Competencies and Skills:
- Solid experience in Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Experience of version control (ideally Git)
- TDD/BDD experience
- SQL (preferably MySQL or PostgreSQL)
- Architect, develop and maintain complex Ruby and Rails applications
- Ability to work with front end developers, other Ruby developers and QA testers to plan and ship projects
- Able to identify areas of risk and complexity during the planning process
- Communicate continually with team on progress of stories
- Can turn wireframes and designs into functional applications
- Write and maintain integration and unit test suites
Highly Desirable:
- HTML and CSS experience
- Experience working in an agile environment
- Open source contributions
- Experience setting up and maintaining UNIX systems
- JavaScript
- A keen eye for detail
- Understanding of continuous integration and delivery
About Unboxed Consulting:
Unboxed Consulting are a Ruby on Rails Development & Agile consulting agency. We are a young, informal company with a flat hierarchy. We work on a variety of projects, primarily in the private sector, but also some in the public sector. Our clients include start ups, government, educational institutions, charities and media agencies such as Channel 5, HMRC, Apps for Good and Sky.
Our projects are run in accordance with our own variant of Scrum, we call it "The Unboxed Way" specifically designed to start delivering business benefits immediately.
We prefer to work as a full team that includes the client. Sometimes we can't do that and we'll seed some developers into an existing team. A team typically consists of 2-6 developers with a tester, a designer where appropriate and Scrum Master. Iterations typically last 2 weeks, starting with a planning Game and ending with a Retrospective.
We also operate as a part of the Agile Delivery Network (ADN). The ADN is a consortium of digital agencies located throughout the country.
Benefits of working at Unboxed Consulting:
- We don't have a formal dress code and operate on flexitime to help you keep the work/life balance right
- You get 25 days holiday per year, plus 2 additional days after your first year
- You get a company smartphone and MacBook
- You get 10 innovation days per year- to work on interesting things which they feel would be of benefit to Unboxed, be it through personal development, software development or process improvement
- We host a monthly company meeting in our offices, a social event for all staff/contractors to attend with free drink and finger food
Salary:
£30k - £70k DOE