Full Stack Developer (Remote)

Description

Are you a hands-on web developer with expert level proficiency in web technologies including back-end languages and frameworks, front end scripting and libraries, and code management and deployment? Are you are a friendly, creative, and pragmatic problem-solver with proven abilities to thrive in a fast-paced, technically challenging environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a tight, cross-functional team of engineers and designers? Have you worked on a small development team with remote team members?

This group develops tools for academic researchers is looking for an amazing Full Stack Developer. This is a position in a small, solid product development team. You'll report to our Development Director, but in practice you'll answer mostly to your teammates and product owners.

Some of what you'll be doing:

Design, develop, enhance, monitor and maintain core functionality in online SaaS products

Draw upon technical skills to help develop and maintain products using modern, open-source technologies and development tools

Create and improve infrastructure to address system performance, security, maintainability, and scalability products

Propose, develop, review and revise new procedures as needed for the continuing development of high quality systems

Develop server-side code in Ruby on Rails

Integrate Solr/Lucene search with application logic

Create front-end interfaces using JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML

Constantly seeking technical improvement in code base

Create unit tests for all developed code

Work with fellow developers to design an efficient and scalable solution

Participate in technical meetings and discussions and provide updates to stakeholders and project team

Have the flexibility to move between product teams if necessary

Work closely with Program Managers and Business Analyst during product development

Fully participate in Agile development process: daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives

What you need to be successful:

While you may have an area of focus, you understand technologies up and down the software stack

5+ years’ experience server-side programming using Ruby on Rails

3+ years’ experience with NoSQL databases: MongoDB, CouchDB

3+ years’ experience with search technologies: Solr, Lucene

3+ years’ experience with front-end programming: JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML

Experience with software tools: Capistrano, Git, Github, Jenkins

Experience with modern front-end development frameworks: AngularJS, Bootstrap

Experience with web applications on Amazon AWS is a plus

Familiarity with build systems, deployments, monitoring, and performance tuning

Passion to learn new technologies and software development practices

Willingness to seek and solve problems, and understand complex systems

Ability to deal with ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly changing environment

Education Requirements:

B.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering

M.S. in Computer Science or Software Engineering preferred