Working With Rails

We are looking to add a web UI designer to our rapidly growing engineering team. Candidates for this position should have a minimum of 3 years of web UI development experience including Ruby on Rails, Prototype.js and Web Services.

The Web Interface Developer will be a member of the front-end development team and will work closely with the both the product management and engineering teams to build leading-edge dynamic and standards compliant user interfaces that can appeal to a wide spectrum of end users. The person filling this position will also work with customers and other employees to perform usability testing of various designs from concept through beta testing and to the final production release.

This is a great position for someone who is passionate about usability, making complex functionality simple and who loves to see their work being used by a large number of people.

Requirements Include:

Proficient in Ruby on Rails framework
Working knowledge of Prototype.js or other Javascript Library
Proficient in implementing RPC-based and/or RESTful Web Services
Ability to produce standards-compliant XHTML, CSS and JavaScript code
Experience with APIs
Experience with IE 6 browser compatibility issues
Proficient in designing and implementing AJAX technologies
Extensive background in Web Interface Design and evaluating User Experience
Experience maintaining or following a style guide a plus
Experience designing interface elements in Adobe Photoshop
Familiar with a Linux development environment, RPM management a plus
Must be an energetic "self-starter" with the ability to work independently and within a team with strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills
Must pay attention to detail and history of meeting deadlines
Has lots of hard-earned (and correct) ideas about how to develop web applications the right way

Portfolio of previous work strongly encouraged
Sense of humor is essential

Responsibilities Include:

Work with product management and other engineers to create consistent and compelling user interfaces
Create interfaces to the VR RESTful and SOAP APIs
Maintain and update the VR UI style guide
Conduct usability testing with employees and customers
Use subversion source control software
Create and maintain RPM spec files in addition to building and deployment of RPMs
Deploy software releases to QA, Staging and Production environments
Work with the QA engineers to develop test cases and ensure that UI designs support test automation
Share information with other employees via the company Wiki and present to the engineering team and others
Other duties as assigned

Interested? Contact Kristi at kristi@newbees-it.com today!