Metromix, LLC 2009-10-27T22:09:46Z Metromix is Growing! Metromix is an established entertainment, dining, events & nightlife web guide with local perspective currently in 37 markets across the US. Targeting the 21-34 demographic, Metromix plans to expand its local offerings to additional major markets in 2009. To accomplish our business goals, we use Ruby on Rails with an Agile development process to build a robust and highly configurable content delivery and management platform. We are seeking a strong Ruby on Rails Software Engineer to help us create more compelling features and expand the capabilities of our publishing platform. In our product development team, we value: • A project war room where developers, quality analysts & product management sit together to deliver working & tested code on a regular basis • An efficient daily standup meeting • Automated unit tests and high levels of code coverage • A sense of completion at the end of every iteration • Common definitions of Done & Software Product Quality • Architectural & implementation standards owned and internalized by the team with code development aligned to them • Pair Programming for feature development • Behavioral driven design • Release planning, iteration planning and velocity measurement. • Results as well as the healthy means to achieve those results • The power of a cohesive highly functional team and members who ‘takes one’ for the team when it benefits the greater good • Saying what you’ll do, then doing what you say. Historically we’ve found candidates with experiences similar to items listed below are successful in our interviewing process and as successful team members: • Proven significant knowledge of building dynamic websites and understanding of the MVC pattern as applied to the web with interest to build Rails apps. • Knowledge of relational databases concepts (MySQL, Oracle), schema design, implementation and SQL. • Mastery of XML, CSS, JavaScript/AJAX/JSON, HTTP, and Web Services. • Open-source software experience/knowledge a plus • Bachelors degree in Computer Science (or a related field) or prior work experience that is applicable to the position. • Experience working in Unix environments (Mac OS X, Linux) while also comfortable verifying your work in Windows clients • A personal demeanor allowing you to interact effectively with other team members, management and clients. Must have excellent verbal/written communications skills, as there is a high degree of interaction with an expectation of leadership in this role. • Requires a customer support orientation and competence in response to vendors and staff during system implementation and problem resolution. If you think your values align with ours and your previous experience prepares you to be successful in both our human & technical environment, we look forward to talking with you. EOE. Principles only please. false 5753 Send resume to techjobs@metromix.com Chicago, IL (east Loop) http://www.metromix.com 2 Programming