[Jobs] Full Time Rails Developer for Austin Video Game Company

Keith Adkins keith at aspyr.com
Tue Oct 23 22:29:53 PDT 2007


Hey Austin, 

 

Aspyr Media, Inc. <http://www.aspyr.com/about>  is looking for a full
time Ruby on Rails developer. We are currently eager to pursue
developing interactive social gaming sites for the iPhone, iTouch, Mac,
PC, and other mobile devices as well as a variety of other applications.
We need a strong developer who can hit the ground running with little
supervision.

 

Please review the requirements below and send your resume (and salary
requirements if possible) to jobs at aspyr.com.   

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

Title: Sr. Web Developer

 

Position Responsibilities:

 

Overall goal:  Take responsibility over several existing Ruby on Rails
applications (www.aspyr.com <http://www.aspyr.com/> , www.iQuizmaker.com
<http://www.iquizmaker.com/> , and more) as well as collaborate with
artists, game developers, and other wonderfully talented folks in order
to create new or enhance existing web and/or mobile web applications as
well as create internal business applications for internal customers. 

 

You will be the sole Ruby on Rails web developer!

 

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

*         Creating project plans by gathering and documenting user
requirements

*         Developing using short iterative release cycles while
regularly reporting project status to management

*         Coding using strong and clean documentation habits

*	Troubleshooting and resolving RoR server issues in a production
environment with little to no downtime (Apache, Linux, Mongrel Clusters,
etc)

 

Requirements: 

 

Must Haves:

*	1+ years developing applications in Ruby on Rails and 3+ years
developing web-based applications
*	Experience writing database-driven applications
*	Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
*	Excellent CSS/HTML skills
*	Comfortable in a Linux environment

 

Desired Skills:

*	JavaScript pro with AJAX experience
*	Java Development Experience (for mobile devices) a plus
*	Decent SQL skills (MySQL, MsSQL, etc)

 

Nice to Haves:

*	YAML, REST, ERB
*	SVN or other Code Repository experience
*	Familiarity with unit testing and bug tracking systems
*	Experience with Amazon's S3 service (nice plus!)

 

What you get: a competitive salary, great benefits, relaxed work
environment, choice of development platform (Mac/PC) and the freedom to
explore new technologies to keep our applications and websites cutting
edge!  

 

* Must live in the Austin, Texas area (we are near downtown). No
telecommuting or contract/temp at this time. This is a full time
employee position.

 

If you are interested please send your resume to jobs at aspyr.com and we
will contact you shortly. 

 

 

 

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