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Rails Development Team Leader (London, Agile, Cloud, SAAS)

  • London, South East England
  • £45,000 per annum, negotiable
  • 0 applications
  • Job type: Permanent, full-time
  • Date:
  • Reference: 21163456
Posted by The People Foundry

Our Client is a well-known cloud software provider in the internet marketing sector. They have a suite of online tools that you will be developing and contributing to.

The Client has an excellent opportunity for a Ruby on Rails team leader to join on a permanent basis, to grow the team and lead development of the company’s Rails apps.

The Candidate:

You should be looking for an opportunity to use your extensive programming and management experience to develop world-beating Ruby on Rails web applications. 

It is important you want to work in a small, fast moving team where you feel there's a point to you turning up in the morning. Your first task will be to expand our team by hiring two more developers, making a team of seven. Going forward you will be able to see the direct results of your efforts reflected in real applications.

Key skills & Experience:

  • Proven experience managing teams with Agile methodologies
  • Preferably experience in developing Cloud or SAAS applications
  • A pragmatic approach to software development
  • Proven experience of recruiting and managing a development team
  • Working with internal customers to estimate stories
  • Appreciation of test driven development
  • Generalist - knowledge of whole web stack including systems engineering, web server, database, programming, front end.
  • An entrepreneurial attitude

Key Technologies:

  • Ruby on Rails (Rails 3)
  • Resque, Coffeescript, Sphinx
  • Shoulda, Mocha, RSpec
  • Front-end: PHP, MySQL, JQuery, Javascript, HTML, Sass, CSS

You will be based in a modern open-plan office - with exposed brickwork, lots of space and plenty of natural light. Lunch on Fridays is provided from a local organic cafe. There are always plenty of fruit and snacks in the office, and you will benefit from a relaxed and positive work environment. You will also benefit from a contributory pension scheme. 

If you think you can make a difference to this fast-paced market leader, then get in touch with your CV today!