American Society for Engineering Education: Rails Developer

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Location: Washington, DC

URL: http://www.asee.org

We are seeking a rails developer to join our super-talented team. Our creations assist the young to become engineers and the elders to become better engineers and teachers of engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Ruby on Rails coding
  • Communication with customers
  • Innovative thinking
  • High quality creations

Key Requirements

  • 2+ years experence with Ruby on Rails
  • 4+ years experience with SQL databases
  • 4+ years experience developing web applications
  • Experience with object-oriented development
  • BS/BA degree or equivalent experience

Key Skills and Experience

  • Experience with installing and using plugins/gems
  • Experience with business objects or table-less model creation and usage
  • Agile development
  • Full life cycle software development and Xtreme Programming
  • Complex table joins, different table inheritance (and class inheritance)
  • Development in Linux and Windows environments
  • MySQL
  • ERD Modeling Use Case and other UML modeling
  • Capistrano
  • Strong problem solving ability
  • Strong communication skills

ASEE is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1891. We use computer technology extensively to enable communication in all aspects of engineering education. We host our own web sites and databases on several in-house servers. We intend to continue to increase our use of the internet and the web and keep current with technology. We administer several fellowship programs for government agencies such as the NSF, Air Force, Navy and NASA. The working environment is casual. The location is very convenient to the Dupont Circle metro station.

The American Society for Engineering Education is committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology. This mission is accomplished by promoting excellence in instruction, research, public service, and practice; exercising worldwide leadership; fostering the technological education of society; and providing quality products and services to members.

To apply: Send resume to k.mounts@asee.org