Job Summary:
The Software Developer will be responsible for enhancing and supporting Motley Fool web applications and related systems.
Primary Responsibilities/Objectives
You will work on the full life-cycle software development of our web site, and some other non-web applications. You will help design high quality software solutions, skillfully leverage software patterns, implement code and unit tests with other developers, participate in peer review or pairing, test, and maintain the application, all using an agile and iterative scrum process framework in an open collaborative environment. You also may be involved in converting existing applications written in VB/VBScript/ASP to C#/ASPX, and required to play two-player Atari Gauntlet because Dwarf needs food badly.
Core Competencies:
· An understanding of Object Oriented analysis and design, and software patterns
· Fluent in C# and ASPX
· Microsoft .Net 2.0 experience
· Experience with Microsoft T-SQL
· Experience with unit testing and TDD
· Strong communication skills
· Web, e-mail, and Internet savvy
· (X)HTML/XML/XSL/XSL-T/Ajax experience
· Live public-facing web site experience is a plus
· Agile and iterative methodologies experience a plus, particularly Scrum
· Strong ping pong, bubble hockey, or foosball skills
Preferred Qualities:
· Meticulously detail oriented
· Cautious
· Consistent
· Tenacious
· Sense of craftsmanship
· Motivated self-starter
Foolish Qualities:
· Uncompromising honesty
· Approachable and willing to offer helpful solutions
· Ability to search relentlessly for better solutions
· Must be optimistic and have a strong sense of humor
· Should handle constructive feedback well
· Familiarity with The Motley Fool’s mission, our web sites, our products, and/or books, radio show, and newspaper column is a plus, as is investing experience
Education and Job Knowledge:
Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering plus 3 or more years of software development work experience desired.
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