URBACON: Software Developer

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

URL: http://www.urbacon.net

A growing well established Toronto company is searching for a software developer to join our IT team. This position will be responsible for software development and testing using a number of technologies including Ruby/Rails and PHP/Symfony.

The ideal candidate would have 1-3 years of experience, understands the importance of standards based development and willing to learn on the job. They would also have Linux system administration experience and be open to learning a variety of technologies.

Knowledge and Experience:

Must Have:

• experience with at least two MVC web development frameworks, ideally Ruby on Rails* and Symfony.

• experience in LAMP (Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP)

• be comfortable with working on Linux servers—e.g. editing Apache config files, managing init.d services, shell scripting, etc.

• be able to demonstrate past web development work (provide URLs or screenshots).

• be skilled in Eclipse/Apatana IDE and Subversion

• be willing to learn on the job, not be afraid to embrace new tools and technologies.

• Experience with RESTful services is a big plus.

• Ability to communicate fluently in English

Nice to Have:

• Experience with RESTful services is a big plus.

• Knowledge and experience in database design and management

Education:

Must have university or college degree/diploma in computer related studies or equivalent experience.

To apply: sdjob@urbacon.net