Who are we looking for?





We’re looking for a responsible and independent developer to work with a client in Colorado on a contract-to-hire basis. They help business teams use software to improve their operations and maximize their potential. Today, their platform partners include Adobe, Atlassian, Hootsuite, IBM, and Salesforce. The ideal candidate is someone who has 5 years of experience and will show initiative and leadership to help them meet their objective of consistently building exceptional software. You’ll need to be a quick learner with exceptional technical skills who “blows away” everyone you interact with and is passionate about their work. You must be comfortable working directly with customers and partners, tight deadlines, multitasking and context switching, be able to excel in a fast-paced environment, and show an eagerness to take on ever-increasing responsibilities. They operate as a distributed co-virtual team, so being productive as a remote employee is essential.





Responsibilities





Software development, design, and testing





Analyzing requirements and translating into elegant, scalable, performant code





Developing and documenting software requirements, designs and architectures





DevOps, deploying applications to production and test instances





Supporting existing software applications, diagnosing problems, and resolving issues





Communicating and interacting with customers





Managing agile project plans, estimating, and prioritizing deliverables





Minimum Qualifications





Relevant skill sets include Ruby on Rails, JavaScript / jQuery, Angular or React, HTML 5, CSS, JSON, AJAX, REST interfaces, Postgres or MySQL, Responsive Web Design, and Bootstrap





Ability to interpret UX designs and develop them into beautiful and functional interfaces





Ability to create and interpret requirements and translate these into highly performant, scalable, and elegant software architectures





DevOps experience including setting up development and production environments, installing packages, deploying code, shell scripting and automating tasks





Comfortable working in an agile environment including experience with unit testing (rspec or similar), test driven development, continuous integration, and scrum/agile planning





Ability to understand a customer’s business objectives, vision and goals, and to translate these into application design and implementation





Embrace working with a variety of technical and non-technical customers and team members





Comfortable moving between development technologies, expanding skills, and eager to learn and take on new challenges





B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering disciplines or equivalent experience





Preferred Qualifications





Experience with any the following additional technologies strongly recommended: Heroku, Node.js, Java / J2EE





Benefits





Salary 80-120K depending on experience





Full benefits - Health and Dental





Unlimited vacation





401K





Potential year end bonus dependent on company performance





Fly once a quarter to Colorado for team building





Bonus





If you’re based in Colorado, Chicago or Denver





To Apply





Please email us at [email protected] with your CV, LinkedIn, Github profile, and a message telling us why you’d be a good fit for this position!



