194 <img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/37s-jobs/logos/0000/2689/logo.gif" alt="Logo" /> <p> <strong>Location:</strong> Washington, DC <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href="http://www.razoo.com/p/jobs">http://www.razoo.com/p/jobs</a> </p> <p>The Software Engineer will be responsible for developing a fast, social and robust online giving platform. Your job will be instrumental in helping nonprofits raise money and in assisting existing and potential donors to make a difference through giving.</p> <p>You will be successful at Razoo by:</p> <ul> <li>Designing and writing high performance, elegant, and reliable code for both the frontend/UI and back-end of our web platform</li> <li>Problem solving and having the intellectual curiosity to find technical solutions that are the quickest and easiest to build, yet also the most robust</li> <li>Keeping up-to-date on the latest web tools and apps, and integrating with their APIs</li> <li>Working collaboratively with a team of developers, business personnel, and creative designers</li> <li>Working cross-functionally in software development (i.e. full Rails stack), but bringing particular strength in Rails best-practices</li> <li>Taking the initiative to improve development, testing, measurement and deployment processes</li> <li>Possessing the drive to consistently deliver results, being disciplined to work on your own with light supervision</li> </ul> <p>Required skills:</p> <ul> <li>Excellent problem solving skills</li> <li>8+ years web software development experience</li> <li>5+ years <span class="caps">MVC</span> web framework experience</li> <li>1+ years Ruby on Rails experience</li> <li>Solid background in dynamic object oriented languages (Ruby, Python, etc)</li> <li><span class="caps">SQL</span>, database design, and query optimization</li> <li>OO Design, <span class="caps">MVC</span> architecture, unit/acceptance testing, and refactoring</li> <li>Agile development processes and good track record of teamwork</li> <li>Subversion and/or other version control systems</li> </ul> <p>Desired skills:</p> <ul> <li>Linux scripting and basic administration (Apache, Postfix, etc)</li> <li>JavaScript, <span class="caps">XHTML</span>, <span class="caps">CSS</span>, <span class="caps">AJAX</span></li> <li>3rd party <span class="caps">API</span> integration (<span class="caps">SOAP</span>, <span class="caps">REST</span>, etc)</li> <li>Web and database scalability and optimization</li> <li>RESTful <span class="caps">API</span> design and implementation</li> <li>Experience researching new technologies</li> <li>Experience building personal web apps and side projects as hobbies</li> </ul> <p>To view similar other jobs, please click on the above mentioned <span class="caps">URL</span>.</p> <p><strong>To apply:</strong> To apply: email <a>serve@razoo.com</a></p> 2009-10-20T19:30:32-0700 7881 http://ruby.jobmotel.com/jobs/7881 2009-10-20T18:58:53-0700 2009-10-20T19:30:34-0700