RoR Developer Wanted in Portland or Seattle
Sprig Health needs a Design savvy Developer to support development and operations for our main application and web sites. Ideal candidate would be able to participate in an Agile team using an Iterative Methodology such as Scrum. Ideal candidate would be able to contribute to and work with wireframes, sketches, data models working as a team to realize those designs using Ruby on Rails primarily. Familiarity with other frameworks such as Django is a plus. Ideal candidate should be fluent in a Unix based development environment (Mac OSX preferred) as well as Linux. Ideal candidate will be able to integrate well with an already productive team and be comfortable providing new ideas to the team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Develops efficient and maintainable program code.
- Develops efficient and effective program and system solutions in solving complex business problems.
- Continuously seeks to improve job skills. Actively participates in the company's learning environment. Works on compensating for personal limits in both technical and professional soft skills.
- Meets established deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality. Negotiates changes to delivery dates.
- Develops complex programs and systems in support of business processes and objectives.
- Prepares and/or directs the creation of system test plans, test criteria, and test data.
- Develops innovative solutions to problems.
- Understands and participates in deliverables required
- Determines system design and prepares work estimates for development or changes for multiple work efforts.
- Takes initiative and seeks out work.
- Prepares and/or directs the creation of program, system, operational and User documentation.
- Performs and/or directs testing and documents the results.-
- Contributes to the achievement of our Corporate Affirmative Action goals and objectives.
- Responsible for quality and continuous improvement within the job scope. Contributes to and supports the company's quality initiatives.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field
- Appropriate additional experience beyond the minimum required experience may be substituted for education.
- A total of 5 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development.
- Communicates clearly in a timely manner in both verbal and written communication.
- Able to work well with, and potentially lead, groups of business customers and IT partners.
- Able to provide direction to others in analyzing and solving program and system issues and problems.
- Technically proficient in core technologies and methodologies used by the team.
- Able to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technologies and methodologies and apply them to technological and/or business needs of mid-level scope.
- Able to analyze, diagnose and resolve complex programming problems and system coordination issues.
- Able to provide technical direction and solutions to other team members.
- Able to plan and manage his/her own work, as well as 1-2 other team members
- Able to lead multi-discipline teams for work efforts which includes estimating, coordinating, tracking progress, inspiring others to complete tasks on time, assisting with resolving issues and creating status reports.
- Able to mentor and coach other junior team members in technical matters.

Contact Marisa Gorman at mgorman@kforce.com for more details.