[LRUG] [JOBS] Looking for an experienced contractor for 3-6 months

[Stephen Strudwick]

Hi everyone,


I don't post here very often but have been a long time lurker and used to
attend the very early LRUG meetings back in early 2006 when about 10 people
used to turn up :)


Sorry for yet another 'desperately seeking' post, but my team at AOL
advertising needs a good experienced contractor for at least 3 months
and probably longer.


The sort of guy (or girl) we need will be more of back-end developer rather
than front-end and will need to be comfortable with heavy data modelling and
SQL as well as Rails development.


We need you to work on enhancements and maintenance to a large Rails 2.3 app
with (luckily) close to 100% test coverage and some reasonable standards
(DRY, Bundler, Webistrano deployment etc).


We are also doing a lot of work with Node.JS, coffeescript, MongoDB and the
socketstream project is being actively developed in our team:


  https://github.com/socketstream/socketstream


So exposure to any of the above is useful.


At the end of the day we are looking for someone who is bright, a quick
learner and knows how to deliver and we will pay a competitive daily rate.


The corporate sanitised job spec is below and if you think it fits then send
an email with your cv and a brief cover letter to
stephen.strudwick at teamaol.com


thanks for listening!

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*Stephen Strudwick*

*Principal Software Engineer, Software Engineering | AOL Europe*

stephen.strudwick at teamaol.com

[image: AOL_Brush_Orange]

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*Job Title: ** Ruby on Rails Software Engineer*

*Reporting into:* Principal Software Engineer, Software Engineering

*Contract Type:** *Contract (3-6 Months)

*Location:** *WC1E 6JA – Capper Street, London

*Salary: ** *Competitive (Day rate)

*Company Description*

AOL (UK) Limited is a subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), a premier global
media company with a suite of brands and products serving consumers,
advertisers and publishers worldwide. AOL Media is a leading source of news,
opinion, entertainment, community and digital information comprising a wide
range of websites, including AOL.co.uk, MyDaily, The Huffington Post UK,
Parentdish, Eleven, TechCrunch and Engadget.

The AOL Advertising.com Group includes Advertising.com, ADTECH, Pictela, AOL
Video (inclusive of goviral and 5min Media), Content Solutions and Sponsored
Listings and serves a combined content and advertising market at scale
through video, brand advertising, content and ad serving.

AOL is focused on engaging consumers and providing online advertising
services and solutions on both AOL Media destination websites and third
party websites, in addition to serving consumer platforms including AOL
Mail, AIM, and about.me.

*Overview*

Working as part of a small agile team, an experienced software engineer is
required to help continue development on existing Ruby on Rails applications
and support the EU Advertising Business.

The candidate will be well versed in objected oriented design (OOD/OOP) and
the software design lifecycle. Additionally, the individual should not be
averse to wearing several hats (QA engineer, operator/administrator, system
analyst/engineer) so as to deliver quality, dependable & maintainable
solutions in an agile team environment.

The position is more suited to a candidate with strong back-end development
skills, including data management, problem solving and business logic.

*Key Responsibilities*

The successful candidate will:

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   Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand business
   requirements and deliver high quality, high availability web products &
   tools
   -

   Troubleshoot and resolve issues with current products & tools in a timely
   fashion
   -

   Effectively decompose feature implementation into associated tasks for
   planning & tracking purposes as part of a delivery team
   -

   Communicate effectively in both verbal (day-to-day discussions, team
   meetings) and written forms (requirements and design specifications) with
   local and remote team members
   -

   Actively manage and own feature development beyond design &
   implementation by providing sound consultation and feedback to Product
   Stakeholders, QA and operations.

*Skills Required*

   -

   Excellent Ruby on Rails skills with good knowledge of the underlying
   framework
   -

   A passion for writing elegant code and a desire to constantly re-factor
   and improve
   -

   Strong SQL experience
   -

   Strong written and verbal communication
   -

   Demonstrable experience of delivering products/tools from concept through
   deployment and ongoing user support.
   -

   Ability to manage multiple priorities, follow sprint/project plans and
   meet commitments
   -

   Display a history of creativity, innovative thought, awareness of current
   technical trends and high levels of motivation
   -

   Excellent ability to understand and express complex technical topics
   -

   Hands on experience with GIT
   -

   Strong Linux knowledge

*Desirable skills*

   -

   Some demonstrable experience with Node.js, ideally with code on GitHub
   -

   Experience with CoffeeScript, Redis and MongoDB a significant advantage
   -

   Experience working in an agile environment, knowledge of scrum
   -

   Experience developing systems for advertising companies
   -

   Experience working with geographically dispersed teams
   -

   System administration experience
   -

   Demonstrable interest in new technologies and technological trends
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