Ruby on Rails Developer

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Verizon is seeking a Ruby on Rails developer to join the Corporate Systems Group (CSG) team in support of our enterprise content management initiative. We're looking for a self-motivated, innovative programmer who's excited about leveraging new technology to improve existing enterprise systems, isn't afraid of tight deadlines, thrives on contributing to a team environment, and is comfortable in a traditional corporate workplace.

You will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

• Serving as programming lead for the learning content management system, maintaining and designing improvements to the system architecture, data models, and API implementation.

• Selecting programming frameworks and libraries that will accelerate development of new features and speed-to-market.

• Providing leadership and support for junior developers who are helping to build the learning content management system.

• Working with and leading other team members to build and maintain our custom Ruby on Rails based content authoring tool.

• Troubleshooting system and end-user issues to determine the root cause of the problem and define mitigation steps.

• Working with cross-functional teams to implement content and learning management solutions in information sharing application platforms.

• Defining, executing and automating workflows for deploying, updating, and bug-fixing a variety of online training content.

• Managing server provisioning and basic application infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Interpreting complex requests & implement based on aggressive timelines, work on multiple tasks independently with little direction.

• Collaborating with team members in a Scrum/Agile development environment.

• Ability to direct multiple projects to superior quality delivery.

• Evaluate tasks, service level agreements, business need, urgency, and prioritize workload accordingly.

• Translating designs into high quality code, writing unit tests and release to production

• Understanding the existing ecosystem, Implement features, functions, and enhancements.

• Ensuring application development sprint cycle is on track and adjusting the plan to meet release timelines and adapting to an agile environment.

• Following and improving process, including the code review

• Acting independently and displaying the excellent collaboration within and between various teams

• Understanding the underlying domain and building domain knowledge.

• Building the reusable code and libraries for future use.

What we're looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Four or more years of relevant work experience.

• Experience developing Ruby on Rails applications.

• Experience with the MySQL and PostgreSQL database technologies.

• Experience with front-end Javascript development.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience with deploying Ruby applications (Capistrano, etc).

• Knowledge HTML5, CSS3 and related browser technology.

• Experience using React.js to build front-end user interfaces.

• Knowledge of Git version control, test driven development and code reviews.

• Ability to function independently and select appropriate methodologies.

• Demonstrated technical and analytical skills, including the ability to understand and convey complex technical information in simple terms.

• Experience with agile development workflows.

• Designing, developing and maintaining software systems by evaluating and analyzing the product requirements.

• Experience in technical development and project management

• Ability to compare, process, organize and compile information, recognize trends and provide relevant solutions.

• Knowledge in AWS Services, Kubernetes considered a plus.

• Ability to work effectively within a geographically diverse team.

• Experience with content management systems, GraphQL api query language.

• Possess good troubleshooting, interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every "even better" qualification listed above.

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