Ruby on Rails Developer @ TeamPages.com

Development Full Time
Web: TeamPages.com

TeamPages.com is a venture-backed company seeking a skilled, driven, and experienced Senior Developer to join our 4-person team in our downtown Vancouver office. We are a fast paced, Web 2.0 company that enables sports teams, leagues and athletes to manage their athletic schedules and communication online. We have a small, energetic team with an intense focus on execution and customer value. Our developers practice agile development methodologies while working in Ruby on Rails.

We provide great benefits...

• A highly competitive base salary with aggressive bonus incentives.
• Three weeks of personal vacation.
• Excellent medical and dental insurance provided at zero cost to employees.
• Attractive stock options.
• Flextime.

...and a great working environment:

• You'll be part of a team of top-notch professionals with exceptional experience and academic backgrounds.
• We allow for flexible schedules, defining work hours in ways that make sense for you and the company.
• An office at a convenient location in downtown Vancouver (Yaletown - 1112 Mainland St.)

The Position

The Senior Developer will be responsible for supporting two of the chief development initiatives: enhancing site navigation and creating new user interface designs. This person will be a key player working with both the development and executive team in the planning and programming many features critical to existing and new web applications. A TeamPages Senior Developer is someone that loves to write code, yet has an eye for design. This position will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Responsibilities will include:

• Produce high-quality Ruby Code
• Craft CSS and HTML to produce good-looking standards compliant web pages
• Adjust backend services as required
• Hack out JavaScript and enhance site usability
• Communicate clearly with customers and staff
• Mentor less experienced team members
• Respond to other daily challenges as they arise

Required qualifications and skills:

• A Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related experience
• 5 years experience as a developer
• At least 2 years experience in a web programming language
• SQL experience, preferably with MySQL
• HTML and CSS mastery
• Experience with JavaScript and AJAX
• The ability to take initiative, solve problems, and communicate effectively
• Analytical and quantitative skills

Desirable Qualifications:

• Specific experience with building traffic and sources of revenue for consumer websites and portals.
• A successful track record of developing market ready web applications
• Experience and passion for sports and recreation an asset

Our Business

TeamPages.com values creativity, enthusiasm, intelligence and precision. Each member of our team exemplifies this through a variety of ways:

• A cross disciplinary approach to product development
• Every team member, regardless of job description, is ultimately part of the marketing team – building a great product that is useful to people.
• Open and candid dialog
• Constantly improving our skills through books, blogs, conferences, seminars, and mentors
• Professional excellence
• Work-life balance
• Emphasis on rapid market validation to ensure that features are useful to our visitors.

We Want to Hear From You!

We believe that this role at TeamPages.com is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual. Are you a skilled professional with a strong work ethic? Do you want to work with top-notch people who are dedicated to producing the best product possible? If so we want to hear from you.

To apply: Please direct all inquiries and resumes to careers@teampages.com, attention Adam Palmblad. Please include salary expectations in the cover letter.

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