[Rubyjobs] Bend, OR: Ruby on Rails Software Engineer - Solar Industry

[Anne McDonald]

Use the energy of the sun in Bend, Oregon to further your career and have an
opportunity to literally change the world!

 

And use your Ruby on Rails experience to 

*         Help out the environment by working for a company that harvests
the energy of the sun

*         Work for a company who is growing at an annual rate of more than
150%

*         Live in Bend, Oregon (Central Oregon is known for "Best Outside
Towns 2006." Outside Magazine "Top 100 Best Places to Live" Money Magazine
"Top 10 Boomtowns 2007": Inc Magazine)

*         Be on the ground floor of an amazing opportunity and watch your
career grow.

 

Resume to anne at mcdonaldplacement.com - job posted at
www.mcdonaldplacement.com/jobs 

 

 

Overview: 

Our client focuses on technologies that efficiently and reliably convert the
energy of sunlight into useable electrical power. Our client's technology
generates clean, renewable power without depleting any natural resources or
impacting our environment in any way. 

 

Our client designs, manufactures, and markets the solar power industry's
most efficient photovoltaic solar inverter solutions. Their vision is to
spur the widespread adoption of solar power, with a focus on assisting our
distributors, dealers and installers to be successful in this dynamic
market, by ensuring that our products are the best supported, easiest to
install, and most reliable solar inverters in the industry. 

 

Our client offers a competitive salary, attractive benefits package, and a
chance to change the world.

 

Responsibilities: 

*         Lead role in architecting, developing, refining, and managing
Web-based inverter monitoring and management system 

*         Act as both lead architect for front and back-end web system as
well as key implementer of Ruby on Rails database driven web applications 

*         Implement applications with standards compliant HTML and CSS 

*         Work closely with product and project managers, engineers, and
senior management to define and refine platform to meet the needs of key
stakeholders 

*         Contribute new and innovative ideas to rapidly evolving web
monitoring platform and to support management team in decision making 

*         Write technical software specifications and documentation 

 

Required Qualifications: 

*         Strong software development background, familiar with all aspects
of the software development life cycle 

*         Demonstrated Ruby on Rails experience including at least two major
projects 

*         Experience with other scripting languages such as Perl or PHP 

*         Comfortable with Linux, Apache, Mongrel, MySQL, PSQL, AJAX and
other open source tools and technologies 

*         Experience with software quality management tools such as SVN,
Trac, Bugzilla 

*         Database design and administration experience, ideally with focus
on managing time series data 

*         Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or
Electrical Engineering preferred 

*         5+ years experience in web-based system architecture design and
development

 

Desired Attributes: 

*         Good time management skills with project management experience a
plus 

*         Strong leadership and communication skills

*         Stay abreast of latest technologies and trends 

*         Balance working hard with playing hard 

 

Extremely competitive salary and attractive benefits...and a chance to
change the world.

 

 

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