Working With Rails

Are you looking for an opportunity to contribute and expand your programming expertise with a team of seasoned Ruby on Rails programmers? Does a company that released its first commercial Ruby on Rails site on November 2005 under version 0.13.1 sound like a place were you can do this? Are you interested in being an integral part of a language-learning software company working to change lives by helping people around the world communicate with each other? If so, we would like to talk to you about our opportunities at Rosetta Stone Ltd.

The Software Development Department is seeking a Web Developer to join our product oriented web development team. This person should be experienced with multimedia and web application construction using a variety of web application delivery technologies. Bring your experience and passion for delivering clean, standards based markup and code to their full potential as a team member of a talented group of multimedia and web developers. We offer an ambitious, innovative environment where every technologist can make a real difference in industry leading products that change lives every day.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, document, and test web-based, data driven applications
• Construct markup and code using technologies like Ruby on Rails, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java & PHP
• Interact with Oracle and MySql databases with basic SQL code or procedures
• Participate in design, standards and code reviews
• Work on a variety of projects in an agile and adaptive team environment
• Design all applications and interfaces with globalization and multiple language localization in mind
• Perform all stated duties in the context of a heterogeneous multi-programming language open source environment

Minimum Job Requirements:

In order to be successful in this position, candidates must have a BS in CS or IT, or a technical institute degree/certificate, or equivalent web development experience. In addition any applicant should possess at least two years of experience as a web developer or equivalent position. The successful candidate will likely meet most of the following requirements:

• Excellent analytical, communication and organizational skills
• Experience developing data driven web applications in Ruby , Java, Perl or PHP or with multiple RDBMS like Oracle, MySql and Postgres
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design and software development principles
• Hand-coding web standards (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Understanding of version control techniques (Subversion, CVS, etc.)
• Up-to-date knowledge of latest trends in web application development
• Understanding of the Document Object Model (DOM) and DOM scripting techniques

Rosetta Stone Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.