Behind the Design

ExactTarget + CoTweet are seeking a Senior Ruby Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development of new features for our industry leading one-to-one marketing platform. The successful candidate is a versatile developer with expert-level proficiency in Ruby, RoR, Metal/Rack/Sinatra and keen attention to detail that permits them to own the final quality assurance of their solutions. The successful candidate must be highly adaptable, capable of learning new technologies and APIs and demonstrate passion and enthusiasm for designing and implementing products.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design/implement software solutions based upon needs and requirements.
• Research issues identified by QA and develop succinct solutions.

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in software engineering, computer science, or computer & information systems.
• Expert-level knowledge of Ruby, RoR, Metal/Rack/Sinatra, ActiveRecord and memcached.
• Proven experience with building and scaling high-traffic web services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience developing solutions to complex and unusual technology challenges.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Intermediate/expert-level proficiency with Erlang, Amazon Web Services, message queuing architectures or developing SaaS API’s.
• Intermediate/expert-level proficiency with agile methods, git, or continuous integration.