Ruby Front-End Developer

Description Looking for a company committed to interactive? PEAK6 Online, a division of PEAK6 Investments, draws on its considerable financial know-how and technological innovation to create and launch innovative, financially oriented online experiences and tools. With ONN.tv, OptionsHouse.com, and WeSeed.com, PEAK6 Online is responsible for creating content, evolving online brokerage practices, and helping everyday people learn about the stock market.

Voted “Chicago's Best and Brightest Employers to Work For,” four of the last five years, PEAK6 Online offers: competitive salary, performance bonuses, and a great benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid vacation, sickness and disability benefits, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, along with a casual work environment and dress code and the occasional yoga class. PEAK6 currently employs 400 professionals and is rapidly growing in scope, complexity and depth of operation.

• 7+ years web-related programming experience, including the development of front-end and back-end software for web application
• 2+ years professional programming experience with Ruby on Rails on an n-tiered production deployed product
• Believes in testing their code
• Has felt the need to refactor something before
• Has a passion for building good user experiences
• Demonstrated experience/knowledge building high-volume and consumer facing database-driven web applications
• Experience with MVC architectures, XML/JSON and RESTful APIs, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery and Ajax
• Proficiency with cross-browser, cross-platform issues, and web standards
• Familiarity with progressive-enhancement/unobtrusive javascript techniques
• Experience with javascript frameworks, but a strong understanding of native methods as well
• Knowledge of Javascript design patterns
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases and design
• Experience working in Unix environments (command line on Mac OS X and Linux) while also comfortable verifying your work in Windows client
• Competent and knowledgeable technical design skills
• Must have excellent problem solving skills and enjoy a good challenge

• Open source experience/development is a major plus
• Experience working with social network data portability protocols like Facebook Connect, MySpace Data Availability, OpenSocial, etc.
• Experience developing social network applications
• More senior candidates should have a C++, J2EE or similar background and design / architecture experience
• Proficiency in envelope-pushing CSS-driven web design
• Full cycle experience including analysis, design, development, documentation, testing, roll out, etc
• Strong individual contribution and good in a team/collaborative environment
• Like to explore new technologies and specs, taking initiative to implement prototypes
• Experience with Amazon Web Services and related technologies is a big plus (EC2, EBS, S3, AppEngine, Capistrano, etc.)
• A B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science or Engineering is desirable.

Requirements See Job Description