Full Stack Developer
ProQuest
Baltimore, MD
Are you a hands-on web developer with expert level proficiency in web
technologies including back-end languages and frameworks, front end scripting
and libraries, and code management and deployment?
Are you are a friendly, creative, and pragmatic problem-solver with proven
abilities to thrive in a fast-paced, technically challenging environment?
Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a tight, cross-functional team
of engineers and designers?
Have you worked on a small development team with remote team members?
Look no further! ProQuest's division that develops tools for academic
researchers is looking for an amazing Full Stack Developer. This is a position
in a small, solid product development team. You'll report to our Development
Director, but in practice you'll answer mostly to your teammates and product
owners.
**Some of what you'll be doing:**
Design, develop,
enhance, monitor and maintain core functionality in online SaaS products
Draw upon technical
skills to help develop and maintain products using modern, open-source
technologies and development tools
Create and improve
infrastructure to address system performance, security, maintainability, and
scalability products
Propose, develop,
review and revise new procedures as needed for the continuing development of
high quality systems
Develop server-side
code in Ruby on Rails
Integrate
Solr/Lucene search with application logic
Create front-end
interfaces using JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML
Constantly seeking
technical improvement in code base
Create unit tests
for all developed code
Work with fellow
developers to design an efficient and scalable solution
Participate in
technical meetings and discussions and provide updates to stakeholders
and project team
Work closely with
Program Managers and Business Analyst during product development
Fully participate in
Agile development process: daily scrums, sprint reviews and retrospectives
**What you'll need to be successful:**
B.S. in Computer
Science or Software Engineering OR equivalent combination of work experience
While you may have
an area of focus, you understand technologies up and down the software stack
5+ years experience
server-side programming using Ruby on Rails
3+ years experience
with NoSQL databases - MongoDB, CouchDB
3+ years experience
with search technologies - Solr, Lucene
3+ years experience
with front-end programming - JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, Bootstrap, CSS,
HTML
Experience with
Capistrano, Git, Github, Jenkins
Experience with
modern front-end development frameworks - AngularJS, Bootstrap
Experience with web
applications on Amazon AWS is a plus
Familiarity with
build systems, deployments, monitoring, and performance tuning
Passion to learn new
technologies and software development practices
Willingness to seek
and solve problems, and understand complex systems
Flexibility to move
between product teams, if necessary
Ability to deal with
ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
**Bonus Points!**
M.S. in Computer
Science or Software Engineering
About ProQuest
ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. We provide
seamless access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of
the world's scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the workflow of
serious researchers in multiple fields, from arts, literature, and social
science to general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. The
company is currently rolling out the all-new ProQuest® platform, which moves
beyond navigation to empower researchers to use, create, and share content--
accelerating research productivity.
If this position isn't quite your fit, check out our other positions posted on
our "Career" page under About Us. ProQuest's corporate
office is located in Ann Arbor, MI. www.Proquest.com
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