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Ruby on Rails Developer Princeton University Library Princeton, NJ **Princeton University Library** is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Ruby on Rails developer to work on implementing Blacklight and other public-facing Rails applications. The Princeton University Library is one of the world's leading research libraries, serving a diverse community of 5,200 undergraduates, 2,600 graduate students, 853 faculty members, and many visiting scholars. Its holdings include more than 7 million printed volumes, 5 million manuscripts, 2 million non-print items, and extensive collections of digital text, data, and images. The Library employs a dedicated and knowledgeable staff of more than 300 professional and support staff working in a large central library, 9 specialized branches, and 3 storage facilities. The incumbent, working with existing library developers, will play a key role in the development, planning, documentation, testing, and deployment of new and existing applications, and actively participate in the communities that exist around those applications. **Requirements** * BA in Computer Science or a related field * Extensive and demonstrated experience with Ruby on Rails * Experience with Solr, Apache, Tomcat and/or Jetty; and SQL (MySQL or other) * Demonstrated proficiency with contemporary web standards (HTML5, JavaScript, etc.) and relevant frameworks (JQuery, Bootstrap, etc.) * Knowledge of and experience with Rails application deployment patterns * Experience with Test Driven Development * Experience with at least one other programming language (e.g. Python, Java, PHP) * Competency with Git/Github for source code version control and collaboration * Excellent written and oral communication skills **Preferred** * Knowledge of and experience with library descriptive metadata formats (MARC, MODS, Dublin Core, EAD, VRA) * Familiarity with Linked Data and Linked Data publishing patterns * Work experience in an academic library * Experience with Integrated Library Systems * Advanced degree in Library or Computer Science * Experience with a NoSQL DB such as MongoDB * Experience working with and committing to Open Source Software projects **NOTE:** This is a two year term position with the possiblity of renewal. Please see the provided link for how to apply The final candidate will be required to successfully pass a background check. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/12356/