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Trakstar
Original posting
Trakstar — Senior Rails Engineer (Full time, on-site) — Seattle, WA
http://www.trakstar.com/job-posting/sr-rails-engineer/
Who we are
Trakstar designs the best HR technology software in the world. From our office in Seattle, we are revolutionizing the employee performance appraisal software business. Nearly everyone who gets a W-2 has a performance review, and we are changing the way companies manage employee performance.
We’re a bootstrapped, profitable and fast-growing business. We craft friendly software with a strong focus on UI/UX excellence, ease of use and a strong support team to help our customers.
Our unique office (a converted 1920’s auto showroom) is located in the heart of Capitol Hill at Broadway and Pike. We hope you enjoy shuffleboard, foosball and kombucha on tap from our kegerator.
About you
We’re looking for an experienced Rails Developer with a passion for best practices to join our core team in Seattle. This is an opportunity to work on a small team of skilled, creative developers / designers who value writing amazing software using an agile development process.
Qualified candidates will have
Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL, HTML, CSS experience
Unit testing (RSpec) experience
Published gems / plugins on Github
5+ years professional software development experience
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Benefits
Health, dental & vision insurance
Ownership (stock options)
5 weeks paid vacation (yes, 5 weeks)