Software Engineer

Hedgeye is looking for energetic engineers with unusual initiative.  As a member of our team, you will participate in the full range of development in a fast paced Agile environment.  You can expect to contribute to discovery, development, QA, maintenance and future product planning.  As a vital member of a small company, you will have the opportunity to deal with all parts of the business.  You are smart, creative, flexible and can always be counted on.

As a candidate you are:

• An Agile/Lean maven - TDD/BDD, Continuous integration, MVP, etc. are your bread and butter
• Constantly improving your craft
• Up on, if not creating, the latest tech hotness
• A natural polyglot, lover of all kinds of programming, you especially love Ruby
• Full of ideas you are ready to pitch and see come true
• An aficionado of all things web
• Fun

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop web, multimedia, and mobile applications including planning, coding, testing, debugging, and deploying in an Agile team environment with an emphasis on TDD/BDD
• Maintain, modify, and update web and backend applications
• Design and create engineering specs, prototypes, and features for web-based applications
• Collaborate with developers, product managers and other participants in the development of solutions
• Gather requirements and development specs
• Provide technical assistance
• Assist in continuous process improvement

Education and Experience:

• Degree in Computer Science or related or comparable business experience
• Experience in all phases of the web application development cycle and working with a mix of web technologies. Ruby on Rails experience optimal, Comparable open source web framework experience acceptable
• Broad programming experience with depth in several languages.  Ruby, Javascript, optimal.  Additional language experience preferred
• Mobile development experience, mobile web, iOS, Android, etc., desirable
• SQL competence
• DSCM experience such as git

Skill and Job Requirements:

• Experience with web development in Ruby on Rails, (Ruby, Javascript, Javascript/AJAX libraries expertise implicit)
• Strong knowledge of internet protocols and applications
• Commitment to continuously improve software craftsmanship
• Experience and respect for Agile/Lean development and best practices
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skill with attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively both individually and as a part of a team
• Ability to pair code using remote pairing tools and ability to prepare code for review and to review completed code
• Understanding of customer needs and business strategy