Notch8 is seeking a Senior Developer to join our team. We are looking for a
talented web developer with good collaboration skills, who can quickly take the
lead on incoming projects as we expand. A successful candidate will have
strength in Ruby on Rails development, especially experience in the Samvera
digital repository stack, and the ability to lead a project team and guide
junior staff. Though we are San Diego-based, we have successfully gone fully
remote in 2020 and are open to candidates in any location.
Interested candidates can find Kevin Kochanski on Code4Lib or Samvera slack, or
email [email protected].
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement applications, databases, and web services using Ruby on
Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other technologies
Provide expertise in web design and architecture
Collaborate effectively with project manager, other developers, and external
teams in an agile environment
Actively participate in project scoping and planning, including shaping and
estimating of project proposals
Embrace a culture of collaboration and community, where open communication,
internal mentorship, and contributing to open-source projects are just a few of
our values
Position yourself as a leader on the team whose work schedule includes
mentoring other developers
Required Qualifications:
Minimum three years’ directly-related experience as a developer
Expert-level experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and ReactJS (or
another JS framework like Angular, Vue, or Polymer), PostgreSQL
Proficiency with Docker
Experience generating and maintaining comprehensive, digestible documentation
Intellectual curiosity and desire to constantly expand technical knowledge
Desired Skills (not required):
Five years’ experience with the technologies listed above
Experience developing digital repositories, especially in the Samvera stack,
including Solr, Fedora, Blacklight, Hyrax and/or Hyku
Devops experience, including server architecture and deployment
Acumen for team leadership or mentorship
Experience in an agile development environment
Benefits of Working for Notch8:
Dedicated hours allocated to professional development
Support for conference and training participation, including travel when
applicable
Being an autonomous member of a collaborative and supportive team
Flexible work hours - we make work-life balance a priority
Work-from-home and remote work options
Comprehensive health, dental, vision and 401K plans
Member of a strong community network in both the local San Diego tech scene and
the international Samvera community
Notch8 was started in 2007 with the intent of creating a healthy work
environment, focused on quality products and building good relationships, both
internally and externally. Today, Notch8 is proud of our reputation for
leadership in the local tech community, as well as the Ruby and Samvera
communities. We believe in a virtuous cycle of happy: happy engineers build
great software; great software makes happy clients. We also believe all team
members have the right to:
Strong community involvement
Trust, respect, and autonomy
Great work-life balance
Notch8 is committed to maintaining a diverse work environment, which benefits
our company and our clients. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer
and consider applications without regard to race, color, religion, national
origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, family
status, age, or veteran status.
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