Archive: Full-time Ruby on Rails Contract Dev

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Posted: 5 years ago
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Description
OpenStax is seeking an experienced Ruby on Rails backend contract developer to help build its research-focused open education software. Remote applications from US time zones accepted.

Required Skills / Experience

* Expertise in Ruby on Rails
* Use of AWS technologies
* 5+ years software development
* Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical staff
* API development and use
* Experience with testing frameworks at different levels
* Familiarity with Github and modern project management workflows
* Bachelor’s degree

Desired Skills / Experience

* Experience with Python
* Experience with Javascript web frontends
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, or related

What You’ll Be Doing

* Working in a small team (~7 folks) using a Kanban workflow
* Contributing to technical briefs and prototypes
* Coding, testing, fixing, and deploying production applications (search and data analytics to start)

Job Details

* Full-time contract work
* Anticipated duration of 3-6 months (possibly longer)
* This is a remote position, though being local to Houston is a strong bonus
* Must be in a continental US time zone

About OpenStax

OpenStax (part of Rice University) is a non-profit textbook publisher, learning software producer, and platform for learning research. Our mission is to provide every student with free or low-cost access to high-quality learning materials and tools that help them succeed in their education and career. We have created a library of 29 free and openly licensed college textbooks that have served 6.2 million students, resulting in $576 million dollars in savings. We have created software to help college students in three of those subjects read with more engagement and practice more effectively, incorporating our research team’s expertise in cognitive science and machine learning.

We are embarking on an ambitious and exciting strategic initiative to create a unified OpenStax experience for the faculty and students that use our textbooks and learning tools. We are creating a compelling student experience for our entire library that generates meaningful data that we can use to improve student performance and learning. This new platform will also serve as the hub for learning research, where we can discover what learning strategies best serve students given their individual differences (personalization) and then turn those discoveries into practical benefits for students.
Working conditions:
3-6 months
30+ Hours/wk
Rate: not specified
Skills:
api development,ruby on rails,back end development
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