Front End Developer with Strong User Experience Design

Do you have a passion for building innovative web applications that will be used by hundreds of thousands of developers? Aptana (www.aptana.com) is updating and expanding its suite of online services and is seeking savvy, full-time engineer to develop the Web user interfaces for a suite of new product and service offerings. We need you to help build out online services that support the needs of developers creating, debugging, testing, and deploying web applications.

Responsibilities

  • Write front-end code in Ruby, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript
  • Work closely with product management to design and implement key front end interfaces
  • Help to design and evolve REST based APIs
  • Assist in driving requirements for distributed data and management services
  • Be part of an agile team and create a culture that attracts the best of the best

Qualifications

  • Experience shipping world-class web applications
  • Passion for Javascript/HTML/CSS/Ajax development
  • Strong Ruby development background with at least a year of experience working with Rails
  • Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
  • Strong user experience design
  • Good understanding of Internet protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP

Preferred

  • Strong visual-design skills
  • Java development experience
  • Computer Science degree
  • Comfortable working from the command line
  • Experience with Cloud web services like EC2, S3, SQS

Location

This is a full-time position at Aptana's headquarters in San Mateo, CA.

Aptana, Inc. is conveniently located right at the Highway 101 and Highway 92 interchange.

We are about a 10 minute bike ride from the Hillsdale CalTrain station.

Compensation & Benefits

Aptana believes in competitive compensation and benefits that matches our expectations of your quality talents, strong motivation to do great work, and ability to bring out the best in your peers.

Email resume and images or URLs of your best user interface work to: jobs@aptana.com