Hire junior Ruby on Rails developers in United States

My holistic view on technology paired with my skills in programming and server administration make me a key partner. I am passionate about building great things and am ready to help business grow abundantly!

After spending approximately a decade practicing electrical design, installation & repair initially in the aviation sector and then in the marine sector, I decided to learn something new. The software environment is ever evolving while the electrical installation field is quite repetitive. Flatiron gave me the chance to enter a new world full of tools and techs that are endlessly interesting. For example, I recently adapted active storage into my rails application that is saved to the postgreSQL database instead of hosted on a cloud service. The use of blobs encouraged me to learn about the JavaScript Blob() and File() constructors that I was previously unaware of. That is what is continuing to draw me into development on a daily basis. I am passionate about learning to code, helping others to code and building useful applications that people can use to improve their jobs or lives. I have a vast amount of experience in troubleshooting and fault-finding. It has served me well during my time at Flatiron. Without that experience, I imagine that every error I had to work through would have taken exponentially more time. While electrical and software engineering are different fields, fault-finding is always about tracing the correct progression of events in a system and determining the point at which the progression stops. My personal preference is that debugging in software is more fun than building applications. Problem solving is a practical knowledge that comes from experience and I enjoy practicing it.

As a back-end software developer, my five years of experience in brokerage services and four years in hospitality have equipped me with valuable collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills. I have honed my ability to work in a team, effectively communicate complex ideas, and solve problems creatively. Leveraging these skills, I am committed to delivering high-quality, efficient software solutions that meet clients' needs. Let's connect and see how I can help you achieve your software development goals.

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👋🏼🤠 Hi, I'm Cameron. I'm a junior developer who recently got into Ruby on Rails. Aside from Ruby, my background is predominantly in frontend JavaScript. I love creating beautiful user experiences that can be remembered. I work really hard to learn and grow in all aspects, not just as a developer! While I spend (probably) unhealthy amounts of time passionately coding, I do love making and mixing electronic music. Additionally, you'll often find me throwing away money on my 1985 BMW E30. Just like software development, I always seem to be running into problems to fix on my car. I may not be at a senior dev level yet, but I'm a work in progress developer, for as long as it takes! My motto is "never stop learning."

I'm a Software Engineer based in New Jersey. Rails is my specialty, but I'm a generalist with multiple years of exposure to both the Ruby and JavaScript universes. I know how to build Ruby applications without Rails as well, having worked with Sinatra. I also have a good relationship with RSpec. I've taken a long and winding road to my career as a developer. I've worked in Higher Education, Civil Service, and Nonprofit, always in technology-adjacent roles, but I wasn't ready to commit to a software engineering career until I found a reason to settle down. So I spent a handful of years studying, learning and coding, and now I'm an early career Rails developer with a thorough grounding in algorithms and system design. I'm the creator of TextSomebody, an application that allows users to initiate a text-message conversation with any SMS-enabled device, and to share the contents of that conversation through a unique URL. It makes use of websockets for real-time page updates, and integrates with Twilio's Programmable SMS API. Before deciding to focus on Rails, I co-created Able, an A/B testing framework for Jamstack applications that uses Cloudflare's edge computing platform to serve different variants of static assets from the CDN on a per-request basis. Like I said, I'm devoted to the Rails framework. However, I'm not just a Rails programmer. I'm a Ruby programmer who's also fluent in JavaScript, with experience in frontend technologies like React and HTML/CSS as well. In summary, I'm a dedicated, hungry nerd with an abundance of curiosity and creativity. If you run Rails and you're looking for teammates, we should definitely talk!

The TLDR: I understand that the most important part of any project is getting it in front of users. I am a full-stack developer that can leverage my skill set to get your idea from in your head to on the web. Some more details: I work full time as a full-stack developer for a well known media company. I can bring that focus on a strong user story, with emphasis on code quality and stability to your project. My daily drivers are Next.js (React), and Ruby on Rails but I would love to work with Ruby off of Rails, and I have experience with Roda and hosting Rack applications.

I originally graduated from a coding bootcamp . Since then, I’ve greatly added to my skills with extensive research and practice. In addition I've made open source contributions to both the Ruby for Good "Human Essentials” and “Casa” applications. I'm fascinated with the process of writing software that is maintainable and user friendly. I'm highly motivated, focused and determined to learn new skills and I believe that I would be a valuable asset to any web development team.

Having worked in careers that are people-facing, my communication skills are impeccable. I was in church ministry for 10 years, social work for 5, and I've been teaching junior high for the past 2 years while learning modern web development. My first website was built with HTML for Dummies, hosted on Geocities, and taken down by Fox in 2000. It was a Simpson's Sounds page (.wav files). Since then I've always been the guy in the office to help a co-worker with a page builder website, wordpress, squarespace, wix, etc. Over the past 2 years I've been devouring learning. I excel with frontend and truly putting my design skills form my art minor to use after all these years. I love the rails way, though i'm still growing in my skills. I would love to join a team (as a junior) that puts a lot of emphasis on growing the next wave of developers. I'm a good student, humble enough to know that there's so much I don't know, and I use the oxford comma still.

I'm a motivated self taught rails developer. I was a CS major back in the 90's before google and stack overflow were available. I didn't have the self confidence or tenacity to make it through DSA at that time. I've been looking to make a real change in my life from my prior work. I started a business and in the course of that looked into building a website. I came across The Odin Project (TOP) and was hooked pretty much instantly. I've been a pretty tenacious user of google in my hobbies and jobs, so that really helped with this learning experience. I have the belief that if the information exists, I can find it. And it almost always exists. If not, then I'll go through the docs until I can figure it out myself. To supplement TOP, I did 4 Udemy courses totaling around 170 hours of video. That learning was then solidified by completing the original projects as part of TOP. While I may lack professional developer experience, I make up for it by being articulate, fun, creative and easy to work with. I have a diverse background of sales, customer service, and being a team leader for an environmental company. Software may be the product, but working with people is how it gets made.