Ruby-on-Rails Developer - freelance opportunity
Bard Graduate Center
New York City

Bard Graduate Center is building a
dynamic library catalog to support the rigorous scholarship
undertaken by our students, faculty and staff. Using a
customized installation of Blacklight, an open source software that runs on
Ruby-on-Rails and is fed by Solr and EBSCO Discovery Services, this discovery
tool will integrate the holdings of our library's book collection with the
holdings from various electronic database and periodical subscriptions through
one interface. We are seeking a highly organized developer to perform
occasional maintenance, upgrades, and new development.

  
Work will fall into two categories:

  
Maintenance of existing system: help troubleshoot front- and back-end issues;
proactively implement improvements to current functionality and design.

  
New development: With additional data sources and major enhancements planned
for 2016, we are looking for a collaborator to help
evaluate the existing system and make recommendations for improvement.

  
Required Qualifications:

  * Expert-level Ruby on Rails development experience
  * Intermediate/Advanced-level Apache Solr configuration and administration
  * Intermediate/Advanced-level LAMP stack development and configuration
  * Experience with SVN (or similar) and best practices in code/deployment 
management.
  * Intermediate-level HTML, Javascript, and other front-end technologies
  * Ability to analyze the existing system and accurately estimate the level of 
effort required for new features, workflow changes, and bug fixes.
  * Highly organized, motivated creative individual who finds joy in clean code.
  * Excellent communication skills. You are someone who reaches out proactively 
to help problem-solve the issues that inevitably arise when working with a 
customized system.
  
Preferred Qualifications:

  * Experience working with Blacklight.
  * Familiarity with EBSCO Discovery Services
  * Experience working with library systems or higher education institutions
  
Bard Graduate Center offers MA and PhD programs in the study of the cultural
history of the material world and is committed to the encyclopedic study of
things, drawing on methodologies and approaches from art and design history,
history of technology, philosophy, anthropology, and archaeology. Founded in
1993, the Bard Graduate Center is located on West 86th Street in New York
City.

  
To apply, please email to develo...@bgc.bard.edu :

  * A letter of interest
  * Resume
  * Example of work



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