We are looking for a Junior Grails developer in Central London ( Zone 1 ). You can be a Java developer looking to learn Grails.
About us:
Secret Escapes is a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment where self-starters have an opportunity to make a huge impact in one of the internet's fastest growing categories. We're a dedicated and passionate team who work hard to make things happen. You won't find us standing on ceremony or worrying about corporate red tape (we're fresh out of that stuff), so you're just as likely to be working directly with one of the founders as you are to be washing your own dishes. If you're ambitious and talented, and want to shape the future of the business but don't mind getting your hands dirty, this could be just the place for you.
Why work with us? Our developers say:
- We're open to exploring and improving the ways in which we build software. We're a team that embraces change and want to work with the best tools, processes and people.
- We continuously rotate our tasks while supporting and learning from each other.
- We are a young multi-cultural team.
- We socialize as a team. From team lunches on Thursdays to GGUG meetings, we have fun.
- We work closely with the business. We sit in the same space with the key stake holders. You get to see the impact of your work right away and get immediate feedback.
- We believe in working with open source, blog furiously and have released many plugins into the Grails ecosystem.
Who are we looking for?
- You are willing to explore new ideas and try out new tools.
- You treat programming like a craft, code cleanly, and want to get better at it each day.
- You appreciate that your code supports a business and care about how it will be used.
- You like the idea of dynamic languages, and want to work with world-class Groovy and Grails developers with lots of experience. This is a role where you can get great mentorship.
- You embrace agile principles like Test and Behaviour-driven-development, Pair-programming and Continous Deployment.
- You believe that great software is built through communication and collaboration.
- You want to be proud describing the types of web applications you are working on.
- You think staying in hotels is fun.
What kind of skills do you need?
Must Haves:
- Good knowledge and understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, and web interface development
- Experience with Grails highly preferred
- SQL (ideally MySQL)
- Awesomeness
Nice to Haves:
- Degree in computer science or similar discipline
- Exposure to web frameworks like Lift, Play, Roo, Ruby On Rails, Django, etc
- Experience with Spring and Hibernate
- Payment Gateway / e-commerce experience
- Experience of working in an agile/SCRUM environment
- Git ( or similar source control )
- Linux scripting/admin useful
- An understanding of scalable web applications (caching, clustering, grid computing, etc)