Developer

Blinds.com, based in Houston, Texas, is the largest online seller of blinds.

We are looking for a Developer with strong server side skills to build our next generation of highly interactive marketing applications using the latest cutting-edge technologies. If you have proven skills developing ASP.NET MVC solutions and a passion for delivering well written and well tested code, we want to hear from you.

* Participate in daily stand-up, bi-weekly iteration planning and other as-needed face-to-face, audio- and/or video-teleconferencing sessions. * Participate in architecture discussions, design decisions and provide input in to all aspects of the system. * Write clean code with good nomenclature, sensible tests and comments when necessary. * Write unit tests, integration tests, and acceptance tests. * Implement new features, troubleshoot and fix bugs in C#. * Become more cross-functional over time so that you can assist in other areas where needed: client-side development (HTML, JavaScript, Knockout, CSS), QA testing etc. **Scope of Activities:** * Develop new, leading edge eCommerce websites * Agile programming on a team of the best in Houston, TX

* A good fit with the team dynamic. We need someone the team can trust, rely on, hang out with, bounce ideas off of, and generally interact with in a positive way both personally and professionally. * Must be smart, easy to work with and gets things done. * Super talented, in a general way. On any given day, you may be adding a new feature to the system, tracking down a bug, changing some server side code, mining some data or pitching in on testing. * Specifically talented in a programming way. You can instantly visualize solutions to problems big or small. If you’re this sort of person, you’ll know what I mean. If not then this position may not be for you. * Know the why, not just the how. We know it works, but why does it work? Why did you choose this way? * 3-5 years of industry experience **Skills:** * Strong web server side development skills using C# and ASP.NET MVC * Experience using ORM technology (NHibernate, Entity Framework) to map against a relational store (SQL Server) * Strong source code repository knowledge as well as branching strategies, nice to know Git. **Other nice to have skills:** * Agile(Scrum, XP) * HTML5, CSS3 * Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development * JavaScript/jQuery * Document Database (RavenDB, Mongo, Couch, etc.) * JavaScript MVVM frameworks such as Knockout or Angular * NServiceBus