Sunday, November 30, 2008

Rally Software - Software Engineer, User Education Lead

Software Engineer-Java Web Application Developer (Boulder, CO)
Posted by: "Tracey Cuellar" tcuellar@rallydev.com
Date: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:08 pm ((PST))

*Software Engineer – Java Web Application Developer*
*
*SOFTWARE ENGINEERS/JAVA WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPERS looking for
work/life
balance?
Want to work in a highly creative, collaborative environment where you
can
stand-up and contribute?
Enjoy the beautiful Rocky Mountains every day and 300+ days of sunshine
every year?

*Rally Software Development* (www.rallydev.com) located in Boulder,
Colorado
is a dynamic, growing company that provides software-driven enterprises
with
the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to succeed with Agile
development
practices.

By joining our agile software development team, you will be a part of a
group building a collaborative platform for agile software teams of all
sizes. Enjoy all the benefits of working with the hottest technologies
in
small, highly collaborative teams while we service users in 20+
countries
and 50% of the largest software development firms in the world from a
hosted
platform.

Responsibilities include: Designing, developing and testing a rich
browser
based application.

Ideal candidates will have experience in the following:

· Experience writing rich, browser based GUIs

· Java

· Spring

· Servlet 2.0 Web-App development

· JavaScript (YUI or script.aculo.us a plus)

· AJAX

· O/R Mapping

· SQL and Relational database experience

· A history of successful delivery and career progression in
software development.

· Prior experience building scalable solutions.

· The experience and skills to understand our entire scope of
products and process.

· A track record of collaboratively designing, developing and
testing database driven web applications.

· Mad foosball skills.

Culture: To coordinate four teams, we do pull-based release planning,
lock
our release train and make and meet our publicly, committed releases
six
times per year. Our daily visibility is high with automated tests
coverage,
and immediate code quality reporting. Productive and skilled
object-oriented
developers who can collaborate do well in our environment.

The core values at Rally center on employees understanding their
personal
and professional goals and regularly making and meeting daily,
iteration and
release commitments. You will find Rally makes decisions through a
highly
creative and collaborative process and our employees stand-up and
contribute. As a Boulder company, we strive to maintain a work/life
balance
and give back to the community.

We are recognized as the best product in our category through the Jolt
Product Excellence Award in 2006, 2007 and 2008, received recognition
as one
of the best companies to work for in Colorado in 2006, 2007 and 2008,
and
were named the #1 fastest-growing company in 2007 by the Boulder County
Business Report. We fielded five Boulder Peak Triathlon relay teams and
continually give back 1% of our time to the non-profit community. Rally
has
also set aside 1% of its equity, upon founding, as part of
Entrepreneurs
Foundation of Colorado.

We are looking for those who share our passion and the desire to work
with
the best and brightest. If it sounds like you might thrive in an
environment
like this, please email your resume and cover letter to
jobs@rallydev.com.

Local candidate preferred. No telecommute.

Join our award winning team!

Jolt Award Winner 2006, 2007 & 2008 - Product Excellence

Voted one of the "*Best Tech Company to Work for in Colorado*" 2006,
2007,
2008



****Please NO third parties, external agencies or recruiters.****

--
Tracey Cuellar
Rally Software
720-221-0220
jobs@rallydev.com

________________________________________________________________________
3a. User Education Lead - Software (Boulder, CO)
Posted by: "Tracey Cuellar" tcuellar@rallydev.com
Date: Mon Dec 1, 2008 8:47 am ((PST))

>
> *R**ALLY SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT* (www.rallydev.com) located in
Boulder,
> Colorado is a dynamic, growing company that provides
software-driven
> enterprises with the knowledge, coaching and tooling needed to
succeed with
> Agile development practices.
>
> Due to our success, we are seeking a capable, multi-disciplinary
person
> with experience in User Education, Training, Instructional Design
or
UserExperience who can lead the strategy, production, and maintenance
of written
> and multimedia training content that supports customer success
with
Rally
> products and Agile in general.
>
> Responsibilities include:
> * Have a vision and passion for making sure users understand how
to
use
> Rally and Agile.
> * Responsible for setting the vision and definition for
curriculum,
> architecture and education.
> * Prioritize the backlog for the User Education team and act as
product
> owner.
> * Work with Customer Marketing Director to ensure content is
styled,
> formatted, and designed consistent with the Rally brand.
> * Coordinate production of multimedia content * video,
documentation,
and
> written content, including training, tutorials, and best
practices.
> * Work with subject matter experts in various parts of the
company.
> * Work with coaching staff to package prescriptive activity-based
content
> and make it more accessible to users of Rally products.
> * Define a strategy and system for content management.
> * Responsible for ensuring that user education content is kept
up-to-date
> and relevant for each new release and business initiative.
>
> Qualifications:
> * 3+ years experience in user education, training, instructional
design or
> user experience with a solid background and track record with
successful
> software product role out and user education.
> * A passion for making users successful.
> * Excellent writing skills.
> * An eye for design.
> * Ability to work with both technical producers and subject matter
experts.
>
> * Comfortable reaching across organizational groups to produce
content with
> a matrixed team.
> * Capable of leading the vision and assisting in execution.
Ideally
this is
> someone who could produce either written or multimedia content on
their own,
> when resource constraints demand it.
> * Ability to produce and evaluate content in any medium.
> * Strong prioritization and leadership skills.
> * Bachelor's degree.
>
> Location: Boulder, Colorado
>
> Culture: At Rally, we value teamwork, the ability to meet
commitments,
> skill, and a successful track record. Our company is comprised of
people who
> are passionate about the software industry and the success that
implementing
> Agile Development practices can bring our clients.
>
> We strive for a healthy, productive work/life balance, while
enjoying
the
> opportunity to substantially contribute to the direction and
success
of a
> vibrant software business.
>
> We are looking for those who share our passion and the desire to
work
with
> the best and brightest. If it sounds like you might thrive in an
environment
> like this, please email jobs@rallydev.com.
>
> Please NO third parties, external agencies or recruiters.
> Local candidates only. NO telecommute.
>
> Join our award winning team!
> Jolt Award Winner 2006, 2007 & 2008 - Product Excellence
> Voted one of the *Best Tech Company to Work for in Colorado* 2006,
2007,
> 2008
>
> --
> Tracey Cuellar
> Rally Software
> 720.221.0220
> jobs@rallydev.com