Quartz (http://qz.com), a recently launched global business news site from Atlantic Media, is seeking two experienced Web Application Developers. You will collaborate with members of the engineering, editorial and advertising teams on a news site unlike any other – one that places emphasis on the reading experience, seamless interaction, and values content over traditional business needs.
Developers at Quartz may be called upon to work on any part of the site, rather than adhering to the usual labels of "front-end" and "back-end". You should be comfortable adding a module to our Backbone.js application, building a custom WordPress plugin, or writing a hardware-accelerated CSS transition. Most of all, you should love creating things and take great personal pride in building beautiful, functional, and highly performant interfaces for external and internal users.
This is an exciting opportunity to help redefine the news reading experience, and you will work on a large number of fun and challenging problems as the site and team grow.
This is a full-time position based in our new Union Square office in NYC.
Core technical skills and experience:
- Javascript application engineering, preferably Backbone but another MV* framework like Angular is sufficient
- WordPress theme and plugin development
- "Traditional" front-end work, i.e. HTML/CSS and presentation-layer Javascript/jQuery
- Git(hub), with experience managing multiple repositories
- Cross-browser and multi-platform experience, from IE 7 to iOS 7
- Experience with client-side performance tools, e.g. Chrome Timeline panel, profiler etc
- Prolific writer of documentation
Core personal skills:
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, strong organizational skills, with a methodical approach to all tasks
- Able to succeed in a fast-moving high-demand environment and willing to “roll up your sleeves” when necessary
- Solid background in the fundamentals of software development
- Deep understanding of best practices in mobile, tablet, and desktop user experience
- Adaptable and willing to approach tasks with velocity and a high metabolism
Bonus points:
- Experience with ad servers and other ad-related technologies
- Previous employment at early-stage companies, preferably digital media startups
- Linux and/or Apache chops
- Experience writing automated unit tests in Javascript or PHP
- Already approved as a WordPress.com VIP developer
Please provide code samples – ideally in public Github repositories – and links to sites or projects where you've had a significant development role.
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