As a junior web engineer, you’ll join our growing engineering team in shipping software to deliver an excellent experience to our nearly 27+ million monthly readers on Apartment Therapy and The Kitchn.
This role requires a strong grasp of the fundamentals of building web applications both on the client side (HTML, CSS & javascript) and the server side. You should have experience with one or more back-end frameworks (ideally Rails) and languages (ideally Ruby); and experience building non-trivial javascript clients using recent frameworks (e.g., Angular, Backbone, Ember). Our ideal candidate has at least a year of experience shipping production code. You may read more about our technical stack here.
Our team (and much of the company) works remotely. We all wear many hats and maintain a collaborative and supportive environment. You may work remotely or in our New York City office, however you must be able to work effectively with a remote team and coworkers. Excellent communication skills and self-direction are critical for success.
Additional ‘nice to haves’:
Experience working with a distributed team
Experience shipping code in a high traffic environment
Experience in small team (startup/lean/agile) environments
Interest in home design, cooking and other lifestyle areas our publications cover
To apply, email Vanessa Warlow. In addition to your cover letter, résumé and links to relevant additional work to consider (including portfolios, blog, twitter account, GitHub profile, etc), please include:
your code editor of choice
a technology/skill or language that is on your list to learn more about
a link to a post from one of our sites you find compelling, stating briefly why
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Candidates must be located and legally able to work in the http://www.us.no recruiters or agencies.
