[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4489
UI Engineers needed in Denver, CO (LoDo)
Posted by: "Patty Tate" ptate@localmatters.com
Date: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:28 am ((PDT))
Look around your typical office. Remove the cubicles. Replace business
suits with jeans and t-shirts. Goodbye dark basement, hello pool table.
That's Local Matters. We don't take ourselves too seriously, and we want
you to really enjoy what you do here. We're building some of the highest
traffic local search sites in the world - across voice, wireless, and
internet channels
At Local Matters, headquartered in a historic LoDo warehouse, we're
building a team full of some of the smartest, nicest, funniest, coolest,
hippest... you get it... people in the tech industry. Our team includes
former Mapquest, Onion, and Yelp personnel.
We strive to create and maintain best-of-breed web applications, using
state-of-the-art technologies at every level. As one of our UI
Engineers, your work will be seen by millions of users per day, all over
the world.
You might be a great addition to our team if you:
* Are the best UI engineer that you know
* Are willing to learn and use bleeding-edge web technologies
* Understand the intricacies and insanities of cross-browser
development
* Want to work in a highly challenging and fun environment
* Would enjoy knocking off work at 3pm on Fridays for happy hour
Our team of 12-15 engineers develops in agile 2 week iterative
development cycles, working closely on multiple projects with other team
members to meet aggressive schedules. 10% of each engineer's time is
spent on research and development, including contribution back to
open-source software projects.
Skill set
* 3+ years with core web technologies (HTML, Javascript/DOM, CSS)
* Some experience with prevalent Javascript toolkits/frameworks
* Experience with mixed-markup languages (JSP/JSTL, PHP, ASP)
* Knowledge of web standards principles and practices
* An eye for design and layout
* Ability to work independently from assignment through completion
* Experience with Agile Methodology
* Ability to work with Product Managers, Designers and Information
Architects
If you think you're a good fit for this position, email your resume and
salary requirements to: ptate@localmatters.com
