Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Local Matters - UI Engineers

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4684

UI Engineers - Denver (LoDo)
Posted by: "Jon Burquest" milehighheadhunter@yahoo.com
Date: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:58 pm ((PDT))

Its not about cubicles, endless meetings and rigid communication protocols. Instead we thrive on a fun, casual atmosphere and the creativity that can only be found in loving what we do.

At Local Matters, headquartered in a historic LoDo warehouse, we’re building a team of the smartest, nicest, funniest, coolest, hippest… you get it… people in the tech industry. Our management team includes former Mapquest, Trip.com, The 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 tight-knit team uses agile in 2-week iterative development cycles, working closely on multiple projects with other team members to meet aggressive schedules. 10% of their time is spent on research and development, including contribution back to open-source software projects.

Qualifications:

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..

Please send resumes to employment@localmatters.com If you include links to a
portfolio or samples of your code it will help quicken the process.

We are not paying for relocation at this time, if you're applying
from outside the Denver Metro, please explain your intentions to move.