Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Local Matters - UI Engineer

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4772

UI Engineer (Denver)
Posted by: "Jon Burquest" milehighheadhunter@yahoo.com
Date: Wed Oct 1, 2008 3:17 pm ((PDT))






It’s 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.