Wednesday, March 12, 2014

gloo - JavaScript Engineer

Gloo is a fully-funded startup in Boulder CO that has exited beta and launched our digital publishing platform. You will be responsible for working in a product development team to make our design concepts come to life using web technologies. As a key member of the team you are responsible for helping our clients engage their audience in ways they have never imagined! Are you ready to put your talent to work?

What you'll be doing
• Designing, developing and maintaining our web client and APIs
• Working independently, pairing with a senior developer or in a small work group to build a product you are proud to put your name on
• Working with the product team to turn our product vision into reality
• Working alongside the mobile development team to make sure the puzzle fits together perfectly
• Applying your best practice experience in test-driven/behavior-driven development to deliver a rock solid product
• Thinking through a tough challenge over a game of table tennis

A bit about you:
• You have at least 5 years of front end web application development experience – primarily JavaScript in the browser utilizing HTML5, CSS3, and responsive methodologies (PHP experience welcome)
• Your projects might include responsive web applications, content management systems, mobile web apps, e-commerce sites and learning management systems
• You have a passion for delivering high performing, well-written web applications that are easy to maintain and are well documented
• You have worked in an early-stage company so you know what it means to shift priorities and wear a bunch of hats
• Open Source tools are your preferred sandbox
• You are excited AND pragmatic about using new technologies for solving business problems
• You are an organized professional capable of managing your time, tasks and activities without daily guidance
• You have a talent for making sense out of obscurity and immediately begin executing concepts in your mind the moment someone has an idea
• Building strong and long-standing relationships is an important part of your being

Other Cool stuff you’ve dabbled in:
• Inheritance and object-oriented functionality
• Backbone, AngularJS, EmberJS or some other form of front-end data-binding
• SDK authoring
• Node.js

Anti-Requirements
• A need for structure and repetition in every work day
• Using the words, “it can’t be done” in a sentence
• Believing, “that’s not my job”

And what you'll enjoy
• Compensation commensurate with Experience
• Medical with HSA contribution
• The opportunity to work with a team of smart, committed and passionate engineers
• A startup vibe without the startup hours