- Website: http://www.howcast.com/
- Contact: colleen@howcast.com
- How to Apply: colleen@howcast.com
Are you looking to shape the future of an exciting startup that has massive growth potential? Are you driven to work on products that millions of people will use? If so, this is the perfect job for you.
We are a stealth mode company focusing on developing video content for a highly-specialized vertical. The founding team is comprised of several media and technology executives, including veterans of Google and YouTube. We have built professional studios in downtown Manhattan and producing content each day. Our bright San Francisco-based engineering team, many of whom are Stanford and MIT alums are building our core product, an online social video site that will feature our content.
Working for an early stage company, you will have the opportunity to develop a large scale website from the ground up that we anticipate will provide service to users throughout the world. We are aiming to launch this fall. Your responsibilities will be to help design and develop a highly scalable Ruby on Rails based web site with an initial focus on front-end implementation and user interface implementation.
Responsibilities:
-Design and develop a highly scalable Ruby on Rails website, with an initial focus on front-end implementation
-Write and ship great code that’s maintainable and efficient
-Work with other superstar engineers to deliver a high-quality product on time
Qualifications:
-Strong client-side skills with CSS, JavaScript, HTML, and AJAX are required
-Smart, driven to get things done, take pride in the quality of code that you write
-Motivated self-starter who can accurately set goals and deadlines — this is very important
-Proven experience and track record of web development on sites that consumers use; you know things like AJAX, JavaScript, performance tuning, etc. like the back of your hand
-Must be able to learn new languages and frameworks extremely fast—we use Ruby on Rails (prior experience in Ruby on Rails is a big plus, but any strong developer will be considered)
-Experience with Flash video is a plus, but not a requirement (streaming, encoding, ActionScript)
-Familiarity with programming on mobile devices and operating systems a plus
-Outstanding design skills so you can take specs and requirements and write production-ready code
-Excellent communication skills to work well with other talented engineers
-Excitement to be an early employee at a company with tremendous growth potential; we work hard but have fun doing it
-B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science or related Engineering
Compensation:
-We offer competitive cash compensation and aggressive equity packages; we want you to succeed with the company
Great health-care benefits packages
Tags:
user interface, ajax, html