Location: Anywhere, US
URL: http://www.kickstartr.com
A little about us
Kickstartr.com is a small team of three founders, with a network of amazing talent. We’re angel-funded, passionate, creative, and so ready to launch it hurts. We’re technologists, musicians, writers, and three guys.
We have great seed investors in our market (people you’ll recognize from comedy, entertainment, and music). Since we’re still a small team, your insights & opinions will help shape the direction of the company.
A bit about what we’re building
We’re creating a new way for people to raise money for their creative ideas through storytelling! And guess what! We need smart, creative, and energetic people who crave technology to help us build it!
A little about you (or who we’re looking for)
We’re looking for smart developers who are truly excited about the web and new technologies, who code for the excitement of building something useful and fun, and who love to collaborate in teams! You should be comfortable working remotely, as we’re all remote ourselves. A self starter who can take responsibility and run with it. A curious individual who loves the accomplishment of solving tough problems.
Where should you be?
Our core team is based in New York and Chicago, but location is not critical, as we’re comfortable with remote work.
All this and:
- 5 – 7 years experience as a web software engineer
- Familiar or direct experience with using open source tools for development
- Have a working knowledge of Ruby on Rails, PHP, Python or an equivalent language / framework
- Have a nearly unhealthy attention to detail.
- Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to an existing team.
- You can solve problems, generate ideas and develop innovative concepts within a small team
- Have a strong appreciation for developing a product that provides a great user experience
- "Can’t be done" is not in your vocabulary
- An innate curiosity about technology and it’s usefulness, get excited by new APIs, and have a passion for the web
- Experience with using Open Source code, and giving back to the Open Source community
Required:
- RoR, PHP, Python, XML, and any other sexy acronym you can think of
- Data Modeling
- SQL
- Web Services, API
- Javascript, AJAX, HTML & CSS
- Ability to write standards-compliant code that works across browsers
Nice to have:
- Familiarity with Amazon’s FPS, EC2, and S3
- ActionScript
- Google Analytics
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Creating a new type of application that will launch to a global audience
- Writing code
- Testing, testing, and doing some more testing
- Collaborating with the team on design, development & user experience
- Ensuring scale is considered as development evolves
- Learning and utilizing external APIs
- Leading integration with various Amazon Web Services (FPS, S3, EC2, etc)
To apply: workin@kickstartr.com