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Front-end Engineer Goodreads
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You will code and build front-end features and applications that have a clear user-interface, scale for millions of users, and have clean and easy to maintain code.You will see your ingenuity and work appreciated by millions on Goodreads.
We are the 10th largest social networking site and experiencing tremendous growth.
Responsibilities:
Work closely with our designers and development team to make Goodreads beautiful, easy to use, and fun.
Increase useability, drive user engagement, build new features
Code innovative and cutting edge web features and applications
Contribute to design and development of new cross platform features
Implement designs (html / css/ js / backbone.js / ruby on rails / jquery)
Keep up to date with latest javascript and css libraries, trends (jquery) and stay current with latest browser features (html5)
Requirements:
Expertise in Javascript / HTML / CSS
Proficiency with MVC frameworks
Familiarity with Ruby on Rails -or- Python, PHP or Java with desire to learn RoR
Experience developing front-end applications for a medium to large scale site
Mastery of cross browser compatibility
Knowledge of Web standards
Authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
We Prefer People Who are Passionate About:
Reading
Thinking creatively
Building your own website, start-up, mobile app - we love entrepreneurs!
Our Environment:
Supportive, friendly and fun
See your work used by millions
Fast paced release cycle
Apply open source, cutting edge technology with continual learning opportunities
Work with bright, talented colleagues
Great location: Downtown San Francisco (Near Market and 1st Streets and near BART)
About Goodreads:
Successful start-up with a team of 30
We are the 10th largest social networking site
We are the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations
We have 11 million members who have added more than 380 million books to their shelves
Our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Along the way, we plan to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world
You can submit the following additional information now or later in our interview process:
A code sample
Paragraph or two about why you want to work for Goodreads
| Location: | San Francisco, CA United States |
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THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED
Goodreads
All Jobs: at Goodreads| Web Site: | www.goodreads.com |
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| Headquarters: | 49 Stevenson San Francisco, CA 94105 United States |
| Employees: | 41-100 |
| 2007 | |
| Industry: | Consumer Products and Services |
| Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads is where readers find and share books they love. The site has 16 million members who have added more than 530 million books to their shelves and written more than 23 million reviews. Loved by avid and casual readers alike, Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read. Goodreads is also a place where more than 68,000 authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of (AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. |
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