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Senior Front-end Engineer Goodreads
This is your opportunity to apply your senior level skills in new product and feature development.We are seeking a talented front-end engineer who loves to code and has an eye for design.
You will see your ingenuity and work appreciated by millions on Goodreads. Goodreads is the 10th largest social networking site and we are experiencing tremendous growth. We are the world?s largest site for readers and book recommendations.
Responsibilities:
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
Increase useability, drive user engagement
Implement designs (html / css/ js / backbone.js / ruby on rails / jquery)
Keep up to date with latest javascript and css libraries, trends (jquery) and browser features (html5)
Requirements:
Expertise in Javascript
HTML and CSS
MVC frameworks
Familiarity with Ruby on Rails -or- Python, PHP or Java with desire to learn RoR
Cross browser compatibility
Web standards
Authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
We Prefer People Who are Passionate About:
Reading
Building social networks and great product
Optimizing user experience
Thinking creatively
Our Environment:
Supportive, friendly and fun
See your work appreciated by millions
Agile, 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 and near BART
About Goodreads:
Team of 27+
10th largest social networking site and growing fast
World's largest site for readers and book recommendations
10 million members who have rated and added more than 350 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
| Location: | 953 Fourth Street Santa Monica, CA 90403 United States |
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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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