Software Engineer (Web UI) Shazam
Shazam is the world?s leading mobile discovery application - enabling consumers to experience and share content with others across mobile devices and the Internet. Launched in 2000 as the first mobile-specific service to help people discover new music, Shazam has now expanded beyond its music roots to enable viewers to interact with broadcast media and brands, via its Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising Shazam for TV initiative.
Headquartered in London, UK, with offices in Palo Alto and New York, Shazam?s services enhance the content discovery strategies of: carriers - including AT&T, T-Mobile and Vodafone; broadcasters ? including NBC Universal and Fox Broadcasting Company; and, brands ? including Levi?s Dockers and Old Navy.
Shazam is available across multiple platforms such as iPhone, Android, Symbian, Brew, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Java and can be found in more than 200 countries in over 30 languages.
Role Specific
Is JavaScript your programming language of choice? Do you dig open source, HTML5, the mobile web, the newest APIs and love nothing more than building high quality, cool stuff? And above all do you fancy the usage of all the above technologies with the primary goal being the creation of beautiful user focused experiences that truly delight your users? Then we need YOU! If you want the opportunity to work with a small team of truly passionate and talented developers then you need us too!
Responsibilities & Deliverables
Produce beautiful code primed for the web and mobile web while bridging the gap between the TV and mobile UX
Communicate effectively with the rest of the business and 3rd parties
Keep coming up with cool new ideas, not just be a code monkey
Be proactive in keeping your skills fresh
Play pool, foosball or Street Fighter
Qualifications & Experiences
We use a variety of technologies including but not limited to Javascript, JSP, PHP, Node.js, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress. We don't expect you to know them all, but at least knowing what they are and have a desire to learn is a good start. You should also have a good idea of what automated testing means and how to apply it to UI, be able to apply yourself to solving problems and know what makes for good looking cross-domain code.
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Palo Alto, CA
United States
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