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Company Overview
We are a stealth mode venture backed startup building a consumer-oriented information-centric service. Our current team consists of industry vets and rock stars from the database, search, and online worlds. We’ve done this before but we don’t have all the answers – that’s why we need you!

Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Web Developer for our front end UI development team. The successful candidate will help design, develop, and support our application front-end. This is a new company attacking an old idea in a completely new way. On your first day you’ll be issued a machete, a compass and a water bottle so you can hack your way through the jungle (oh yeah you’ll probably get a computer too). If you don’t like bushwhacking, we’re the wrong company for you.

You should be well versed in modern web implementation techniques and be pathologically interested in producing a high quality web application that’s aesthetically pleasing and wicked fast. You will have the opportunity to shape a completely novel user experience from day one.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design & implement a novel and compelling user experience leveraging our IP
• Drive key design decisions with respect to front-end architecture and technology stack

• Take a leadership position on software engineering infrastructure – we will look to you to help drive key decisions around software tools, process, and practices

Qualifications

• 5+ years public-facing website construction
• Deeply versed in web infrastructure & W3C standards (HTML, CSS, Web Scripting languages)
• Knowledge of XML & Semantic Web technologies (XSLT, XPATH, XQUERY, RDF, OWL)
• Experience building horizontally scalable multi-tiered web applications, preferably in Java
• Experience in designing for and testing under large data volumes and stress conditions desirable
• Experience in the use of agile processes and test driven development a plus

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical degree

Other Skills

• Excellent People Skills – Demonstrated ability to work with both technical and non-technical individuals without pissing them off. We want to make some money, but after all this should be fun!
• Effective in a team environment as well as working independently (remember that compass? You’re gonna need it).

• We’re looking for evidence that you’re self-motivated, innovative, communicative, hardworking, and personally reliable – if you commit to something, you deliver it.