Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Job opening - Senior Front End Developer (Javascript) at Livefyre (San Francisco, CA)


Who are We and What do we do?



Livefyre is real-time conversation platform for publishers and bloggers. It creates a live social network right on publisher content, and connects it to other social platforms like Twitter. The team is a tight-knit group of smart people who care about our customers and creating innovative products. And we care about Waffle Wednesdays. And Falafel Fridays. And Giants games. And poker nights. And retreats at mansions in Half Moon Bay. And trips to Alcatraz. And shooting people who are late to status meetings with nerf missiles. And… well, you get the idea.


Who are you?


Livefyre is looking for a Sr. Front End Developer to bring our real-time conversation platform to the next level of amazing. We are working with big data, thousands of customers, exponential traffic growth, a! nd are rapidly on our way to billions of monthly page views. This is an incredible opportunity for you to join a growing team solving extremely challenging engineering issues. You will be a key leader in front-end and JavaScript development across our features/platform. You will be a stakeholder in planning, scheduling, and implementing Livefyre front-end requirements and projects.

Key Qualities



    Leadership: Work hard and lead by example within a brilliant team that only knows how to work at 150%
    Innovation: Bring design, process, and architecture ideas to the table that challenge the status quo while supporting business goals
    Anticipation vs. Reaction: Think about what lies ahead and plan accordingly
    Automate the World: Elimination of manual processes is key. If you have done it more than twice, it should be automated
    Agile Junkie: You know it, you’ve done it, you love it



Key Skills


    Event and OO JavaScript, AJAX, CSS3, HTML4/5
    Design to production - all in a days work
    The ability to bend existing web technologies to your will
    JQuery is great, but you don’t need it
    Understands UX and design principles
    Ability to debug any cross-browser/cross-domain issues
    Leadership and mentorship
    Frameworks: You can build your own and hack the internals of others'
    Strong grasp of CS fundamentals and design patterns
    Strong familiarity with Git or similar SCM
    Troubleshooting (especially under fire)
    Loves writing documentation
    Speaks and writes English fluently
    Sense of urgency and thrives in an incredibly fast-paced environment


We actively use everything mentioned under "Key Skills." Depending upon previous roles, similar skills/technologies may be equally acceptable.

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