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LOCATION: Remote within the US or Oakland, CA

Daily Kos is the nation’s largest liberal online political community, news organization, and activism hub. Powered by millions of dedicated activists, we’re transforming media and organizing by empowering regular Americans to reshape politics.

We are seeking a Senior Web Developer who will deliver new features in the Content Applications (publishing, authoring, commenting, image library) team on a large Rails application. This person will support the Application Architect of the Content Applications team with mentoring and technical input specific to the Rails stack.

Daily Kos is a great place to work– your code will be used by hundreds of thousands of people a day who care deeply about progressive politics and are working to effect real political change. We provide an extensive feature set that extends from blogging to activism and beyond. If you want a job that offers more than just a technical challenge, we’d love to hear from you. Our organization’s commitment to personal growth reduces churn and encourages a rewarding long-term position. We have an energized team filled with great people with different backgrounds.

QUALIFICATIONS:

We are seeking an independent, self-aware, remote-work experienced technical leader who:

• has strong and recent development experience in a large Ruby/Rails application codebase with an emphasis on delivering to production in their recent roles;

• has experience mentoring less experienced application developers through pairing, discussions, etc.;

• has production experience maintaining a production Rails “majestic” monolith into a service-oriented design;

• has strong Javascript development experience and ecosystem understanding (production experience with application frameworks utilizing virtual DOM and dataflow techniques for building responsive web user interfaces such as React, Redux, Angular, Vue.js);

• has experience being on-call for a production Rails application they contribute code to where the responsibility of on-call is shared across the team;

• has an interest or curiosity about in what is beyond delivering CRUD applications and why we might move that way;

• can clearly articulate their position on TDD/BDD/testing, etc.

• has experience integrating with third party APIs in Ruby;

• has an interest in learning new things

SALARY RANGE:
$130,000 - $140,000

BENEFITS:

This position is a 40 hour/week, full-time exempt position and supervised by the Sr. Applications Architect. Candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States. The position offers a flexible work environment, the ability to work remotely or from home, competitive salary, excellent benefits including: full medical, dental and vision benefits, optional 401K with a company match, professional development stipend, a generous vacation package, as well as employer-paid maternity/family leave. Our organizational commitment to personal growth and work-life balance reduces churn and encourages a very rewarding long term position.

At Daily Kos, we believe that the diversity of ideas, experiences, and cultures that our employees contribute to our organization help us be more effective activists, and we are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We have a team of amazing people with different backgrounds and talents that are energized by the day’s news events, and people united by common cause. We’re a company that loves learning and supports growth and training for all our employees.

Women, people of color, and LGBTQIA individuals strongly encouraged to apply.

The modern world runs on the Internet, and the Internet cannot exist without its underlying infrastructure. Meraki makes setting up, managing, and maintaining that infrastructure easier than it has ever been before. Meraki enables connectivity everywhere from neighborhood cafes to renowned universities to global hospitality groups operating thousands of sites.

As a Front End Engineer at Meraki, you will help design and build the UI for Meraki's Dashboard - the window to the entire Meraki experience. From Dashboard, our customers can control their entire Meraki stack: access points, switches, firewalls, client devices, cameras, and more. You will work across the stack with other developers, UX designers, and product management to build and improve the Dashboard web application. Meraki engineers put the customer experience first, own projects from beginning to end, and are empowered to make impactful decisions.

Meraki believes that the quality of our product is dependent on the quality of our engineers. We place a high value on nurturing the growth and development of everyone on our team. We foster an open and supportive workplace where everybody is given the opportunity to succeed.

EXAMPLE* PROJECTS OF A FRONT END WEB *DEVELOPER:

• Craft data visualizations to intuitively display the performance of different networks and applications

• Collaborate with UX designers and analyze user feedback to identify frictional workflows, then build tools to streamline those processes

• Improve performance and efficiency of our front end, allowing us to handle increasingly large datasets with minimal delay

• Build internal frameworks and refine front end infrastructure to augment developer productivity

YOU* ARE AN OUTSTANDING APPLICANT *IF:

• You have 2+ years of experience writing professional production code

• You have built rich and dynamic web applications with front-end frameworks such as React, Redux, Ember, or Angular

• You are familiar with programming languages and web frameworks like Ruby (Rails, EventMachine), Python (Django, Flask), or Node.js (Express)

• You expertly work beyond the boundary of frontend code to build the best product

• You flourish within a small engineering team and are excited to tackle open-ended problems

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Squarespace is seeking talented JavaScript engineers with strong design sensibilities and a desire to create interfaces that are a pleasure to use.

The Frontend team at Squarespace is responsible for building one of the most advanced interfaces on the web. With it, our customers are able to easily create beautiful interactive websites and stores. If you are a Frontend Engineer who strives to push the envelope with what is possible in a web browser, we want to hear from you! This role will report to the Product Engineering Team Lead in our New York City headquarters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and build new features into the Squarespace interface

• Take a lead role with other engineers and designers to deliver strong customer-focused experiences

• Keep our product up to date with the latest frontend technologies such as React and ES2015+

• Practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing beautiful, pragmatic code)

• Actively contribute to team and company standards

• Mentor junior team members

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong JavaScript development skills, understanding of new ES6 concepts, and proficiency in React, Angular, or other modern JS frameworks

• Extensive experience developing large-scale application software

• Have full knowledge of the DOM, new HTML5 constructs, and CSS3

• Have experience with Single Page Application development

• Keep up to date with the newest technologies

• Develop features and create fulfilling user experiences

• A strong understanding of, and practical experience with, web application development

• A sincere commitment to crafting readable and reliable code

• 5+ years of industry experience

Summary:

This is an excellent opportunity to join a top-notch team of software engineers and data scientists to develop web-based solutions. You will work closely with scientists, software engineers, and subject matter experts, using modern web and mobile frameworks, to develop cutting edge visualizations and interactions for different domains. Your engineering input on design concepts in terms of feasibility, ideal technology, optimization, and other implementation level details is a crucial responsibility for this position.

We are looking for an outstanding candidate with hands-on experience developing responsive front-side applications with JavaScript and relevant frameworks, and scalable back-end web services. You should possess expertise in HTML and CSS, experience with RESTful services, and exposure to Agile/Scrum development methodologies is a big plus. The candidate will help design and implement user-centered applications, working closely with our customers, users, and team of software engineers and scientists.

Requirements:

These skills are intended to be representative of the types of frameworks and libraries that could be used for this work. Having expertise in one or more per category is required but expertise in all is not. Your understanding of which is applicable to a given project is crucial.

• Front-End Tech: React + Redux, React Native, Angular, AngularJS, modern Javascript (es6, require, etc.), HTML5, CSS3

• Testing: Jasmine, Mocha, Jest, TapeJS, Protractor.

• Dev Workflow: Webpack, grunt, gulp.

• API/ data services: GraphQL, REST, Swagger, ActiveMQ, STOMP, WebSockets

• Back-End Tech: NodeJS, Python

• Databases: PostGres, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, MySQL, MS SQL Server

• Web Mapping APIs: GeoJson, Mapbox, ArcGIS, OpenLayers, Leaflet.

• Cloud/Virtualization: Docker, AWS EC2, VirtualBox, VM Ware

• OS: Comfortable on OSX, Linux , Windows

• Version Control: Git

**Desired, but not required **

• jQuery, Backbone.js, Ember.js

• Ruby, Rails, Java, Scala, Play framework

• Google Maps, Bing Maps

• Mobile development on Android, iOS

• Electron (native webapps)

• SailsJS, Django, KeystoneJS

• Experience with Agile/Scrum in a multi-person team environment

• Familiarity with web development security concerns and best practices

Additional requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience

• Must have 7+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with exposure to the full software development lifecycle

• Willingness to travel to support customer- and training-related events

Benefits:

Charles River Analytics offers competitive compensation plus bonus and profit-sharing, with an attractive benefits package including: 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance, as well as vision, life and disability insurance, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition reimbursement, monthly gym allowance, free parking, generous paid time off, and a casual environment. We are also accessible by public transportation.