{"job": {"created_at":"2012-01-26T22:24:24-08:00","title":"Jupiter JavaScript Consulting: JavaScript Jedi Master","guid":"http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/10432","country":null,"code":null,"updated_at":"2012-01-26T22:24:24-08:00","id":41547,"admin1":null,"original_url":"http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/10432","content":"<img src=\"http://asset0.37img.com/jobs_s3/logos/0000/7378/logo.gif/resized_logo.png?r=3\" alt=\"Resized_logo\" />\n\n<p>\n  <strong>Location:</strong> Chicago, IL\n    <br /><strong>URL:</strong> <a href=\"http://jupiterjs.com\">http://jupiterjs.com</a>\n</p>\n\n<div>{</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div><strong>Introduction:</strong></div><div>Jupiter (<a href=\"http://jupiterjs.com\">http://jupiterjs.com</a>), the JavaScript consulting company best known for the JavaScriptMVC Framework, is looking for a super-star web developer to join our consulting team to help develop kick ass web apps.</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div><strong>Company:</strong></div><div>We are a collection of recognized leaders in web technology who research and develop rich, dynamic, web applications. Our research has spawned a number of open source projects [JavaScriptMVC, DamnIT, F->IT, Jabbify, and EmbeddedJS]. We provide expert consulting, training, and support services on these projects and their related technology.</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div>We don\u2019t do sales and don\u2019t buy advertisement. Instead, we do things like:</div><ul><li>Speak at, and sponsor conferences [JSConf, jQueryConf]</li><li>Organize JavaScript Meetups [<a href=\"http://javascriptchicago.com\">http://javascriptchicago.com</a>]</li><li>Open Source everything</li></ul><div>Jupiter wants to make the web an easy and enjoyable place to develop kick ass apps.</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div><strong>Job:</strong></div><div>With only 10 people, Jupiter is a small company. Everyone needs to be responsible for everything (except for&nbsp;accounting). Your responsibilities will be some mix of the following roles depending on availability, skills, and desire.</div><ul><li>Managing, developing, and maintaining client projects.</li><li>Working on one of our Open Source products.</li><li>Evangelizing one of our Open Source products.</li><li>Creating your own project.</li><li>Organizing JavaScript community events.</li><li>Technology Training</li></ul><div><strong>Perks:</strong></div><ul><li>Competitive pay. (Have any requirements in mind? Specify in your cover letter)</li><li>Benefits plan: Health/dental insurance; gym membership reimbursement; 4 weeks paid vacation.</li><li>Work from home.</li><li>Extremely flexible hours.</li><li>The perfect amount of travel (about 1 to 2 weeks every 3 months).</li><li>Creative work environment. We are lucky to work with intelligent, talented and innovative folks.</li><li>Freedom to develop your ideas, a platform to realize them.</li></ul><div><strong>You:</strong></div><div>An extremely smart and articulate programmer. We'd like you to be an expert in web technology such as:</div><ul><li>JavaScript (the most important),</li><li>CSS,</li><li>HTML,</li><li>jQuery</li></ul><div>and familiar with the server-side technology stack, programming languages, and best practices such as:</div><ul><li>Ruby on Rails</li><li>MySQL</li><li>Java</li><li>C#</li></ul><div>But, we care much more about passion! You should have strong, well formed opinions on things like:</div><ul><li>How to build a maintainable, error free, quality application in less time.</li><li>The future of web development.</li><li>Star Trek, Star Wars, or Battlestar Galactica.</li></ul><div>We'd also like you be able to:</div><ul><li>have a beer with one of our clients.</li><li>self manage and organize in a fast paced development environment.</li></ul><div><strong>Apply:</strong></div><div>Please email us a resume and a thoughtful cover letter that outlines three reasons why you are someone we should interview, focusing on how your past work experience has prepared you for this kind of position, and, if you\u2019ve got some, a couple of URLs to recent on\u2010line work. We weigh cover letters heavily and cannot consider resumes without one.</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div>Again, if you have specific salary requirements, please let us know them as well.</div><div class=\"paragraph_break\"><br /></div><div>}<br /></div>\n\n\n<p><strong>To apply:</strong> E\u2010mail a resume and cover letter to <a>brian@jupiterjs.com</a></p>","company_id":null,"admin2":null,"published_at":"2012-01-27T06:00:25-08:00","link":"http://jobs.37signals.com/jobs/10432","admin3":null,"location_name":null,"geom":null,"feed_url_id":6,"active":true}}