Overview
About Songbird
Songbird is building an extraordinary team to help create a brand new, visually rich way to discover, collect, and share all things music with your friends. We are passionate about giving people the ability to connect with their music in ways they never dreamed possible.
The Songbird team is energized and focused. Our office is conveniently located in the heart of San Francisco. Our work environment is collegial, fun, and flexible -- a place where everyone’s opinion and contribution matters. We’re inventing exciting new ways to work together as an entirely agile Company and our thirst for “done” is insatiable!
If you are passionate about music, your social network or just want to make a difference reshaping the digital media landscape, then Songbird is the place where you will thrive!
Songbird has been named to FastCompany's Top 10 Music companies for Innovation! Check out the story. http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/top-10-music.php
The Ideal Profile
We are looking for a talented and creative senior front-end Javascript developer to join the server team building the next generation of Songbird’s social music platform. We're leveraging the latest frameworks and services including Rails 3.1, Backbone.js, jQuery, MongoDB, and Redis.
Experience
5+ years front-end web development experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript
1+ years experience working with JS frameworks such as jQuery, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, and Node.js.
Proven technical leadership skills architecting and building complex front-ends
Thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment
Skills
Familiarity with Facebook platform and APIs
Familiarity with HTML5 and CSS3
Familiarity with testing frameworks and tools including Jasmine and Selenium
Experience with agile development practices
Advocate of test-driven-development
Strive to stay current on existing and emerging development tools, platforms, and delivery models
Passionate about your music and video, at home and on the go
Excited about building incredible media experiences for millions of people around the world!
Education
BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field
Compensation
Very Competitive