The Newsvine Team is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, and passionate front-end developer to join us in building products and services for the Newsvine platform. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop site features and functionality in a multi-tier web environment using PHP, CSS, JavaScript, and the YUI JavaScript library. Additional responsibilities include daily site support and maintenance. The ideal candidate is able to work on small teams under tight deadlines with little supervision. A computer science degree or equivalent is a plus, but experience, skill, and attention to detail are more important.

The ideal candidate will have a strong command of the following knowledge areas:

• X/HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript
• PHP or similar scripting language
• Mastery of web standards and cross-browser compatibility

Preferable Job Qualifications:

• Experience working on large-scale, high-availability web sites
• Successful industry experience using latest DHTML and ajax technologies
• Experience with SQL and relational database implementations serving as the backend to production web applications
• Experience with, or an interest in, working with the YUI JavaScript library
• Familiarity with Subversion a plus

The job will be based out of the lovely Newsvine offices in Seattle, down by the waterfront pictured here. If you're interested, please send an e-mail and resumé to "newsvinejobs at newsvine.com".

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 3 years practical experience developing complex Web applications
• At least 1 year practical experience with PHP/JavaScript and MySQL (code samples required)
• Experience programming with Web template and CMS systems
• Web application development experience and understanding of client-server environments
• Understanding of system analysis and design concepts, including structured project methodologies, database design, and requirements gathering
• Ability to set up client-server architectures on Windows and Unix/Linux operating systems
• Experience setting up and administering relational databases (MySQL, Sybase, etc.)
• Ability to solve technical problems with direction and/or approval
• Possess good communication skills, both verbal and written with demonstrated success in a team environment
• Organized, detail-oriented, and deadline driven
• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences or related field

Additional Skills:

• *NIX/BSD administration and scripting experience (BASH, PERL, Python, C)
• Firmware/Driver/Kernel coding experience
• OO programming/design experience in C++, C#, Java, Jython, IronPython, or Python
• Structured QA testing experience
• Engineering or Physics background/experience
• Flash programming experience (Actionscript v1 and/or v2)