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Javascript Ninja
New York, NY
Behance passionate, rapidly growing development team seeks a talented Javascript Engineer. Behance maintains high traffic, high visibility applications with immense amounts of data, numerous third party integrations, and challenging scaling problems.
Job Description:
We are looking for someone who loves writing efficient, high-performance JS. You’ll be creating everything from new features to entire web sites and applications. You’ll work closely with our world-class design team to implement site designs and interactions. You should have a strong knowledge of JavaScript to make smooth interactions and enhanced front-end functionality. You should also have a keen eye for details with high standards for code quality and efficiency. Some experience with PHP is required (you don't have to be an expert, but you should know how to use it).
If you are eager to work on an amazing team, to learn and push forward with new technologies like Node JS, RabbitMQ, and HTML5 APIs, this job is definitely for you!
Requirements:
- 4 years experience with JavaScript
- 1-2 years experience with a JavaScript library
- Working knowledge of PHP
- Knowledge and experience with cross-browser compatibility, including older versions of IE
- Passion and a love of what you do!
Bonus points:
- Experience writing/maintaining JS for huge websites
- Experience with MVC PHP frameworks
- Experience with MVC JavaScript frameworks, especially BackBone.js
- Used jsfiddle to demonstrate issues
- Used web workers and/or local storage
About Behance:
Behance is a rapidly-growing technology company based in New York City. Our talented team of developers and designers work to leverage the latest technologies to creative revolutionary products that empower creative professionals. Millions of visitors, enthusiasts, and creative professionals from across industries - and around the world - use Behance to connect and showcase their creations.
Our development team is world class, composed of smart, passionate developers who want to build cool stuff.
Our web properties and applications include:
Behance Network /// be.net
A professional network for creatives, utilizing countless technologies
ProSite /// prosite.com
Website builder with extreme JS, API integrations- no flash.
The 99% /// the99percent.com
Online magazine driven by a CMS, accompanied by an annual conference
Action Method /// actionmethod.com
Task management w/ extreme JS, API powers iPad / Android, iPhone apps
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