Storybird is hiring a front-end engineer to make our web experience richer, faster, and more elegant. We’re looking for an experienced coder with deep Javascript/HTML/CSS skills and a mindset for product development. This is a big position on a small-and-growing team that will influence how millions of people use our platform. The job is a full-time salaried position, plus equity, open to North American candidates. Preference for applicants in the NYC and Toronto area.

You will:

• Design and code features that define how people experience Storybird
• Ideate on innovative and usable features with a small but opinionated team
• Write and maintain elegant code, building out re-usable models and libraries
• Help define and grow the product engineering team

Your skills:

• Expertise with Javascript (flavored by JQuery), HTML5, and CSS3
• Experience with web framework templates (Django, Rails, etc), incld. Ajax with JSON
• A history of shaping and coding web applications

You have:

• Entrepreneurial mindset (we’re a startup)
• Easy-going personality (team fit is crucial)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (we value clarity)
• Results focused (you maintain a high signal-to-noise ratio)

We offer:

• Great product (the world’s fastest growing narrative entertainment platform)
• Seasoned team (core group are industry vets)
• Chance to flex (we’re focused, but build on everyone’s strengths)
• Competitive salary plus stock options
• Chocolate (seriously good chocolate)

Apply to jobs [at] storybird [dot] you-know-what. Tell us why you’d like to work at Storybird, share with us your best code samples, point us to apps you’ve built, and include your resume. (We prioritize candidates who have successful applications still operating on the web).

No recruiters please. We’ll unleash a spambot on your backside if you inquire.