The Bold Italic is seeking a motivated developer to support our stack: Postgres, Rails, HTML/JS/CSS. This could be considered a back-end position or full-stack with a concentration on back-end.
Our ideal candidate will possess excellent technical judgement beyond specific languages or methodologies, as well as a desire to actively solve our unique and not-so-unique problems with new, thoughtful solutions. You will work with a small development group that supports all of our content presentation and administration software, and be expected to help us push the boundaries of how we leverage technology in our evolving digital media brand.
Basic needs
• Experience with Rails/HTML5/JS and Rails deployment
• Experience with Heroku or similar service
• History of working on high-availability rails apps.
• Good communication & collaboration skills with tech & non-tech folks
• Value craftsmanship from perspectives of both function and form
• Comfort with current Rails admin and optimization techniques
Good skills to have
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with JS frameworks
• Familiarity with Git
This is a contract position in our office in Hayes Valley, SF.
About Us: We're an innovative, creative, well-balanced team. We are a fresh, consumer-centric, startup-minded, Gannett Co., Inc. publication, so you get the best of both worlds: startup culture with major media backing.The Bold Italic is an evolving digital media brand located in San Francisco, CA. We focus on innovating our content and how that content is delivered. This relies heavily on technology within our business, and understanding the changing face of content consumption throughout the many digital formats. Our development effort ensures that while the content and associated conversations are the centerpiece, they are surrounded by supporting technology that inform the experience of consumption and enhance that content and conversation. tl;dr: Our technology should make content better or get out of the way.
Please send your resume and cover letter to max@thebolditalic.com for an opportunity (Please, no agencies.)
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