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”.