Junior Web Application Developer

Jaguar Design Studio is looking for talented junior web developers to help build and expand our platform of web-based events tools.

We are a small studio with some big clients, and we are rapidly growing.

This posting is for full-time, in-office openings. Candidates will need to be within commuting distance to the company office in Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz).

Role and Responsibilities:

Develop and test web-based applications in a collaborative environment

Rapidly becoming proficient with our preferred stack of tools (including Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Bootstrap, Git, and more), as well as any new tools we add to the mix

Work closely with in-house design team to provide technical understanding for designs and wireframes

Participation in meetings with clients, in order to gather requirements and communicate progress

You should meet the following requirements:

You have strong skills with at least one server-side language (eg. Ruby, Python, PHP), as well as JavaScript and HTML/CSS

You possess a positive, can-do attitude

You have a broad overall technical background

You are reliable and professional, and capable of managing your own workflow without micromanagement

You are capable of working from a UNIX command-line environment

You have experience with modern DVCSs (specifically Git)

You have an extremely high attention for detail

You are continuously learning new technologies and updating your skill set

You have experience working as a programmer in a professional setting

You completed a degree in Computer Science or other STEM discipline

You have read Code Complete, The Pragmatic Programmer, and Clean Code

You love UNIX/Linux. Even emacs heathens are welcome

You have active GitHub, Bitbucket, StackExchange, and/or HackerNews accounts (feel free to link to them in email)

You are experienced with React, AngularJS, or other client-side “MVC” frameworks

You have used Redis or other “NoSQL” data stores

You have experience with the iOS or Android development environments

You have Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop, Flash/ActionScript, etc)

To Apply:

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