Senior Web Developer
Who are we?Blloon is a new freemium ebook subscription service. Sporting an award-winning brand, it's currently available on iOS in the UK and soon in the US.We're a small team of designers and developers based primarily in Berlin, in a newly refurbished office in the heart of the city. We work in a loosely agile process that we're iteratively refining. Established at the end of 2013, we're a very young startup and we're establishing our company culture now.For the right person this is an opportunity to enter on the ground floor of something really exciting, with the potential to have a great impact on the culture, technology and product.What's the stack?The current tech stack consists of the public-facing #URL_d72a182316060b6f0f7108a6151608f1beb824e4b5f5a0d1d19d82e26383385a# website, a backend API that serves the website and iOS app, and several external services for book fulfilment and content management. We anticipate building account management and eventually web reading features as a standalone web-app in one of the major JavaScript frameworks.Public-facing website (#URL_d72a182316060b6f0f7108a6151608f1beb824e4b5f5a0d1d19d82e26383385a#)Ruby on Rails - low complexity, primarily delegating to the backend API serviceHAML/SASS - includes full responsive design and graceful degradationJavaScriptRubyGems/Bundler, Bower and NPMUnit tests in RSpec and JasmineIntegration tests in #URL_d9fc396702cbbf671c1d2bf89ea50afa6590364626a910ef74cbc4637ddfb093#, using Selenium (via #URL_58cfe76301442a2379038032916a1e6f68594b5370efea39c1dff750e82be3aa#)Standalone web-appHTML/CSS/JavaScript(Specific frameworks to be decided)Backend API - Ruby, not part of your roleiOS app - not part of your roleAnalyticsMixpanel, Google Analytics and OptimizelyYour RoleWe're seeking a skilled web developer capable of owning the development of the website, standalone web-app and any related web technology (i.e. analytics integration and maintenance).Specifically your responsibilities will include:Maintaining the existing websiteImplementing additions to the website given visual designs, including responsive styling and graceful degradationCreating the standalone web-app, in collaboration with our backend developerMaintaining a high standard of quality through unit and integration testsIntegrating with analytics and content management servicesImplementing the technical component of behaviour tests through Optimizely
Title: Senior Web Developer
Salary: None
Description: Who are we?Blloon is a new freemium ebook subscription service. Sporting an award-winning brand, it's currently available on iOS in the UK and soon in the US.We're a small team of designers and developers based primarily in Berlin, in a newly refurbished office in the heart of the city. We work in a loosely agile process that we're iteratively refining. Established at the end of 2013, we're a very young startup and we're establishing our company culture now.For the right person this is an opportunity to enter on the ground floor of something really exciting, with the potential to have a great impact on the culture, technology and product.What's the stack?The current tech stack consists of the public-facing #URL_d72a182316060b6f0f7108a6151608f1beb824e4b5f5a0d1d19d82e26383385a# website, a backend API that serves the website and iOS app, and several external services for book fulfilment and content management. We anticipate building account management and eventually web reading features as a standalone web-app in one of the major JavaScript frameworks.Public-facing website (#URL_d72a182316060b6f0f7108a6151608f1beb824e4b5f5a0d1d19d82e26383385a#)Ruby on Rails - low complexity, primarily delegating to the backend API serviceHAML/SASS - includes full responsive design and graceful degradationJavaScriptRubyGems/Bundler, Bower and NPMUnit tests in RSpec and JasmineIntegration tests in #URL_d9fc396702cbbf671c1d2bf89ea50afa6590364626a910ef74cbc4637ddfb093#, using Selenium (via #URL_58cfe76301442a2379038032916a1e6f68594b5370efea39c1dff750e82be3aa#)Standalone web-appHTML/CSS/JavaScript(Specific frameworks to be decided)Backend API - Ruby, not part of your roleiOS app - not part of your roleAnalyticsMixpanel, Google Analytics and OptimizelyYour RoleWe're seeking a skilled web developer capable of owning the development of the website, standalone web-app and any related web technology (i.e. analytics integration and maintenance).Specifically your responsibilities will include:Maintaining the existing websiteImplementing additions to the website given visual designs, including responsive styling and graceful degradationCreating the standalone web-app, in collaboration with our backend developerMaintaining a high standard of quality through unit and integration testsIntegrating with analytics and content management servicesImplementing the technical component of behaviour tests through Optimizely
Requirements: Mid-Senior level experience, None education
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