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About Firedoglake.com
Firedoglake is a leading progressive online community and blog that features online reporting and commentary. FDL has organized hundreds of thousands of online activists who've raised millions of dollars for progressive candidates and causes.
Responsibilities
Firedoglake is looking for an experienced web developer to lead the transition of our WordPress-powered blog into a social news website and political organizing platform. This person will lead the development of a custom implementation of BuddyPress, to create a social platform for the existing Firedoglake community.
We are seeking a candidate who is a software engineer first, and a web developer second, but who also understands and loves the web as a platform and a communication space. The candidate will ideally have a BA in computer science, or equivalent experience, and who has 4+ years in software development.
Experience
Expert in:
- Wordpress and Wordpress MU
- PHP
- MySQL
- Working with an SCM tool such as Subversion, Bazaar, or Git, to maintain and deploy software
- Working with unix-like operating systems (we run RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu)
- Working with separate staging and production hosting environments
- The architecture of the internet, and why it is a magic place
Comfortable with (expertise is a plus):
- BuddyPress or other social site platforms
- AJAX
- JavaScript
- CSS
Pluses:
- Previous experience building tools to parse XML and RSS feeds
- Affinity for test-driven development
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written for a non-technical audience
- Flash / ActionScript
- Familiarity with CRMs like Convio, Blue State Digital, Democracy in Action
- User Experience design
- Image production
Location
Anywhere (This is a remote position)
Compensation
$75,000 - 90,000 annual, commensurate with experience. Generous health care stipend also available.
Submission Instructions
To apply, submit your resume and a minimum of 3 examples of projects from client conception to finished project to Michael Whitney at michaelwhitney.fdl at gmail.com. Please include Job Application: Lead Software Engineer in the subject line.
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