Full stack developer + UX generalist (100% Telecommute)

Description

Full stack developer + UX generalist, for defending the Internet

Fight for the Future is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that the web continues to hold freedom of expression and creativity at its core. We actively campaign and fight for these ideals and are looking for a talented, versatile, full-stack developer to join our effort. So far, the high point of our work was organizing the first massive online protest against SOPA which led directly to the epic blackout last January.

For anyone who cares about defending and transforming the future of tech, this could be a dream job. We're aiming to defend the Internet against bad tech policy. Think the EFF, but focused on large public campaigns aimed at a mass audience (rather than strategic litigation or policy work). This is crucial work, and we're approaching it in the most fun and pioneering ways possible, with campaigns that make people laugh, change minds, and help people band together to exert their power. You will be on the front lines, building pages and software millions of people see and interact with.

You'll be building things like:

Simple custom web applications that get deployed to scalable hosting solutions like Heroku.

Tools and apps that get used over and over by our organization and others.

Internet wide infrastructure for large, decentralized actions across a coalition of websites: (see: http://internetdefenseleague.org/)

Solutions that achieve our goals by leveraging and customizing existing services (CRM, publishing tools, etc).

Flawless HTML/CSS and clear, modern design that supports the message.

We're looking for a strong coder who has an interest in changing the world by making apps and software that make people laugh, share, act, and hunger for more. You should be an agile programmer / hacker that can make things work and work well for millions of users at the same time while also being able to make smaller apps that work quickly and smoothly. If you can understand the scope of a problem and devise solid tech solutions on your own, you're the person we want to talk to.

You don't need to be an expert designer or have illustration skills. If you can both faithfully implement others' designs and make good decisions about layout, typography, and color when needed, that's what we're looking for. It's also important that you can build high quality user interaction with intuitive prompts, clear buttons, etc, spotting and fixing UI problems as you go. We're looking for somebody who can bottom-line the creation of a campaign tool, but who is also always using their full brain, putting themselves in a user or a reader's shoes.

Things that you might like about this job:

It's telecommute work with a 100% remote team

The work will be highly varied, like freelancing on a variety of projects

You can choose the framework and tools we use to get stuff done (we have some commitment to Django right now, but could switch).

We can give you a contractor budget to reduce/eliminate mundane work. Responsibility for the final result is what matters.

Be a hero to many. The "yeah, I made that" smalltalk in bars is fun.

Requirements:

Experience building applications with a modern web framework like Django, Rails, or Node.js

jQuery skills

Ability to develop iOS / Android applications (learning as you go is okay)

Experience managing large databases

Experience in HTML/CSS with awareness of common cross-browser problems

Proven ability to do clean and classy design

Ability to make good UI/UX decisions and spot problems

Bonus points for:

Having conceived and launched your own product

Ability to build and manage teams

Strong participation in communities like Reddit or HN

Lots of remote / freelance experience solving problems on tight deadlines

Mega bonus points for:

Having started a successful open source project

Having been a leader-of anything-especially online, especially tech-related

Understanding and being able to hack on projects that push the limits of user freedom such as: TOR, Bitcoin, Bittorrent, GPG, OTR messaging, academic P2P work, etc.

To apply, email a brief resume with links to your public repos, sample code (as many examples as possible) and good examples of UI, design, and/or HTML/CSS work with the subject "Full stack developer".