Reports to: Director of Engineering
Benefits of Being on the DoSomething.org Tech Team:
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$2,000 for your setup
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20% time—build whatever you want, 1 day per week
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Weekly lunch and learn—order what you like from our company Seamless account and learn from other tech team members and outside sources
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Work within a team of ultra smart developers, hacking together for social good
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Order as many books/learning resources as you want
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Unlimited Pac Man credit
Responsibilites:
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Help expand and improve functionality of DoSomething.org
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Work with innovative technologies that increase the ways young people take action (analytic-driven messaging, Mobile SMS & WAP)
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Work closely with product owners and front-end engineers to deliver optimized experiences across multiple digital mediums
Must haves:
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B.S./MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
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Demonstrated expertise in PHP
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Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript & non-relational databases
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Experience working with the Drupal content management system
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An interest in building things for social good
Nice to haves:
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Experience in API design
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Experience with Symfony2
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Knowledge in one or more server-side languages other than PHP
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Contributes to an open-source project
In your cover letter, please also include:
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Link to your Github account