Senior Front-End Developer | zozi
Financial District
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801 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94133
  • Compensation
  • Competitive Salary & Equity
  • Skills
  • JavaScript
    CSS
    jQuery
    Haml
    HTML
    Rails
    TDD
  • Benefits
    • Attractive stock options
    • 100% paid health benefits
    • 401K
    • Additional sabbatical time
    • Complimentary zozi experiences for you and friends
    • Gym memberships
    • ProDeals on brand name clothing and gear
    • Amazing, spacious office in Jackson Square
    • As available, bi-weekly massage therapist who visits our offices
    • Personal budget for workstation optimization

zozi is a fast-growing, $10 million venture-backed consumer internet startup in the outdoor, active and lifestyle industry. We are the go-to place for the most awesome urban adventures and unique local experiences such as abalone diving, midnight kayaking, clay shooting, and whiskey tasting.
Questions & Answers with zozi
What are the top requirements to qualify for this position?
We are looking for a front-end specialist (CSS, Javascript, HTML, etc) to join our team of full-stack agile developers, who handle everything from the code to the database to the site operations.
  • 3+ years experience with JavaScript & CSS
  • Proven ability, as demonstrated by existing projects
  • jQuery, Sass, Haml all a huge bonus
  • Experience with Javascript testing frameworks such as Jasmine a bonus
  • Experience in pair programming & TDD a bonus
  • Required: must be an excellent human -- easy going, drama free, patient, and passionate are all pluses
Why is this position open?

This is a growth position to support our fast-growing product. You'll be joining our team at a key juncture to contribute as well as lead.

Describe the current team this person will join, including the reporting structure.

We are incredibly data and metrics driven culture. Our CEO has over 150 dashboards that he tracks across all areas of the business and key business metrics are on giant monitors in the center of the office for all to see.

We have regular company-wide meetings where we report on milestones. Our team rallies around a concept called “fast break,” where each business unit drives to achieve a set of goals that are of particular importance as we lead up to a new product launch or announcement.

What percentage of the candidate's time will be spent on existing products/business, versus items that are new?

We are looking for a front-end specialist (CSS, Javascript, HTML, etc) to join our team of full-stack agile developers, who handle everything from the code to the database to the site operations.

What challenges will this person face on a daily basis?

We have years of experience applying TDD/BDD, pair programming, and regular refactoring.

We have retrospectives to help us improve our process, and one week iterations. We use Pivotal Tracker for managing priorities, both customer stories and infrastructure tasks, so everyone shares a common view of the project.

How are you positioned within the industry and what are your growth plans?

By the Numbers:

  • $10 million in funding
  • 20 cities
  • 2 countries
  • Many more cities that have launched in 2011
What is your business model?

We’re in the business of inspiring people to live life to the fullest.

We believe that there is beauty in opening one's self to new frontiers - no matter what it is - and we’re here to help people take that first step.


Comments & Shout-Outs
  • Anonymous User
    So, zozi is sort of a cross of Outside Magazine meets Groupon (daily deals)? Awesome photos in the daily deal emails you send by the way.
    2011-12-20 06:28:33


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Senior Front-End Developer
zozi
Financial District
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