Neo-Pangea is looking for a full-time front-end developer to join the wizard’s guild in their West Reading studio, commutable from Philadelphia.
So what exactly are we asking of an applicant? First and foremost, you should be comfortable enough working with HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript that integrating with any framework or plugin we dream up is child’s play, or at least will be after a bit of research.
For instance, on a regular basis you will have to integrate with jQuery, GSAP, and Raphael, post and pull content from APIs like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Vine, and Google Maps, consider layout and sensor data from iOS 7 & Android [insert newest dessert name here], plus build front-end styling and templates to integrate with 3rd-party and custom CMS’s such as WordPress, Drupal, MODX, etc. This means that you should also know Apache/MySQL/PHP well enough to build a site with a dynamic backend and markup constructed on-the-fly.
On top of those requisite skills, you should also have that indefinable something that sets you apart. Surrounded by an environment of playful shenanigans and unbridled enthusiasm, our developers are encouraged to experiment with new toys and technologies to bring novel ways of thinking to the internet realm. Some recent work includes: an immersive HTML5/CSS3 experience for National Geographic Channel (www.survivetheblackout.com); a parallax kiosk, desktop, iPad, and mobile experience all using the same markup (www.smithsonianchannel.com/robots); and a SXSW-finalist robotic “dunk tank” that used live video-streaming and Phidgets microcontrollers to coordinate an internet-aimable NERF gun and an array of self-sensing targets that trigger an armory of foam weapons (www.internabuser.com).