Mobile App Developer

About Craigslist

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Position

• Design, develop, test, and maintain mobile apps
• Ship code daily and see it loved (or hated) by millions
• Draw from and contribute to various open source projects
• Enjoy a tech-driven, laid-back, idealistic, fun-loving workplace

Your qualification

• Programming experience in JavaScript/ES6
• Proven ability to design, develop, and maintain Android and iOS apps
• Understanding of web development concepts
• Solid troubleshooting and problem solving skills
• Familiarity with Linux/UNIX

Will be a plus

• React or React Native
• Redux/Flux
• Mobile app build systems
• Appium, Selenium, Mocha, Jest, or other automated app testing
• Java, Objective-C, or Swift
• Working with APIs
• Performance tuning
• Large scale, big traffic, high performance websites
• Security, web site vulnerabilities, phishing attacks
• User interface design
• Event driven programming
• Internationalization, encoding systems, Unicode
• Anti-fraud / spam / scam systems
• Networking protocols
• Project management

What we offer

• An unusually philanthropic company mission and philosophy
• A small team (~50) of fun-loving, smart, interesting, idealistic people
• Non-garden-variety tech challenges at billion-page-view-per-day scale
• A tech nirvana, free from VCs, MBAs, sales, marketing, biz dev, or pivoting
• Big company stability and benefits -- w/o the dysfunction and despair
• Competitive market rates for you -- free classifieds for humanity
• 100% paid (including eligible dependents) health and dental insurance
• Craigslist-provided health reimbursement account ($4K-$10K)
• 3-to-1 match on employee charitable donations (up to 10% of salary)
• 401(k) matching program (up to 6% of salary), with immediate vesting
• 4 weeks paid time off; 10 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Commuting stipend (up to $255/month)
• Wellness stipend (up to $150/month); weekly in-office yoga
• Mobile phone and at-home internet stipend (up to $250/month)
• Bike-friendly culture, in-office bicycle parking
• Healthy (vegan, vegetarian, omnivore) breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
• SF HQ with 25' ceilings, all natural light, adjustable height desks, CoffeeBot 9000