JavaScript Developer for Yorkshire / London Start-up

Magnolia Box is a specialist web business with offices in London and Harrogate. Our clients include Tate, Natural History Museum, British Library, News International and many others.

Our primary focus is art, digital imagery and print on demand. It’s a cool, fast moving space with huge potential. 

We are currently incubating a venture-backed start-up with the aim of commercialising the world’s digital imagery. 

We are now looking to recruit a high calibre developer (we don't use embarrassing names likes 'Ninja' or 'Rock Star' but equally we don't want any journeymen) to help architect and develop applications on top of our REST API using client-side JavaScript technologies such as Backbone.js, Ember.js or similar. You will contribute to all areas of design, development and UX and take ownership of the new projects, applications and features.

You will take a fundamental role in the selection of libraries and tools used to develop robust and state-of-the art applications.

You Must Have

• Excellent JavaScript skills with extensive experience building modern AJAX applications;
• JavaScript TDD/BDD development experience;
• Strong UI design / development skills with CSS & HTML5;
• Ability to create high performing applications at Internet scale;
• A passion to create ambitious, quality software using the latest technologies;
• Familiarity of working with Git;
• Awareness of current libraries and technologies;
• Experience working with cross-domain REST APIs in JavaScript, ideally with frameworks such as Backbone, Ember/SproutCore, etc;
• Examples of work through a blog, portfolio or GitHub account.

In addition, it would be really great if you:

• Have contributed to / released open source projects;
• Have experience of provisioning API platforms and supporting libraries;
• Take pride in writing elegant and robust code;
• Have experience with working with Ruby, CoffeeScript, Node.js;
• Have a strong, clean design aesthetic; and
• Have good understanding of UX/UI design.

Practical details

We are happy to consider both full-time and part-time positions. 

In a perfect world this will be an on-site role. However, we are realistic and flexible: we are thus happy to consider remote workers or whether you wished to be based in either London or Harrogate. 

We are also able to sponsor one non-EU developers using an existing licence so we can also consider International developers seeking to relocate to the UK. 

In terms of salary and benefits, these are obviously competitive and can be flexed to your individual requirements.

About Us

We create custom print on demand solutions for visual content owners. 

Our multi-tenant SaaS app helps Artists, Photographers, Galleries, Museums, Publishers and Picture Library's sell their content online using their own dedicated e-commerce website, in-store touch-screen kiosk or iPad app.

We are currently developing a new platform designed to capture a diverse range of emerging opportunities. 

If you are interested in finding out more then please send an introductory email or CV directly to me, including relevant links (Github, portfolio, etc): james [at] magnoliabox.com

ABSOLUTELY NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES. 

WE DO NOT WORK WITH AGENCIES.