Junior Front End Engineer
Location: US, NY, New York
Department: Client Services
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Internet
Function: Information Technology
Company profile: Founded in 2010 by a team from Google’s London and New York offices, Qubit work with some of the biggest names in Online. Our engineers have built a brand new platform that combines a number of technologies – analytics, automation, personalisation and more – into a simple, easy-to-use product.We’re not the only ones excited about our brand new approach to solving the problems of modern e-Commerce. Wired magazine named Qubit as one of the top 5 hottest startups in London. We’ve raised $7.5 million in Series A funding from one of the UK’s biggest venture capitalists! Come and join the growing team as we embark on the most exciting chapter in Qubit’s history.Although we’ve now grown to more than 90 people, we’re keen on keeping our culture as relaxed and open as when there were only 5 of us. Our offices have table football, kitchen full of fruit and other snacks, never ending coffee supply, dinner service and lots of other startup perks. More importantly we’re a focused and determined team preparing to double in size during 2014!
Description: Qubit: Cutting Edge Big Data EngineeringQubit’s New York office is growing, and we need a Junior Frontend Engineer who can join our client project team. Our Sales team is winning clients, and we are now rapidly expanding our technical implementation team to run with their projects and manage the accounts. You’ll be one of the early engineers in our American set up, so you’ll really need to be literate in JavaScript with the ability to be customer-facing.This is a fantastic opportunity for a recent graduate or someone in the early stages of their career. You’ll work closely with our London-based developers to troubleshoot new clients and engineer compatibility between their sites and the Qubit platform. It’s a great way to start your career with a number of options for progression. What you’ll be doingBuilding and adding functionality to the sites of Fortune 500 companies in javscript, html, cssUtilising Qubit’s rich API platform to personalise customer experiences for our clientsDesigning, Developing and Implementing Qubit’s tag solutions, which are served to more than 1 billion monthly page impressions!Developing A/B and multivariate website tests in JavaScript for our client project teamEngaging with our clients to understand their systems and data architecture, in order to deliver the best user experience
Requirements: What You'll NeedExperience:Either a degree in Computer Science, Web Development or related discipline or the equivalent in relevant work experience.Proficient with JavaScript, you will be able to hand code a website from scratch using JavaScript, Html and CSS.Some knowledge of JQuery would be very helpful.Good AJAX, CSS, HTML skillsA strong communicator who is able to deal with clients in everyday and technical termsBeing highly proactive in your approachBonus Skills:#URL_968b3a839b798052f33a95a811f8b2366cd66f6bcc98f2885bea5ee47d000659#Cross-browser checking#URL_b7bad8ac916069eadd573f035544c52dc3519a0ba054fb7ab1ff9ba3e1525399#Personality:Be proactive and creative in your solutionsBe passionate about tech and codingLanguage:Fluent EnglishAuthorization to work in the USA
Benefits: Plenty of perksAs well as the opportunity to solve complex problems in this exciting new era of big data, here’s what we offer:Realistic performance related bonusesGenerous equity options mean you’ll own a piece of the pieExcellent health and dental insurance packagesA relaxed approach to time off and enough holidays to see several corners of the worldFridge fully stocked with healthy snacks and the ultimate espresso machine for your java fixA competitive office where we play foosball, football, scrabble, go-karting… you name it, we’ll play itThank Qubit it’s Friday – we have lots of creative ways to let off steam at the end of the weekPlenty of opportunities for training and development
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