April 20, 2011
Ben Pieratt at Svpply is hiring several developers in New York

Ben Pieratt caught my eye with his Readymech flatpack toys, and then I couldn’t help myself when I saw his project Svpply early last year — I proposed that he and his creative partner Eric Jacobsen quit their freelance gigs and go full-time with it.

Ben is an accomplished print and web designer who boned up to pursue a career in entrepreneurship. He raised money late last year from Spark and Founder Collective and this month he’s moving the company to New York.

Svpply is mapping people to products they love and sharing these picks with friends and others with similar taste to create a highly-tailored shopping experience, all through his sharp and handsome interface that is often emulated.

Ben currently seeks six new co-workers, but most urgent are a set of developers of various levels of experience. More details, as well as links to apply, are available on the Svpply Jobs page.

9:11pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/4792456006/ben-pieratt-at-svpply-is-hiring-several-developers-in
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Filed under: nyc developer 
April 20, 2011
Jason Putorti at Votizen is hiring a developer in Mountain View

I finally ran into Jason at SXSW11 after years of being encouraged to meet him. He is, afterall, the original designer of Mint and praised for his heartfelt devotion to his work. He lived up to the hype.

His passion for his new project, Votizen, is refreshing, especially in the context of this klondike startup atmosphere where so many entrepreneurs are focused on quick flips. It’s clear to me that Jason’s horizon for this project is long, I admire folks that commit so effortlessly.

Votizen is a platform to make policy, voting, and elected officials more accessible. With one-click, your voting history is retrieved, your representatives are identified, and you’re provided with simple tools to share your stance with them.

They’ve assembled a deck for prospective engineers to review before applying. Most pertinent information is there.

8:43pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/4791595865/jason-putorti-at-votizen-is-hiring-a-developer-in
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Filed under: sf developer 
July 23, 2010
Perry Chen at Kickstarter needs a graphic designer and a frontend developer

Perry Chen is one of my favorite people in the world. He’s just one of those dudes who’s magnetic and attracts thoughtful and kind people — like his co-founder Yancey Strickler — and he’s looking for more people to join his startup Kickstarter.

He sent me over some job descriptions:

Front-end developer to work on advanced UI components — photo/video upload & management, live/faceted search, maps, data visualization, and others. We need someone who has strong experience with client/server interactions and an aptitude for user experience. Someone who knows unobtrusive javascript, can select the most appropriate method for an asynchronous process (polling, comet etc.), and will keep the DOM consistent when an ajax call in one place affects the display of information in another. We work in jquery and ruby/rails (haml, sass, compass). Naturally, experience optimizing for performance and browser compatibility is also important. You’ll work with others in design, product, and engineering to build and maintain UIs of the highest quality and consistency.

Graphic designer to further refine our identity and communicate our brand. Responsibilities would include the design of marketing materials and branded assets to be used both online and off. With that said, skills & experience ranging from print and web, including a strong technical understanding of both mediums. An ability to code isn’t critical, but a very big plus. Candidates should bring a strong typographic style to their work, along with a sense of wit and smarts. An appreciation for grids, simplicity and minimalist styling are a must.

Both w/ competitive start-up pay, equity. no telecommuting.

To apply, email me your letter of introduction to pass along.

8:51pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/851730019/perry-chen-at-kickstarter-needs-a-graphic-designer-and
Filed under: NYC designer developer 
July 23, 2010
Chris Hughes at Jumo needs a frontend developer and a web app developer

Chris Hughes co-founded Facebook and was the coordinator of online organizing for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. He’s also my neighbor in the East Village.

His newest project is Jumo, an online platform for non-profits to organize. Jumo is a non-profit itself.

Even though we are a 501(c)3, we have a compensation package that I believe rivals what engineers at this level would receive at a for-profit company. 

Chris looking for a Front End Web Developer and a Web Application Developer. He’s offering a $5,000 bonus to the person that refers him a candidate he hires. If I should cause you to be hired, I’ll donate the bonus to my brother Noel’s sled hockey team to support athletic programs for disabled people in my hometown Fort Wayne, IN.

To apply, email me your letter of introduction to pass along.

8:14pm  |   URL: http://jobs.zachklein.com/post/851605829/chris-hughes-at-jumo-needs-a-frontend-developer-and-a
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Filed under: NYC developer