New York Media, parent to New York magazine, nymag.com, MenuPages.com, grubstreet.com and vulture.com, is far along on its journey from perceived regional magazine to multi-platform national brand, reaching an audience of more than 11 million across print and digital each month. The New York Times recently observed that New York was “…fast becoming a digital enterprise with a magazine attached”. New York Media stands out among magazine peers, with an ever-expanding audience that follows us in print, online, via our growing suite of mobile apps, through email newsletters and social media, and at our award-winning signature events. New  York  was ASME’s  most honored  media  brand in  2010, and the only publisher to  win general  excellence  both in  print and  online.

Are you passionate about design, user experience and front-end technology? Want to work with award-winning entertainment, fashion and local content enjoyed by millions of people? With a quad-core 27″ iMac? New York Media is seeking a UI Engineer to join our elite UX Development team – the front-end masters of NYMag.com, Vulture, Grub Street and MenuPages. This position is full-time and is based at our Soho office in New York, NY.

 

·Work with Designers and Software Engineers to create and build next generation products;

·Write code that pushes the limits of modern browsers while degrading gracefully for the older ones*;

·Identify and address performance bottlenecks;

·Champion best practices for front-end development.

*Except for IE6. We no longer support that hunk of junk.

 

·Advanced experience with front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JavaScript);

·Experience with scripting languages (Python, JSP, etc.) and related frameworks;

·Extreme attention to detail, driving for pixel perfection;

·Expert knowledge of OO JavaScript programming with and without frameworks (we use jQuery);

·Ability to write well-abstracted, reusable code for UI components;

·Committed to great user experience.

 

·Prior experience with agile product development;

·Relevant experience includes self-started personal projects;

·Love what you do.