Front End Software Engineer

OwnLocal is a fun-loving and hardworking Austin-area startup with a crazy plan to help local media companies survive by providing digital services to their small business advertisers. We're a leader in digital advertising solutions for local media companies globally—we partner with more than 2,600 media companies and operate in North America, Europe, and Australia.

You’re eager to grow as an engineer, a leader, and a contributor to a tight-knit company. Writing code is in your DNA and you get excited about solving problems, building products, and improving existing technologies. You’re a good-natured person with a sense of humor and a strong work ethic. You always push yourself to do better and enjoy working with people who do the same.

* Collaborate with your team and engineering as a whole to prioritize and complete all points in a given sprint * Work with the sales, customer support, and finance teams to create long-term solutions to company challenges * Fix process fails as a team (without assigning individual blame) * Take personal responsibility for your work and hold a high standard of quality to everything * Aspire to get a perfect score on the Joel test

**You should apply if you meet these minimum qualifications:** * General knowledge of software engineering, programming, and computer science * 3+ years professional experience with at least two years front end * Love for and extensive experience with JavaScript, responsive HTML, and CSS * Experience with at least two JS frameworks (Angular, Backbone, React, etc) * Experience with JS modules and module loaders * An understanding of what CORS and JSONP are and when to use them **You should really seriously apply if any of the following applies to you:** * Working on several different technologies (Ruby, Node, etc.) * Communicating development concepts to non-technical folks and working closely with them to solve big-picture problems * Speaking up and challenging existing ideas and processes * Humility: You develop software with the end product—rather than ego—in mind * Pragmatism: You know you won’t always have the resources to do everything and can be realistic about ideas and timelines * Flexibility: You’re willing to work on projects other than programming, including but not limited to software design, documentation, code reviews, and leadership initiatives