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UI Designer at Slide in San Francisco, CA

Want to be a part of the next big internet success story?
Want to be a tech pioneer alongside artists, athletes, musicians, and talent from around the globe?
Then you want to be at Slide.

About Slide:

We are the #1 developer of applications on social networks.

  • Our applications, Slideshow, FunSpace, SuperPoke! and Top Friends, are rated among the most popular applications on Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, etc.
  • Our 155+ million users make us one of the top 10 web properties in the world; that's serious scale.
  • Slide was launched by Max Levchin, who co-founded and sold PayPal for $1.5 billion.

We are looking for a UI Designer / Front-End Web Developer for our FunSpace application:

You will design and implement the user interfaces for FunSpace - the most popular application on Facebook. This application is also available on MySpace, Hi5, Bebo, Orkut, you name it. We would like to improve our interface, usability, and make our application even more engaging and attractive as we add features. You will assist in developing specifications for new features and determine technical feasibility. You should be able to debug and maintain web products in a variety of environments, including cross-domain and cross-browser implementation. The ideal candidate is not just a design god / goddess, but knows when and why to use tables, has knowledge of when an XMLHTTPRequest is useful versus when it is just cool, and can hand tune markup for efficient rendering. If you are amazing with your design skills but a bit shy on your technical chops, apply anyway, we may have another role within the next two months - we are growing rapidly!

Requirements:

  • You want to work with smart, fun, highly ethical A players
  • You are passionate about designing UI for high traffic consumer websites.  You have an eye for clean, elegant design. You are frenetic about usability and user experience. 
  • You have solid HTML/CSS/AJAX chops to implement your vision, you have some experience with Javascript framework such as jQuery, YUI, Prototype.JS
  • You enjoy music, good food, ping pong, and a game of Guitar Hero now and then
  • You enjoy small team fast pace environment where we work hard and play harder

Bonus:

  • Experience with large scale deployment
  • Experience developing on Facebook or Opensocial
  • Strong in data structure, run-time complexity, and object oriented design

In the cover letter portion, please include examples of your work / URL of sites you have designed / developed and indicate your involvement.

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