Front End Developer

  • Full-time

Company Description

Onion Inc. is an American multimedia news organization. It features satirical articles and reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as A.V. Club.

The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and imagined. It parodies traditional newspaper and media features, such as editorials, man-on-the-street interviews, and stock quotes, as well as traditional newspaper layout and AP-style editorial voice. Much of its humor depends on presenting everyday events as newsworthy items, and by playing on commonly used phrases, as in the headline, "Drugs Win Drug War”.

In addition, a second part of the newspaper is a non-satirical entertainment section called A.V. Club. A.V. Club features interviews and reviews of various newly released media, and other weekly features. The print edition also contains restaurant reviews and previews of upcoming live entertainment specific to cities where a print edition is published. The online incarnation of The A.V. Club has its own domain, includes its own regular features, A.V. Club blogs, reader forums/comments, and presents itself as a separate entity from The Onion itself.

Job Description

You know The Onion. I'm sure you watched <http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no,14299/> after a frustrating IE6 bug fix. You're probably going to visit The Onion after this and put off your soul-crushing work for just a few more minutes.
Say goodbye to the terrible parts of the Internet and come work at The Onion. If you were here in the past 6 months, you would have:
- Built a front-end system to prefetch content in the browser, effectively reducing page load time to 0.
- Created an HTML5 iPad app from scratch.
- Built prototypes and apps with node.js, require.js, mustache, and more.
You'll be responsible for major features on our site and will weigh in on engineering and product design decisions.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who:
- Wants the opportunity to invent new tech, not just reuse jQuery plug-ins.
- Has well-formed opinions on the latest happenings in Javascript (node.js, coffeescript, client-side templating, etc).
- Is sick of supporting IE6 (we don't).
- Uses === almost exclusively.
This position is great for someone who wants to help take our web properties to the next level. Interested? Apply now.

Additional Information

The Onion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Interested and qualified applicants should apply online. Please, no phone calls.