About Front Seat: Front Seat is a two–year–old software company created to exploit the power of technology to positively impact civic life. Front Seat is a rare opportunity to work with a world–class software team where social benefit is the top priority. We're looking for a seasoned backend engineer to compliment our UI expertise and help us dream up the next wave of civic innovation driven by software.
Our flagship project is
Walk Score, a site that promotes walkable neighborhoods by providing a walkability score for any address. Walk Score created a tsunami of media coverage (ABC, CNN, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and more than 250 newspaper and 50 TV segments) and users have scored over 5 million addresses on the site. Other projects include
CountMore.org, a site that helps students decide whether to vote in their school state or home state,
Kathy's Climate Kit, a global warming gift box that we've spun off as a separate consumer products company,
The Predatory Lending Assocation, an experimental political satire lampooning payday lenders, and
Better Bills, which promotes energy conservation through better bill design.
Our technology stack includes Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, Python, PostGIS, Map Server, etc.
About You:
- You have 5+ years of world–class web development experience
- You're fluent in relational databases
- You're familiar with Python, shell scripts, and Linux systems administration
- You have experience building APIs and platforms
- You have a Computer Science or related degree
- You're interested in a range of software technologies and social issues
Benefits include: competitive salary, health care, dental, retirement plan, and 3 weeks paid time off. And most of all, the opportunity to create software that revitalizes our cities, connects our communities, and helps our democracy.
We have a fantastic, light–filled office located just off the Burke–Gilman trail in Seattle. We also have the coolest conference table
ever, a deck for BBQs, dual LCD monitors, an organic Korean restaurant right downstairs—and a Walk Score of 83.
Email your resume to jobs@frontseat.org or visit www.frontseat.org/jobs/