DonorsChoose.org: Java Developer (Technology & User Experience Team)

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Location: New York
URL: http://www.donorschoose.org

Position responsibilities

DonorsChoose.org is seeking an energetic, team-oriented, and self-motivated Java Developer to improve the user experience of DonorsChoose.org's unique philanthropic marketplace. This position will report directly to DonorsChoose.org's CTO and will play a central role in an agile non-profit organization that is serious about technology.

The right candidate is a top-notch contributor with a proven track record of success, who will be comfortable in DonorsChoose.org's start-up atmosphere and ready to play a key technical role on a small, dedicated team. A passion for delivering high-quality web functionality on aggressive schedules is crucial. This Java Developer will be joining a charity with deep private-sector management experience. The DonorsChoose.org team is smart, committed, and passionate, and the work environment is informal, fast-paced, and fun.

Candidate must

• Design, implement, and maintain new functionality for use by teachers, donors, and staff.

• Estimate and deliver on rapid implementation schedules--without compromising smart development goals and principles--to build web functionality that is functional, fast, and scalable.

• Keep a high-volume transaction-driven web system running by troubleshooting and fixing critical bugs.

Candidate possesses

• Experience building robust functionality for commercial web sites and applications.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and enthusiasm for tackling diverse development challenges.

• Strong sense of ownership and detail-orientation throughout the web engineering lifecycle.

• Superb self-management skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with little supervision.

• Strong SQL skills, experience with O/R mapping tools like Hibernate is a plus.

• Excellent Java and extra credit for experience with Spring framework.

• Experience integrating 3rd-party web applications, services, and components.

• Nice to have: HTML, CSS, JS, or AJAX.

To apply: Email resume, note of introduction, and how you learned about the position to Oliver Hurst-Hiller, CTO & EVP Product at software-engineer (at) donorschoose {dot} org. Include "Java Developer" and "REF:SW5" in the subject line. Applications will be accepte