Marketing | San Francisco, CA, United States
Company
BitTorrent is the world’s largest peer-based technology company. We’ve created a globally recognized ecosystem of technology protocols, consumer software, and electronics devices that help people find, share and move digital media. Our technologies are used by hundreds of millions of people around the world and drive between 20% and 40% of global Internet traffic.
We are a profitable, multi-national company that is backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Accel Partners (Facebook, Groupon, Dropbox, AdMob, etc.) and DCM (About.com, Foundry Networks, Sling Media, Clearwire, etc). Our company is led by a team of proven entrepreneurs that have generated billions of dollars in shareholder returns. We’re looking for talented and motivated people to join our rapidly growing team.
Culture
BitTorrent offers a unique and compelling work environment. We are proponents of the open Internet and we serve one of the largest user demographics in history. We take these responsibilities seriously and hire accordingly. We work with only the brightest engineers and the most talented business people we can find. Everyone on our team is here to do meaningful work with broad reaching impact. We have a fun yet challenging work environment that fosters diversity, creativity and teamwork. Our team members receive industry leading salaries, stock options, premium benefits, and state-of-the-art offices in San Francisco’s SOMA district.
Please contact us if you think you’re a fit.
Role
The marketing team is looking for a passionate, top-notch sr. creative developer who is comfortable producing integrated work of all kinds. You’ll know how to combine both the technical and creative aspects of the trade.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Working closely with the Creative, UX, and Product Marketing team on all aspects of Front & Backend development
- Researching the competition and digital innovation, bringing fresh ideas to the table. We’re looking for genuine curiosity about what’s happening in the interactive industry, and a willingness to discove and try new techniques
- Understanding the code and how to convert ideas into action
Preferred Experience
Ideal candidates will posses a strong combination of the following experience:
- Interactive campaign experience in the agency and/or digital startup world
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Arts, Media Arts, and/or related experience
- Deep knowledge of CSS3, JavaScript, HTML5, JQuery, Social APIs, and Graphical Web experience with any of the following – D3/SVG/Canvas/WebGL/WebAudio
- Experienced with cross-browser development including mobile and understanding of responsive design
- Experience with some server side technologies (PHP/Node.js/Python)
- Experience in version control systems (git/SVN)
- Interest or experience with dynamic animation
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to research and solve new creative and/or technical challenges while always trying to improve, optimise and push the development process
- Familiarity with BitTorrent technology and ecosystem
