{"id":13319,"date":"2013-03-12T16:03:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T20:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=13319"},"modified":"2013-03-12T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T20:03:34","slug":"job-app-developer-atomic-software-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2013\/03\/12\/job-app-developer-atomic-software-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"[JOB] App Developer, Atomic Software, Inc"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atomic Software, Inc. App Developer February 2013<\/div>\n
App Developer<\/div>\n
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***Please note: \u00a0this position is considered a full-time paid internship — it is open to a current ITP student or a recent grad and may lead to a full-time ongoing opportunity.<\/div>\n
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– About Atomic<\/div>\n
Atomic makes apps for reading. Our mission is to create better ways to read, better ways to learn to read, and better ways for people to connect about reading. We design and build phone, tablet, and web apps that are powered by books. We help publishers develop cloud-based services that provide digital book content to power our apps. And we develop easy-to-use internal systems that produce book content digitally, right from the start. We\u2019ve been working on our own and for Random House, Scholastic, Harcourt, and Pearson, but our best projects are happening today, as you read this, in DUMBO, with a waterfront view of Manhattan and all the Brooklyn Roasting Company coffee that you need.<\/div>\n
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– The Position<\/div>\n
We are expanding a team of innovative product creators, who can invent, spec, prototype, and build great digital products. Your job at Atomic will be to bring complete digital products to market: \u00a0Atomic is a small company that builds big, so we need smart people who can start at the beginning of a product and see through every task to completion. For this position, we are looking for both interest and skill in creating and coding great interfaces<\/div>\n
for mobile apps. But we especially want programmers who understand computer science fundamentals, who see the beauty in elegant code, and who have an appreciation for how every technical decision could affect the end user\u2019s experience.<\/div>\n
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– Engineering Requirements<\/div>\n
\u2022 Understand the value of a disciplined engineering practice for the long-term evolution of a digital product.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Have some experience with software source code revision control systems, especially Git.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Quickly adapt to a new programming language or platform depending on the needs of the project.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Commit to understanding the true underlying cause of a software bug instead of more simply treating the symptoms of the bug.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Understand computer science fundamentals, and readily use them to solve problems.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Take pride in producing code that can be explained to and maintained by other programmers.<\/div>\n
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– Programming Skills<\/div>\n
\u2022 Familiarity with Objective-C for iOS programming, or a background in C or C++.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Familiarity with memory management techniques, beyond ARC or garbage collection.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Good skills in HTML5 tools for mobile development.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Familiarity with XML, XSL, XPath, DTDs and XML Schemas.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Knowledge of SQL and databases, especially Oracle, MySQL, and SQLite.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Familiarity with client\/server architectures.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Ability to work on the Unix command line.<\/div>\n
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– User Experience Design Background<\/div>\n
\u2022 Can work on a deadline to wireframe a series of related screens using tools like Balsamiq Mockups.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Can use paper prototypes and visual wireframes to understand and communicate how a user would accomplish different tasks.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Can take the graphical work of designers and implement it functionally, making adjustments in tools like Photoshop, Fireworks, or the GIMP when needed.<\/div>\n
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If you feel like you don\u2019t know enough of the engineering, programming, or design skills above, but you like to learn and you\u2019re committed to great work, apply. We\u2019ll hire smart over experienced any day of the week!<\/div>\n
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– Conceptual Skills<\/div>\n
You must be able to:<\/div>\n
\u2022 Consider a digital product from the perspective of its users, especially students and teachers<\/div>\n
in elementary classrooms.<\/div>\n
\u2022 An interest in mobile games, especially as they can be used in learning.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Combine technical expertise with the ability to speak your mind, think critically, and find the simpler, more elegant way to get the job done.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Take pride in your work and be able to explain to anyone \u2014 client, engineer, or executive \u2014 exactly why it’s great.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Recognize when you could have done a better job and take action to improve things.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Listen to the end-user or client thoughtfully, address the user\u2019s concerns, and respond with what courses of action are available or preferred.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Be brilliant within a team of other brilliant people.<\/div>\n
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These conceptual skills are not after-thoughts: we consider them as much part of the job description as any of the design or engineering skills listed above.<\/div>\n
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– To Apply<\/div>\n
Send a resume and your favorite kind of cookie (we eat a lot of cookies here) to<\/div>\n
aisforatomic@atomicsoftware.com<\/a>\u00a0with the subject line \u201cApp Developer\u201d.<\/div>\n
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