We run ideation, design and engineering challenges on our responsive Django/AngularJS based platform, and we are white labeling this platform at armycocreate.com (to develop soldier solutions) and at a location to be announced this spring (for a fortune 10 company).
Our core site at localmotors.com is based around automotive innovation -- we currently are manufacturing the Rally Fighter (rallyfighter.com), Verrado Drift Trike (verradodrifttrike.com) and the LM Racer (localmotors.com/racer) in our Microfactory network. We currently are headquartered in Phoenix, have a Microfactory in Las Vegas, and are expanding to the East Coast in the spring.
In the past we entered and won the Experimental Crowd Sourced Vehicle challenge hosted by DARPA in 2010 when we produced the XC2V in under 6 months time from design to delivering the vehicle to President Obama.
Our tech team is currently about 10 people deep ranging from server admin, db, UI/UX design and Python/JS Engineering roles. We currently only list a Front End position on our Jobs page but we're definitely interested in expanding our Tech Team, building some native iOS/Android apps.
This is much much more than a code factory... we're actually developing real products whose inception happens on the web platform. Our in-house knowledge is deep in design, engineering and manufacturing of physical products rooted in automotive -- but we certainly could use more help on the web side of things. We've got a great core on our tech team right now but we've had the hardest time finding talent in the Phoenix area.
If you've got the skillset and experience we're looking for, you'll have a huge amount of influence on the platform's direction, in addition to the opportunity to crank out some super cool features that solve real problems -- but you'll be able to choose your own destiny, which for me is almost more interesting than just one or the other option.
We're not totally against remote work but we'd prefer you to have a presence in one of our Microfactory locations, or at least have the ability to spend a significant amount of time (>30%) in Phoenix at our headquarters, at least for your onboarding period.
Please contact me directly @ wwilliams@localmotors.com if you are interested.
I'm a fan of the peanut butter and sour kraut, myself, it's much more nutritious. Throw some sardines in there if you're trying to stock up on good omegas.
Local Motors - Phoenix, AZ - Relocation & Part Time Telecommute, US Citizen only
Front End Web Engineer
Local Motors - is a next-generation, disruptive, community-based vehicle innovation company. You can get a better sense here, as well as a sense of our culture: http://youtube.com/localmotors
LM Tech is a tight team who work really well together to build game-changing web apps for Local Motors. We hire smart competent people who use current frameworks and write tight, reusable code so that we can move really quickly without compromising quality or having a coronary in the process.
Our team is growing but well-balanced with separate players for UX, UI/web graphic design, front end angular development, back-end Django/Python development and a sysadmin/magician that has done really cool things with Amazon and Vagrant to make sure we have the best of environments at all times. We are looking for the right person to multiply our angular front-end firepower so we can rock even more. This person will work closely with the entire team to build the next generation co-creation platform for vehicle development and e-commerce.
requirements:
- Exposure to angular.js
- 5+ years solid experience with javascript, AJAX and JSON
- advanced HTML, CSS
- available to work out of our Chandler, AZ location with part time telecommuting and relocation available
pluses:
- experience with Django
- configuring and working with GruntJS
- experience with Foundation 4
If you are this person (or know this person), send a resume with a cover letter telling us about you to jobs@localmotors.com
Diggnation is completely awesome and Im extremely sad to see it go. Say it ain't so! Alex & Kevin have produced an extremely entertaining and enlightening show. I completely disagree that Kevin Rose has "never... said anything substantial", quite the contrary. Each show is not only a friendly conversation that is easy to pay attention whether you're a tech professional or a complete layman, but the insights into Digg and it's struggles over time as well as other interesting anecdotes about technology and its evolution have taught me a lot.
Hope they change their minds on this.
They've got to be killing it on advertising but I would happily pay to watch Diggnation instead of Foundation, although There's definitely value in the later as well.
Remember, this isn't the case of some suit or network executive not renewing the show. This is the creative force of the show saying that they've made a good run and that they are ready for other challenges.
Diggnation had a great run, I was an avid watcher for the first few years. If Alex and Kevin think they can better apply the energy they're spending on Diggnation, then more power to them.
Nice post :) Unfortunately I've been mostly solitarily hacking for the past 10 years while in school and then while solo-operating my own web business. While the web is a huge part of the business now, a lot of the employees are not within the tech team, so network resources have already been exhausted.
"As I saw recently, the best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago" :D
Pending Success, consider opening this up to anyone with the Blue Pass. I'm sure there's plenty of people who would be interested in this work model, should be easy enough for you to take a small percentage of each accepted bid.
Phoenix, AZ, Full Time - Some Telecommuting if you're the best.
Job Title: Front End Developer
Local Motors (www.local-motors.com) is a auto industry game changer. Using our website, anyone can participate in co-creating amazing new vehicle designs. After building the Rally Fighter (www.rallyfighter.com) and the XC2V for DARPA (http://www.local-motors.com/lmBuild.php?c=11185), now Local Motors is producing a new web site which will leverage co-creation and gaming to bring America the next generation of automobiles.
Are you positive, supportive and inspiring to others?
Do you get things done? Are you independent, and yet take direction well?
Are you passionate enough to work in a start-up?
Do you get excited about cool new interfaces and ways of interacting with the web?
Do you want to be a part of changing our world in a meaningful way?
You may be a recent graduate with relevant school projects or endless hours of relevant tinkering behind you. You may have a couple of years experience under your belt developing slick user interfaces. Either way, you are both talented and organized.
Our playground:
LAMP, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, SVN,
Responsibilities:
Implement public facing pages
Help make UI and UX decisions
Build reusable CSS/JS frameworks to simplify development
Participation in general internet engineering needs of the company
Requirements:
Smart
Gets things Done
Exceptional proficiency using HTML5/CSS/Javascript/jQuery/AJAX in a production environment
In depth knowledge of browser compatibility
Familiarity with Object Oriented Programming
Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities
Strong CS fundamentals gained through Bachelor’s degree in CS, HCI or related discipline or equivalent industry experience
Personal projects that show and aptitude for front-end engineering and product design sense
Ability to work in areas outside of their usual comfort zone and get things done quickly
Knowledge of SVN
Desirable:
Excellent Knowledge in SEO and Internet Marketing
Experience using object oriented PHP
Experience with PHPMyAdmin
Experience using MySQL in a production environment
Benefits
Competitive salaries
Vacation days & time off
Medical coverage
70 Degree winter days in Phoenix, AZ
An active working environment with brilliant designers, engineers and technology experts
Much more...
