Public Radio Exchange is hiring

The Public Radio Exchange (PRX.org) is a nonprofit web-based    marketplace for distribution, review, and licensing of radio content.  PRX brings new voices to the airwaves, creates new revenue streams  for producers, and helps stations assemble diverse and exceptional  programming.  The Boston Globe calls PRX  "a smart solution to the problem of excellent and innovative productions failing to reach wide audiences."

The job: Junior Web Application Developer
Location: Cambridge, MA
Type of Position: Full-time with benefits
Post Date: December 1, 2005
Start date: Immediately
Job post: http://about.prx.org/archives/000237.php 

Duties And Responsibilities
The Public Radio Exchange (PRX) seeks a full-time junior web application developer to join our team and contribute to the creation of new platforms and tools for an emerging public media digital marketplace and community. We are looking for an enthusiastic and creative engineer with a passion for building robust, scalable applications with simple, powerful interfaces, and who is comfortable working in a dynamic, changing environment.....

You'll work closely with our lead developer and the PRX team on all phases of the development cycle including planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. This position reports to the Managing Director.

Required Education, Experience and Skills
BSCS (or equivalent experience) plus 2-4 yrs of hands-on software engineering experience required. Demonstrated problem-solving skills on a large and small scale with ability to undertake and complete sophisticated software projects. Demonstrated ability to research and learn new technologies quickly and constantly. In-depth knowledge of all of the following areas necessary: web development and/or rich client development, object oriented programming, SQL databases, software project mgmt. Should have deep experience in at least one web development stack (Java/Struts, PHP/LAMP, etc.) and/or client-side GUI development. We are particularly interested in candidates with interest and expertise in UI and usability, and there is a buzzword bonus for familiarity and/or interest in agile development and AJAX. Comfort with OSX and/or Linux a plus. Candidates with interest and experience in open source, social software, public media, and community sites are encouraged to apply.

PRX is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

To Apply for this Opportunity
Please email a resume and cover letter to developerjob@prx.org