We seek a front-end web developer / research scientist:

• Requirements:
  • Passionate about programming;
  • Produce elegant, maintainable code;
  • Expertise in JavaScript;
  • Easy to get along with, fun, ethical, and low-maintenance; and
  • Intensely driven, proactive, and hard-working.
• Desirable:
  • Experience with Rich Internet Applications (RIAs);
  • Experience with Dojo Javascript library;
  • Experience with databases in both design and access methodology; and
  • Open-source contributions.
• Environment and Compensation:
  • Prefer full-time;
• Requre at least part-time on-site in Alameda;
• Ground floor opportunity with competitive compensation including significant equity;
• Technical immersion at an early stage startup embarking on a high-visibility, landmark IT project; and
• Flexible work environment focused on productivity.

TeamPatent is building a high-performance, browser-based semantically-aware word processor with an integrated drawing editor. It provides responsive, web-standard collaboration for large, multimedia documents.  The "semantic awareness" makes it easier to author and read complex technical documents; the National Science Foundation describes this technology as "game changing".  We're looking for someone who's passionate about software engineering and is capable of quickly learning our technologies.  You'll work in JavaScript with Dojo libraries as you refine and extend our Rich Internet Application (RIA).  TeamPatent holds the potential to be a career-making project with enormous intellectual scope and market potential; join us!

Please apply to jobs AT teampatent DOT com.  You're welcome to include a link to your online presence.  Applications with a coverletter explaining why one is a good fit will be responded to within two business days.  We're currently hiring for a USPTO project expected to start late June.

posted 12Apr2011