News

November 11, 2011

Interactive Developer

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

BKWLD is looking for experienced Interactive Developers to work on a variety of digital applications for a variety of clients.  Our work spans the digital landscape, from websites, microsites, Facebook applications and banner ads, to out-of-home experiences like installations and kiosks, to mobile and tablet applications, while always keeping our eyes open for new ways to engage the right user in the right way.

To us, an "Interactive Developer" is not a production person, or just a "developer." From our perspective, the chasm between "Creative" and "Development" is far too often perpetuated and reinforced by agency processes.  Our belief is that the Interactive Developer is a key collaborator in planning intelligent and strategic user experiences.  We rely on this person to help plan concept, UX, best approach for development, and execution of the delivery.  Yes, it is a lot.  And if it sounds overwhelming, it may not be for you.  The team mates we are looking for are dedicated, passionate, and perfectly OK with getting in over their head.


Requirements

  • Professional grade Flash and AS3 experience.
  • Experience building projects that use a lot of video (including from streaming sources) and staying performant
  • Experience with webcams
  • Experience interacting with RESTful APIs, including POSTing files
  • Experience working teams and using version control software
  • Experience using Photoshop to break out assets for Flash builds
  • Expectation that designs are to be implemented pixel accurate
  • Expectation to constantly improve
  • Expectation to be vocal about issues in a project strategy or design


Niceties

  • Experience with JS/HTML front end builds using jQuery
  • Experience with HTML5 APIs and tools: Canvas, Paper.js, Webgl, etc.
  • Experience with 3D in Flash
  • Experience with back end development (PHP or Ruby)
  • Experience with any aspect of mobile development


ABOUT US

• We are a zero-ego crew and all share a love for everything interactive.

• Our process isn't too rigid, but not too loose, which allows everyone to fully contribute.

• We all have our titles, but at times find ourselves working outside of them.

• We don't micromanage, but trust and expect team members to deliver passionate work on time.

• We don't mind working late nights while cranking up the tunes, but we treasure balance over all else.

• We are small enough to still have a strong sense of camaraderie within our team, so if you ever need help, there's always someone there to lend a helping hand.

• The projects we work on allow you to take a large part of ownership, meaning that you'd work on them from start to finish.

• On a personal level we are all, for the most part, a mellow group of professionals that share diverse interests and enjoy each others company.

• Sometimes it can feel more like a gang than a company, which is pretty damn cool.

OUR OFFICES

We have two offices; Sacramento CA & Seattle WA.  We are interested in this position in either office.