College Prowler is a rapidly growing startup company located in Pittsburgh, PA.  Are you a motivated professional looking for a young, energetic workplace where you can make an impact? We're looking for a talented, hard-working front-end developer to contribute in the enhancement of a highly dynamic, high traffic web site.

Responsibilities:

• Develop attractive, interactive, and functional front-end web pages using our existing design style as a model.
• Code as close to W3C web standards as possible and cross-browser test all front-end development work.
• Use Javascript and AJAX to promote interactivity and positive user experience on the site.
• Work with a team on new product features but be able to work independently as well.
• Investigate new resources to use will improve functionality, usability, loading speed, and search engine results.

Required Qualifications:

• 1-3 years relevant work experience
• Thorough knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Thorough knowledge of Javascript, JQuery, and AJAX
• Strong graphic and web design skills
• Hard worker who wants to learn and grow with the position and company
• Good team player, go getter, passionate about being part of a successful company
• Ability to work independently in a fast paced environment and handle multiple projects concurrently
• Results oriented; driven to be great

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with various Javascript frameworks such as Backbone, Angular, Knockout, or Ember
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• Experience working in a ASP.NET environment

Benefits:
This is a full time, salaried position with competitive compensation and benefits including 20 paid days off per year, stock options, and a comprehensive health plan provided at no cost to the employee.

About College Prowler:
Started in 2002 by recent Carnegie Mellon grads, College Prowler has revolutionized the college search industry with a "by students for students" approach. Today, College Prowler is the largest U.S. publisher of college content written from the students' perspectives with more than 200,000 student reviews on nearly 7,000 colleges. Each year, millions of students turn to College Prowler to help them find the college that suits them best. The company has received coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, The Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, and many others. EOE.