Developer in Residence – Mobile Action Lab

This fall, Youth Radio is launching Oakland’s first youth-driven Mobile Action Lab: 25 young people collaborating with pro app developers (could be you!) to create six online/mobile apps that serve real needs in youth communities. Youth Radio won a major global MacArthur Foundation competition to launch the Lab, announced this spring by US Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, as part of Obama’s National Lab Day. (Check out the HYPERLINK video and press release here). 
 


What we need: 
A fantastic developer to run the Mobile Action Lab, with support from a Lab coordinator to help manage the day-to-day. You’ll collaborate directly with young people to create our apps and bring them to market. 

Requirements:

• High energy level and top-notch problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn new technologies fast

• Experience building web-based interactive applications (HTML, Javascript, AJAX)

• Experience with scripting languages (any of the following Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP)

• Solid understanding of the SQL language 

• Experience building iPhone apps (Android is a plus!)


Bonus:

• Experience in building applications for social media (utilizing FBML, Open Social, etc.) 

• Experience implementing products using 3rd party APIs with minimal support

• Experience in analyzing open source solutions and implementing OSS in applications

• Experience in building multi-user, high-availability web applications

What we’ve got: 

• Great collaborators with global visibility and audience, including: the inventor of Facebook’s Graffiti app; Forage Oakland; Youth Speaks; and PRX, the company behind the Public Radio Player and This American Life iPhone apps)

• World-class advisors (a Facebook co-founder, a Stanford professor, an iTunes co-creator…)

• A Peabody/Dupont/Murrow/Kennedy Award-winning production company as incubator for the Lab, staffed by trained, talented young people (14-24) and adult professional producers, editors, and engineers

• A gorgeous 4-story building in the heart of downtown Oakland, steps from BART

• A track record as the nation’s premier producer of youth-generated content for public media, with outlets including National Public Radio, The Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and iTunes.  


Position/Salary:
Compensation commensurate with experience—one-year position with room to grow and extend

Submission Package:
Cover letter, resume, three references

Contact:
Lissa Soep/lissa@youthradio.org

Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

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