Careers
About Us:
Fully funded by investors including Craig Newmark of craigslist.org, our exciting Web 2.0 community launched in January 2008 and is growing rapidly. Red Room is the online home of the world's greatest writers--founding members include Dr. Maya Angelou, Amy Tan, Salman Rushdie, and Khaled Hosseini. We provide thousands of authors, readers, and literary professionals with an easy-to-use, design-rich social-networking and content-management platform that cross-markets their work to a wider audience while they make new friends and support their favorite causes. Learn more about us.
If you are a hard-working, self-managing creative thinker, and if you are not intimidated by responsibility, we would like to see your resume. Our company is primarily women-owned, and we are truly an equal-opportunity employer with a commitment to social justice and diversity that shows in every aspect of our product and our company.
Please check out the job postings below. If you have expert-level skills in these areas, please email your cover letter and resume, with the title of the position in the email's subject line, to careers at redroom dot com. Please include your current salary, your salary expectation, and your availability in your cover letter.
Due to the volume of applications we're receiving for our job openings, we respond only to people we intend to interview. We sincerely wish you the best of luck in your job search!
More open job positions will soon be posted on this page, so please check back often.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
SENIOR DRUPAL DEVELOPER
We are searching for an experienced, highly detail-oriented, innovative, Senior Drupal Developer who will be charged with continuing to develop our website content delivery and management system.
Responsibilities:
- PHP/MySQL development on a Drupal platform
- Work with different departments/consultants/contractors to create the scope of work and requirements analysis by providing product and technical details
- Work closely with the rest of the development team to streamline author moderation process and general administrative views and processes within Drupal
Key Qualifying Skills:
- Experience with Drupal a must
- Knowledge of popular current Web 2.0 social networking sites
- 2+ years of experience working with HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL code
- Experience with Open Source-oriented products and processes such as Joomla, Drupal, etc.
- Ability to create functional and technical specifications
This is a full-time position with compensation (salary and equity) commensurate with experience and performance within a startup environment. To apply, please send your cover letter and resume with the title of the position in the subject line to careers at redroom dot com. Please include your current salary, salary expectation, and your availability in your cover letter as well.
Diversity:
Our company is women-owned and we are truly an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to social justice and diversity, which shows in every aspect of our product and company culture.
How to Apply:
Contact us at careers at redroom dot com with the title of the position in the subject line and include your resume and a cover letter that includes why you are perfect for Red Room, your current salary, salary expectations, and availability. Due to the volume of applications, we only respond to applicants we intend to interview. We wish you the best of luck in your job search!
SENIOR DEVELOPER
We are searching for an experienced, highly detail-oriented, innovative, Senior Developer who will be charged with continuing to develop our website content delivery and management system.
Responsibilities:
- PHP/MySQL development
- Work with different departments/consultants/contractors to create the scope of work and requirements analysis by providing product and technical details
- Work closely with the rest of the development team to streamline author moderation process and general administrative views and processes within Drupal
Key Qualifying Skills:
- Experience with PHP and MySQL a must
- Knowledge of popular current Web 2.0 social networking sites
- 2+ years of experience working with HTML, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL code
- Experience with Open Source-oriented products and processes such as Joomla, Drupal, etc.
- Ability to create functional and technical specifications
Compensation:
Salary and equity (stock options) commensurate with experience and performance. This is a demanding full-time position in a startup environment with long hours--everyone here has equity and takes a sense of ownership. Success will be rewarded. As one of the first few employees, your stock options have a significant potential upside within a short time. Red Room Omnimedia Corporation is headquartered in a beautiful Victorian in the heart of San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, within walking distance of BART and Muni.
Diversity:
Our company is women-owned and we are truly an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to social justice and diversity, which shows in every aspect of our product and company culture.
How to Apply:
Contact us at careers at redroom dot com with the title of the position in the subject line and include your resume and a cover letter that includes why you are perfect for Red Room, your current salary, salary expectations, and availability. Due to the volume of applications, we respond only to applicants we intend to interview. We wish you the best of luck in your job search!
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