Careers: Make An Impact

Developer

Live By Your Code

We’re looking for someone to join our office and culture who loves building websites with a purpose.

We really don’t care about the skills you have in specific languages, although if you don’t know HTML, CSS, or client-side Javascript then we’d be surprised if you’re a good fit. Smart, dedicated people can pick up new languages and frameworks relatively quickly.

Experience with WordPress, Sass, Twig, Laravel, relational databases with millions-to-billions of rows, and social media APIs are a plus but not a requirement.

• Are you the kind of person who always has a few projects going on at once?
• Do you sometimes stay up late at night tinkering with new languages and frameworks, or hacking away at an undocumented API?
• Are you the kind of person who isn’t afraid of making and admitting a mistake — and then learning from it?
• Do you enjoy learning from people with different backgrounds and skills than your own
• Are you interested in utilizing digital tools and data to increase personal and economic freedom for more people?

If the above are true, you’re probably a good fit for Red Edge.

About Red Edge

We’re an Arlington-based digital advocacy firm which primarily assists clients on free-market and personal liberty issues with apps, ads, and ideas. We’ve made some awesome stuff, but you can be a part of making our best products yet.

We:

• Work in a fast-paced, exciting environment
• Don’t care about titles
• Do care about talent
• Don’t care about your grades in school
• Do care about passion
• Won’t be impressed by the five years of “experience” you had stagnating at one job
• Will be impressed by a cool project you made on your own

The ideal candidate would:

• Enjoy kicking ass
• Work hard and play hard
• Possess a good sense of humor
• Relish the chance to try new things
• Know what they don’t know, and have a drive to improve
• Be humble enough to admit mistakes, and smart enough to learn from them
• May lack for experience but not of a desire to learn
• Enjoy messing with the status quo
• Want to create one’s own job description based on his/her own success
• Work in our Virginia office location

About our office:

• We’re located right above the Courthouse metro stop and are an easy commute from just about anywhere. Transit or parking benefits are available.
• Our hours are 9:30-6:30, but flexible. Our focus is on getting stuff done and having fun, not waiting for a clock.
• Dress is casual, except sometimes when we have to meet clients.
• In general, we prefer common sense to typed out rules.
• We subsidize health insurance and transit or parking, sponsor and contribute to a 401(k) for eligible employees, and may offer potential relocation adjustment commensurate with position and fit.
• As you’d expect from a tech-focused firm, we have snacks, a well-stocked bar, and beer in the refrigerator.