VotingSmarter is hiring a

Volunteer: Web Developer

VotingSmarter is a civic tech nonprofit. We are founded on the idea that in order to fight voter apathy, political corruption, misinformation and paralyzing partisanship we must address the incentives that cause them. That starts with "cheaper" and fairer information. Everything we do is centered on being fair, fast, and fun. Be began by fighting voter apathy in 2020. We built a "dating app for elections" that matched thousands of voters to the political candidates that matched their political preferences rather than political party or immutable characteristics like race, age, or gender identity.
Since the 2020 election, we’ve been designing a tool to fight the political corruption created by large corporate donations and lobbying. We are super excited to announce that after months of development and thousands of hours of research, our new Chrome extension that matches shoppers to the companies that donate to candidates that share their political values has been approved and is live in the Google Chrome Store!!!
Who We Are
Our team is made up of passionate people from all over the world, from all walks of life, and from all over the political spectrum. At VotingSmarter, we recognize that our political process is broken and that being an informed citizen is hard work; it takes too much time and emotional effort.
VotingSmarter’s 2020 "dating app for elections" turned 4000 hours of boring political research into 4 minutes of "fun".
VotingSmarter’s new Chrome extension turns countless hours of research into a tool for conscious consumerism. The businesses you shop at everyday use YOUR dollars to support THEIR values and political agendas. With the VotingSmarter browser extension, you can be sure your dollars are spent supporting YOUR values.
Join our team to help us combine these two great products into a new platform in both web2 AND web3 and give people their political power back.
We have an upcoming NFT drop and are starting to design a metaverse for politics. Leave your mark on the future of politics.
Web3 Future
When looking ahead, the discussion of Web3 is inevitable. Our team has some exciting ideas for ways in which we can achieve success in the Web3 space. We are looking for motivated and creative individuals to bring those ideas to fruition and apply their skills and knowledge to add value to the space.
Responsibilities

• Work on multiple client projects for multiple teams
• Develop new user-facing features
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• Take ownership of projects and optimization
• Communicate clearly and openly with all team members
• Utilize creative problem solving to provide solutions and explanations for challenges
• Develop and build out responsive emails and email templates
• Manage project tasks, timelines, and communication
• Perform routine site maintenance as needed

• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as SASS Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good. ">

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