Do you live and breath HTML and CSS? Have you started referring to HTML5 as simply HTML? Do you spend your nights wondering whether we’ll ever really know if Madlib forms are really better at conversion? Do you care deeply about making the world a better place?

If you answered "yes" to these, The Texas Tribune needs you. We’re busy making sure that Texans are better informed and more likely to participate in society by covering politics and policy with vigor. Our reporters are writing all the time, and the tech team helps them do their job by building interactive explorers for state data. From one-off maps showing the geospatial impact of a piece of news to our huge undertakings like the recently launched Public Schools Explorer application, we use our technical skills to help fuel the conversation. We’re looking to round out our team of programmers with a web designer who’s comfortable in HTML, CSS, and his or her favorite text editor — You do have a favorite text editor, right?

Required:

• HTML and CSS
• CSS frameworks
• JavaScript and jQuery
• Version Control
• Self-starter

Preferred:

• You still remember when you converted your first site from a table-based grid to CSS.
• You have a favorite that you like to extend to make a custom framework for the sites you build.
• You’ve written JavaScript without jQuery but wouldn’t use anything else without a really good reason.
• git init is the first command you run after creating a new directory for your project.

Nice to Have:

• Experience designing for mobile platforms.
• Experience designing and developing responsive sites.
• Experience in data visualization and interaction.
• Enough backend experience to not be afraid of playing with backend code. Python, Rails, or PHP is fine.
• Bonus points for experience with Django and Python.

To apply, please send us your resume and a cover letter, and point us to samples of your work. Please e-mail your materials, or any questions about the role, to tech-jobs@texastribune.org.