Full-stack Developer

Salary Competitive

Media Sifter is the Fact-Based news platform, bringing evidence back to the news. We are a blockchain startup based in Copenhagen working hard to design a new context of media consumption to return accountability back to the readers. Our news aggregation platform built on the blockchain cuts through the noise, agendas and bias to help people get to the bottom of the story. We want to help journalists get back to what they do best - investigation, and help readers get all the facts.


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Who are we?

Media Sifter is the Fact-Based news platform, bringing evidence back to the news. We are a blockchain startup based in Copenhagen working hard to design a new context of media consumption to return accountability back to the readers. Our news aggregation platform built on the blockchain cuts through the noise, agendas, and bias to help people get to the bottom of the story. We want to help journalists get back to what they do best - investigation, and help readers get all the facts.

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Who are we looking for?

A passionate full-stack web developer that wants to disrupt and rebuild the way we consume media, and hold media accountable. Joining us in Copenhagen, You will become an integral part of the team and the company and help shape the future of both the company and our service.


This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to apply their skills in a mission-focused environment. You will be working closely with our design lead to implement and finalise the infrastructure and front-end of our service.


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Who are you?


We are looking for passionate, dedicated, and general self-motivating attitude to problem-solving. 

Specifically, we are looking for someone with eye for detail, a critical mindset with just as many questions as answers. Having initiative is key if you need to be micro-managed this is not the role for you.


If the web is your platform of choice and you want to build an amazing product together with a passionate team. we would love to hear from you. As a developer at Media Sifter, you can pride yourself on building a product that people love to use and probably also have fun while doing it.


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Some of the things we look for


1 - Experience with modern web frameworks such as Rails, Phoenix, Django, Express or similar. 

2 - Experience in architecting and implementing elegant technical backend solutions 

3 - Experience with both vanilla JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks such as Ember, Angular, or React. 

4 - Obviously king of HTML5, Bootstrap, and CSS3 

5 - Strong experience with NoSQL databases 

6 - Willingness to learn PHP and as a bonus Zend framework 

7 - Familiarity with Git .

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What do you get in return?


- Financial compensation 

- To work on a platform that can have a positive impact on the world 

- Potential co-foundership (dependent on dedication) 

- Interesting set subset of potential technologies to play with 

- A hell of a challenge, but a fun one at that

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Working at
Media Sifter

__Media SifterNews Aggregation, Crowd-Verified--Media Sifter is a news aggregator that utilises the crowd to verify content.Today's media landscape is noisy, biased and often inaccurate and rewards clicks rather than quality.We want to empower users to navigate through noise and bias and consume factual news. The network uses the wisdom of the crowd to verify claims in the aggregator and rewards evidence and contribution.--Find out more and join on mediasifter.co

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