Sharefaith Employment Opportunities

Sharefaith Developer
Sharefaith is looking to hire a full-time, in-house developer to continue to grow our product line. You will be joining Sharefaith’s rockstar family of designers, developers and world-changers at our headquarters in Medford, Oregon.
It’s a perfect time to solidify a place in an exciting career path with a well-respected company. Sharefaith, a 15-year-old, multiple award winning company, is growing! We have moved into larger offices because of the increased staffing and church members who subscribe to our services. Our products are well seasoned, well supported and much loved by hundreds and thousands of users in more than 165 countries.
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An Opportunity Like No Other:
Do you want to impact 200,000 ministries around the world and see them succeed in sharing the Gospel, creatively, with relevance and impact? Here at Sharefaith, you have the opportunity to use your skill set in a way that allows you to directly empower and equip churches globally through cutting edge media and technology solutions, while working with a company that has a clear vision and trajectory. Everyone here is on the same page about why we exist, how we do it, and where we are going. It’s never a job. It’s a calling!
A Career You’ll Want to Stay in For the Long Run:
Sharefaith provides a stellar, fast-paced work environment where everyone employed is making a difference they can see and feel, on a professional and personal level, daily. With competitive compensation, top-tier benefits, and a one-of-a-kind culture, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and challenge yourself, while always learning and fostering new skills along the way. The word “dead-end” simply does not exist in our team vocabulary. We dream big, operate big, and have big expectations. This mentality fuels our tomorrows with hope and opportunity and that’s why we can’t wait to get to work the next day.
A Culture That Will Change the Way You Work:
Sharefaith is a team of individuals who are committed to succeed together. We have the freedom to test and fail, yet have the empowerment to succeed. We have a standard of excellence in how we treat each other, as well as our performance. Everyone plays a part in the success of the company and serves as a valued member of the team, regardless of what position they hold. Office politics? What’s that? Favoritism? Nope. Across the board, including management and executive leadership, there is transparency, humility, and honesty. Our team succeeds because we have impeccable integrity. At the end of each day, we autograph our work with excellence.
A Product You Can Back and Be Proud Of:
Sharefaith offers premium web and app technology services and resources that churches and ministries around the world use every day. We always aim to make our products the best they can be with new innovations and beautiful, user-friendly design backed by first class support. Our aim has been to design, develop, and then bundle multiple products under one cost-effective membership. This enables churches of any size to use our products.
A Team You’ll Admire:
Sharefaith encourages and fosters a warm, positive work environment where both management and employees genuinely care about each other. The needs of employees and their families are considered first when making decisions that affect the company which is why our leadership team is always transparent in communicating changes and expectations to the team, as a whole. We put people over profit. Always! The team admonishes each other to grow, exceed and be accountable, which creates a shared ownership mentality that is prevalent through all departments. We succeed together. There is no “I” in Sharefaith. Well, technically there is, but you get our point.
A Location That Restores The Work-Life Balance:
Do you bike, swim, fish, snowboard, ski, hike, dive, off road, shop, dance, eat, enjoy live music, opera, theater? Do you homeschool or enjoy quality public and private schools? If you do, you’ll think you died and went to heaven, because it’s all concentrated right here in Medford, Oregon.
Sharefaith is blessed to operate in a beautiful region with clear skies, beautiful forests, 4 actual seasons, and plenty of mountains. There are plenty of outdoor activities around the Rogue Valley and lots of shopping, restaurants, and entertainment to choose from, such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Britt Festival, Craterian Theater, and much more.
A Job That Will Change You For the Good, Forever!:
Sharefaith offers premium web and app technology services and resources that churches and ministries around the world use every day. We always aim to make our products the best they can be with new innovations and beautiful, user-friendly design backed by first class support. Our aim has been to design, develop, and then bundle multiple products under one cost-effective membership. This enables churches of any size to use our products.
What will you be doing?
As a Sharefaith Developer, you will partner with our development and business teams to steward, engineer, troubleshoot and develop our products. You’ll raise the standard of development, making our products work well as part of a stable ecosystem. You’ll help maintain our best-of-the-best experience, which has made us the leading Church Website service provider, serving nearly 10,000 churches. Excellence will be your motto, and an eye for great design and UI will be your pulse. You’ll work on a team that values passion, innovation, and creativity, and your contribution and effort will have a direct result in helping churches around the world communicate with excellence and relevance through our website and mobile app solutions.
Requirements:
Must haves...
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- A B.S. in Computer Science or 3+ years of relevant experience
- A high level of proficiency in all of the following
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- Object oriented programming background (Example: Java/Object Oriented PHP/.Net)
- CSS
- HTML
- Interest in mobile app development (IOS/Android)
- Experience working with and managing AWS
- Experience designing applications to work in a load balanced environment
- Experience using third party APIs
- Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
- A User Experience mindset and the ability to empathize with product users
- Working knowledge of MySQL
- Knowledge of secure software development practices
- Willingness to be part of an on-call rotation for production support
Nice to have...
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- Experience with a primarily Linux open source environment
- Server administration
- Experience with Nginx
- Experience working with and managing AWS
- Experience with mobile app development (Android/IOS)
- Experience with Wordpress
- Scripting experience (Ruby/Python)
How will we measure your success?
Well this is really simple! When our customers rave about our product ease, functionality and beauty, you’ll have done your job. When customer service tickets drop, and fewer tutorials are needed because you found a simpler, easier and more beautiful way to accomplish a function, you’ll have done your job! When our products outrank any competitor - in the church industry or secular - in terms of style, simplicity and ease of use, you’ll have done a great job! All-in-all, when you’ve won the trust of the Sharefaith team, shown how your input dramatically scaled the level of excellence, you’ll have engraved a position at our company where you’ll have a bright, long and rewarding future. Guaranteed!
How will you be rewarded?
Compensation at Sharefaith is very competitive. More so, it’s amazing. With a strong base salary, medical, dental and vision coverage, basic life and AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, Open paid time off policy, in addition to 12 observed holidays, you know we look out for you and your family!
How do you apply?
Write us a cover letter explaining and elaborating on the following:
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- Why do you want to be part of Sharefaith?
- What about our mission statement appeals to you most?
- Why would working with churches globally interest you?
- Why would technology investment be a good thing for a church?
- Name 3 blogs you follow online and why? Give the URLS
- Name 3 examples (websites) of UI/UX excellence that blows your mind. (URLS)
- What’s more important to you? Stability or career growth? Why?
- What drives you nuts in a work culture or environment?
- What motivates you to get up in the morning and give your best?
- Are you easy to get along with? Why?
- Are you a good communicator? How?
- If there were 10 candidates applying for this position, why should we pick you?
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- Include a summary with links to projects you worked on. Tell us what part you played in each project. Also send links to your public profiles on sites like GitHub and Stack Overflow.
- Include an updated resume and work history.
- Include 3 professional references (not friends or family).
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