Docracy beta

We're Hiring!

We're making the law work for regular people again, and creating an amazing document collaboration tool along the way.

We started at a hackathon, read more about it on TechCrunch.

Web Developer (Full Time)

We're looking for a truly top of the line web developer. We face hard UI challenges around online document editing and collaboration and need someone who appreciates simple and elegant UI.

Requirements:

  • Awesome at everything related to making a modern dynamic website. CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Backbone, etc.
  • Located in or near New York and willing to become a full time employee.
  • Cares about design.
  • Be a considerate person who still voices their opinion. No tortured geniuses please.
  • Comfortable being an early employee with a wide range of responsibilities and impact on the product.
  • Bonus: Some Java experience, or willingness to learn.

Benefits:

  • Great health care (we grew up in Canada).
  • Understanding of work/life balance.
  • Early stage equity in a company disrupting a huge market and doing social good.
  • Completely top of the line Spotify account.
  • A firm handshake and gold watch on your 10th anniversary.

Interested?

We use the portfolio method of hiring, borrowed from the design world. Or, What have you made that you're proud of, and why? We're looking for people who do this stuff because they love it, like we do.

Send a resume and links to your favorite work to jobs@docracy.com.

UI/Graphic Designer (Contract or Full Time)

We want to be the first people to ever care about how a legal document looks. Do you find it as irritating as we do that legal docs seem to look bad on purpose? Come help us change this.

Requirements:

  • Understands modern web design limitations and conventions, but has a love for print.
  • Strong typographic skills. We want our documents to be beautiful.
  • Easy-going, self-motivated, great communications skills.
  • A great portfolio.
  • Experience in HTML5, CSS, or JavaScript a big plus but not required.

Benefits:

  • Work with a team that loves design and has clear ideas of what they want. Examples from our recent work include SlideScreen, An iPad Kid's Book, and Androidify (with Google).
  • Understanding of work/life balance.
  • Full time: Early stage equity in a company disrupting a huge market and doing social good.
  • Full time (ok maybe contract too): Completely top of the line Spotify account.
  • Full time: A firm handshake and gold watch on your 10th anniversary.

Interested?

Send a resume and link to portfolio to jobs@docracy.com.

Java Developer (Full Time)

We're looking for someone with significant Java experience and still loves the language. Yeah, we know there are some clunky things in Java, but we also understand the long term benefits and advantages. We want someone who understands those tradeoffs too. Both of the co-founders are Java developers so you'll be working independently, but in good company.

Requirements:

  • A ton of Java experience. Bonus: Experience with the Play! framework.
  • Has deep suspicions about most of the Java frameworks out there, and XML in general.
  • Located in or near New York and willing to become a full time employee.
  • Cares about design.
  • Be a considerate person who still voices their opinion. No tortured geniuses please.
  • Comfortable being an early employee with a wide range of responsibilities and impact on the product.
  • Big Bonus: Frontend development experience.

Benefits:

  • Great health care (we grew up in Canada).
  • Understanding of work/life balance.
  • Early stage equity in a company disrupting a huge market and doing social good.
  • Completely top of the line Spotify account.
  • A firm handshake and gold watch on your 10th anniversary.

Interested?

We use the portfolio method of hiring, borrowed from the design world. Or, What have you made that you're proud of and why? We're looking for people who do this stuff because they love it, like we do.

Send a resume and links to your favorite work to jobs@docracy.com.

Content & Marketing Intern

This summer, we are looking for someone to help us making Docracy even more awesome by:

  • Expanding our library of standard agreements.
  • Managing and developing our growing community of users.
  • Shaping our brand identity in our blog and social media.
  • Organizing great events.
  • Your great idea goes here!

What you'll learn

Since we are an innovative, fast-paced and awesome company, you'll get invaluable skills that no average company would ever teach you:

  • How to use your intelligence, and not the stuff in the books, to solve problems.
  • How to work independently and become a contributor.
  • How to interact with users and clients.
  • How to make a difference in the world.

Last but not least, you'll get to work in the amazing, open workspace of NYU-Poly of Dumbo. Work beside other cool startups, in the heart of the NYC tech scene.

Interested?

This is a paid internship position for Summer 2012. We will only consider highly motivated, creative and smart candidates. To apply, send a cover letter to jobs@docracy.com, addressing the following questions:

  • Where do you want to be 3 years from now and how can Docracy help get you there?
  • Why should Docracy hire you?
  • What are your 3 favorite websites and why?

Don't forget to attach a resume. We don't really care about your grades (there are better ways to measure how smart you are) but please specify what courses you've taken. Include any relevant social media presence (blog, twitter, linkedin, etc.)

Web Dev Intern

We're looking for a young and talented web developer to help us tackle hard UI challenges around online document editing and collaboration. This is your chance to bring your HTML, CSS and UI skills to the real world. We value talent over experience, but here’s what we think you should have:

  • Awesome at everything related to making a modern dynamic website: CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Backbone, etc.
  • Appreciation of simple and elegant UI.
  • Quick learning abilities and an open mind.

What you'll learn

Since we are an innovative, fast-paced and awesome company, you'll get invaluable skills that no average company would ever teach you:

  • How to use your intelligence, and not the stuff in the books, to solve problems.
  • How to work independently and become a contributor.
  • How to make a difference in the world.

Last but not least, you'll get to work in the amazing, open workspace of NYU-Poly of Dumbo. Work beside other cool startups, in the heart of the NYC tech scene.

Interested?

This is a paid internship position for Summer 2012. We will only consider highly motivated, creative and smart candidates. To apply, send a cover letter to jobs@docracy.com, addressing the following questions:

  • Where do you want to be 3 years from now and how can Docracy help get you there?
  • Why should Docracy hire you?
  • What are your 3 favorite websites and why?

Don't forget to attach a resume and a portfolio of work. We don't really care about your grades (there are better ways to measure how smart you are) but please specify what courses you've taken. Include any relevant social media presence (blog, twitter, linkedin, etc.)