(Phoenix, AZ or potential Telecommute)

United Needs is building a trusted, social trading exchange platform to connect anyone with a NEED to those with a solution for that need.  Our goal is to change the world; fulfilling one need at a time by employing expert networks, crowdsourcing and corporate social responsibility.

The long-term goal is a new kind of trading platform that connects government leaders, the private sector, NGOs and individuals around an activation engine (mobile and web) to create transparency, collaboration and curation of the movement of goods and services around the planet. 

The first product/service is microNEEDS (ask us about this)-- a solid, useable  and achievable first step on that journey, and we need strong designers and developers who share the vision of United Needs in making the world a better place by fulfilling one need at a time and then scaling the vision to massive proportions.

API -> Appify -> Gameify: that is the gCommerce cycle on which we’re focused – appifying and gameifying global commerce and social good.  If you'd like an opportunity to create transmedia experiences across the web, Facebook, portable widgets, browser apps and smartphones that actually do something good for the planet and its population, then you need to be part of the United Needs team. 

REQUIREMENTS

Though we are a tech-savvy senior team, we have yet to decide upon which platform we will be building the United Needs Beta. We want the team members to drive that decisions, and we are leaning heavily towards open-source platforms and cloud infrastructure. 

You need to have mad front-end app-dev skills—which includes at least HTML/CSS, Javascript, and jQuery; but could also include Actionscript/Flex, Objective-C, Facebook and other app-platform skills and experience.

You will need to be open to training in gamification and agile-techniques, if you don’t already have those skills in your arsenal.  This is a superstar team taking on a tough but tractable problem in social commerce.  We’d like only the best and most motivated to apply.

Salary is competitive.

You get to help save the world, and tell your children and grandchildren about it.

Send resume and cover note by email. Additionally, if you’re a Arizona local, hold your calendar for 7pm on July 14th 2011 as the top 15 applicants will be invited to meet the United Needs team at a social mixer in Tempe.