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HOW DID BORDER STYLO BEGIN?
Border Stylo began as a group of three childhood friends, and has grown into a team of individuals who believe in one another and in celebrating culture on the web. What started as a trio of dreamers in a Burbank apartment, has become a growing team in Los Angeles offices that were once the birthplace of The Simpsons.
WHAT DOES YOUR NAME MEAN?
Our three founders grew up on the border of Mexico and the U.S. Stylo is a made-up word inspired by both English and Spanish to describe a type of style. Border Stylo, pronounced "steel-o," not "style-o," is a way to bridge that cross-culture gap taking the best of both worlds that thrive on the border.
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
We want to create technology that adds life to a calculated, digital world. With art inspiring our design and instincts inspiring our function, we seek to add the human component to technology, challenge the status quo, question the current privacy practices and improve your web experience.
WHAT DOES BORDER STYLO DO?
We are a technology company. Our first product is Glass, an add-on for the Mozilla Firefox Browser that creates a virtual canvas over the entire internet. With this canvas, or virtual glass, you can literally place notes on top of any website and share them with whom you choose. This is just the beginning, as soon, you'll be able to place photos, video files, or anything else your heart desires, on top of the websites of your choosing - everything is in context.
ARE YOU ONLY CREATING ADD-ONS?
Currently, we are focused on the Glass add-on, but we have plans to branch out in the future.
WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY DO YOU USE?
Our engineers and developers dabble with Ruby, Rails, Rspec, Cucumber, JQuery, Javascript, and HTML. Our designers work with Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML and CSS. You can learn more about our arsenal in our team bios.
WHO WE ARE
THE FOUNDERS
Border Stylo is a collective of friends, brought together by a singular passion for innovation. What began on a soccer field in the border town of Tijuana would eventually spiral out to encompass an entire cast of unique characters. These three friends, a film producer, an operations researcher and an engineer, would form Border Stylo as a living testament to the unbridled imagination and adventurous spirit of the kids they always were.
The VPs
Together they’ve added more than 25 years of experience in software design and development to Border Stylo. They each have had experience in successful online start-ups, ranging from social networks to academic and niche community web portals. In addition, they have had their hands in the development of some cutting edge technologies, like one of the first voice-search applications for the iPhone. Individually, they head the engineering and data product divisions, but together they create magic.
The Developers
Our team of developers is changing the way you command the web. Our developers range from data researchers, to Javascript and Ruby experts who aspire to resolve conflicts between users’ privacy and useful data products, to designers who shape the functionality and interface of Glass with their elite CSS and HTML skills. When they’re not busy creating products that teach you about Glass (like this blog), or writing high performance code, they’re making sure that the gears and cogs that keep the engines of Glass and Border Stylo running are well-oiled.
The Business...ers
The Business...ers are comprised of marketers and strategists, customer support and QA testers, business ops, HR and finance. Whether they’re manning the front lines of communication online and off, responding to feedback, harnessing technology trends to allow better collaborative decision-making, or even squashing those pesky bugs, the Business...ers are taking care of the seen and unseen work that’s necessary for the Border Stylo ship to keep moving forward.
Careers
We strive to be the best at what we do, so we look for creative thinkers who can openly speak their mind, patiently hear their team members, and always champion the truest ideas.
Application instructions
Thank you for checking out our current job openings.
If you are interested in applying, please send us your resume, a brief intro about yourself (personality, ideologies, hobbies), and your recent work experience to hiring@borderstylo.com
Hint: Most important to us is a good cover letter. We have a few members who didn't have a CV, but wrote really inspiring e-mails.