First thing I noticed is that the links at the top of the page don't work (in IE9). ...so, basically, they are looking for developers who "think in algorithms, dream in code, and eat control structures" so they can fix those pesky main navigation links. :-)
I think there is something poetic going on here. Sometimes we try so hard to hire people like ourselves we fail to hire the people we need most - those that can fill our blind spots. In this case by doing some boring site maintenance work.
Part of this is self-selective in that we communicate well with people that think like us. Perhaps the other side of the coin is that is takes a lot of energy to determine that someone is a good fit unless they think like ourselves.
To be fair, it is likely that the developers who "think in algorithms" and so on work on search, their core product, and it is the marketing team that handles the rest of the Web site. So you may be implicating the wrong set of people.
I think there is something poetic going on here. Sometimes we try so hard to hire people like ourselves we fail to hire the people we need most - those that can fill our blind spots. In this case by doing some boring site maintenance work.