Front-End Developer

A US-based company that is disrupting the education industry by providing a real-time collaborative learning platform is looking for a Front-End Developer. The selected candidate will be working with cross-functional teams to successfully deploy products and ship code. The company’s platform enables easy collaborative creation, automation, sharing, and remixing of instructional content, focusing on technical subjects such as programming. This full-time position will require a significant overlap with the PST/EST/CST time zones.

Job Responsibilities:

• Architect, develop, and maintain the platform's online application, collaborative learning content editor, and real-time browser-based IDE's Angular-based front-end
• Jump in and learn new technologies
• Convert wireframes and design documents into fully functional web front-end functionality
• Have a hands-on approach with the Angular and TypeScript codebase
• Manage, monitor, and refine front-end performance to ensure that real-time interaction-heavy features are fast and responsive on a variety of user devices
• To better support the user base, grow and increase your knowledge as well as your technology stack
• Share knowledge among peers and establish industry’s standard practices across the company

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a front-end developer
• Demonstrable experience with Angular, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML
• Experience with the whole web stack, including protocols and network security
• Prior experience working with development teams in a lean, agile environment
• Prior experience building real-time interaction-heavy web applications is nice to have
• Nice to have a strong understanding of how to manage a project, work with deadlines, and prioritize between competing demands
• Ability to write clean and beautiful code with an eye for simplicity and pragmatism 
• Excellent communication skills