Front End Engineer

Company: Age of Learning, Inc.
Location: Glendale
Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Age of Learning is a leading education technology innovator based in Glendale, California, with a talented team of 500+ individuals comprised of nationally-renowned educators, curriculum experts, designers, animators, engineers, and more. We develop engaging, effective digital learning technology and content to help children build a strong academic foundation for lifelong success.

Our flagship product ABCmouse.com   Early Learning Academy ®is a comprehensive online curriculum and the #1 digital learning product for young children. To-date, more than 20 million children worldwide have completed over 5 billion Learning Activities on ABCmouse. We recently launched Adventure Academy, the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game designed specifically to help elementary- and middle-school-aged children learn. It features thousands of engaging Learning Activities—including minigames, books, original animated and live action series, and more—in a fun and safe virtual world. Other Age of Learning programs include immersive English language learning products for children in China and Japan; ReadingIQ, a digital library and literacy platform; and a groundbreaking personalized, adaptive digital learning system that individualizes math instruction for every child through AI-driven technology.

We are committed to helping all children succeed. Through the Age of Learning Foundation, we make our research-proven educational products available at no cost to millions of children in need through schools, libraries, Head Start programs, community centers, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. This work has served communities on 5 continents and continues to grow today.

As we expand our global reach and increase the educational impact of our programs, we’re looking for passionate, ambitious, and collaborative leaders to become a part of our growing team.

Summary:

Responsible for developing front-end web architecture. Ensuring the responsiveness of applications and working closely with product managers, designers, QA, other engineers to plan, scope, build, and deploy new features, among other duties. Required to seek out a project from conception to final product, requiring good organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities: Writing efficient, scalable, and easily testable code

Implement and maintain A/B testing

Writing and maintaining unit tests

Communicate effectively to technical and non-technical members of the company

Work with technical leadership to implement solutions for complex problems

Documenting the code

Complete projects by target deadlines

Assist junior developers as needed

Qualifications: Experience creating and consuming RESTful API’s

Working knowledge of databases, such as MySQL

Experience with Git

Experience with Node.js, npm, webpack or other bundlers

Experience with HTML and CSS3

Experience using modern front-end frameworks, such as ReactJS, AngularJS, VueJS, etc.

Excellent problem-solving skills

Experience with Web Components a plus (Custom Elements API, Shadow Dom API, etc.)

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Comfortable working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment

2+ years of experience building web applications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Strong interpersonal skills and a self-starter

Working knowledge of container services, such as Docker, is a plus

Strong work ethic required, sense of humor a plus

We Provide: Highly competitive PTO policy

Casual Dress Code

Gaming room including an Arcade (2,000+ games)

Frequent team and company outings

Limitless opportunities for professional growth!

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