Angular Developer

CK-12 is on the lookout for talented, creative, and dedicated people to join our mission to provide great education to students around the world. We are looking for candidates to join our office in Bangalore.

We have a strong education platform that has served over 265+ million users, has got over 2.33+ billion questions answered, and more than 290,000 customized Flexbooks. We have embarked on an exciting journey to build an AI-powered student tutor and Teacher Assistant to build the next generation of learning platforms.

About CK-12 Foundation:

CK-12’s mission is to provide free access to open-source content and technology tools that empower students as well as teachers to enhance and experiment with different learning styles, resources, levels of competence, and circumstances.

To achieve this noble and ambitious vision, we at CK-12 are challenging the traditional model of education to transform it dramatically. Technology has opened up lots of opportunities to revolutionize education for the benefit of students, teachers, and parents.

We have chosen to be non-profit so that we can effectively realize our mission and do the right thing! It also provides us with the ability to experiment with big and bold ideas. CK-12 is backed by Vinod Khosla, a renowned technology venture capitalist.

At CK-12, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, innovative, and non-bureaucratic environment where you will get a lot of cool things done you never imagined! We are a small group of passionate folks who are determined to disrupt the current form of education.

Technology is key to scale education and we deeply believe in it. Come develop great solutions on our cloud-based (AWS) and AI-first platform delivering rich and interactive content.

Does our mission, people and technologies excite you? If the answer is YES! and you are a great technologist who will challenge status-quo (no order takers please!) by innovating, please come join us! Together, we will change the world!

Check out our latest product offering: Introducing Flexi 2.0

• Flexi, our AI-powered Student Tutor – https://www.flexi.org/
• AI-powered Teacher Assistant – https://www.ck12.org/pages/teacher-assistant/

Location: Bangalore Office

Position: Frontend UI Developer (React)

Basic:

• Passion for creating great user experiences that are simple and intuitive
• Good understanding of CS fundamental algorithms and Data Structures
• Great problem solver
• Understands and researches different front-end frameworks and patterns to implement great user interfaces
• Implements solutions keeping in mind the user experience, multi-devices, performance across devices, and bandwidths
• Ability to work in an Agile environment with rapid iterations
• Creates and reviews high-level designs
• Creates detailed designs from high-level designs and reviews designs of other team members
• A Code Craftsman who follows the best software development and coding practices delivering understandable and maintainable code with thorough unit test coverage

Required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• At least 2 years of experience
• Hands-on with frameworks like React, Redux, Backbone, Webpack, Lerna
• Expert knowledge of OOP (Object Oriented Programming), design, and development
• In-depth knowledge of browser internals and architecture
• Expert in JS (OOJS), HTML5, CSS3, JSON, REST, XML, W3C standards
• Experience with responsive web design & frameworks media queries
• Experience with UI patterns (security, performance, usability)
• Familiar with version control systems (Git/Subversion) & build tools like Grunt

Desired:

• Experience with ES6, Node.js
• Worked in distributed/agile environments
• Performance optimization for scalable web apps
• Familiarity with LLMs (Large Language Models)
• Familiarity with Storybook (React) or similar frameworks

Responsibilities

• Use markup languages like HTML to create user-friendly web pages
• Maintain and improve website
• Optimize applications for maximum speed
• Design mobile-based features
• Collaborate with back-end developers and web designers to improve usability
• Get feedback from, and build solutions for, users and customers

Requirements and skills

• Proven work experience of 4-5 years as a Front-end developer
• Hands on experience with markup languages
• Experience with JavaScript, CSS and jQuery
• Familiarity with browser testing and debugging

. 3.5+ years of work experience on React.JS framework

· Has expertise in following front- end optimization techniques:

· Lazy Loading

· Asynchronous Module Definition

· Image Compression and Minification

· Other front-end tooling using Grunt / Webpack and NPM

· Familiarity with NodeJS, Jasmine / Karma and other unit testing frameworks

· Foundation data structure – Arrays, dictionaries, sets and lists

· Proficient in evaluating front end performance and measure accordingly

· Strong appetite to learn industry trends and new & emerging technologies

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES :-

• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and front-end languages.
• Knowledge of Angular and its components.
• Knowledge of REACT tools including React.js, Webpack, Enzyme, Redux, and Flux.
• Experience with user interface design.
• Knowledge of performance testing frameworks including Mocha and Jest.
• Experience with browser-based debugging and performance testing software.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Good project management skills.

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES :-

• Ability to work independently and take ownership of the project.
• Should be capable to work in a team.
• Must have strong communication skills.
• Should be enthusiasts and able to take challenge.

• Experience working with HTML5, CSS3 in user interface design.
• Understanding of web technologies including one or more of the following:, Javascript (React, Angular, Node, D3, etc.)
• Expert knowledge on CSS preprocessors like Sass and LESS
•  Experience on  RESTful API.
• Strong typography, layout and visual design skills.

• Good exposure to databases, SQL queries
• Good analysis skills in order to troubleshoot and resolve the problems.
• Creative to suggest ways to simplify the UI workflows