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About eab
At eab, our mission is to make education smarter and our communities strongerWe work with more than 2,500 institutions to drive transformative change through data-driven insights and best-in-class capabilitiesFrom kindergarten to college to career, eab partners with leaders and practitioners to accelerate progress and drive results across five major areas: enrollment, student success, institutional strategy, data & analytics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (de&i)We work with each partner differently, tailoring our portfolio of research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions to meet the unique needs of every leadership team, as well as the students and employees they serve.
At eab, we serve not only our partner institutions but each other—that`s why we are always working to make sure our employees love their jobs and are invested in their communitiesSee how we`ve been recognized for this dedication to our employees by checking out our recent awards.
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The role in brief:
Front end engineer
Seeking a front-end engineer to solve deep problems with a platform-wide user interface platform for rapid application developmentThe role involves supporting the development of a new programming language and the components it uses to construct interfaces.
Open to remote or can be based in one of our eab locations; washington, dc., richmond, va., or birmingham, al.
Primary responsibilities:
Aid in the development of solutions that support consistent information architecture, taxonomies, visual standards, interaction patterns, and use cases across multiple applications
Self-start and steward your implementations through the software development process ensuring you champion the standards of the ux team in every development challenge
Follow common sustainable page design, management, and development methodologies
Perform testing at the page & source for presentation layer defects
Writing react components
Writing in typescript to solve deep software language and classical computer science problems
Developing accessible solutions across the platform
Basic qualifications:
2 years of front-end engineer experience
Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience
Experience with reactjs and usage of class based and functional components
Passion for making dynamic, performant, enterprise web applications
Understanding of sdlc and the technical and business challenges that come with development of a product
Self-drive and a desire to work hard, cranking through a backlog.
Thorough, methodical, problem solver and creative with extreme attention to detail
Knowledge of and ability to discuss html5, css, javascript solutions
Strong verbal and written communication skillsThis role must easily be able to have clear communication over email, im, phone, and in person.
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
Self-driven and a desire to work efficiently and produce high quality
Expert at time management as well as working & finding answers to questions independently
Ideal qualifications:
Experience with hooks and redux or any other state management library.
Experience with unit testing in ui frameworks
Experience with traditional software patterns and application architecture
Experience with a broad range of html5 api’s
Experience developing with accessibility standards in mind
Experience with object-oriented, functional, logic, and imperative programming
Commitment to valuing diversity, practicing inclusive behaviors, and contributing to an equitable working and continual learning environment in support of eab’s de&i promise
If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! at eab, we welcome diversity of background and experienceWe would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.
Benefits:
Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, eab offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.
Generous pto annually, in addition to paid firm holidays
Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each)
Paid parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents
Phase back to work program for employees returning from parental leave
Adoption or surrogacy assistance
Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy
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At eab, we believe that to fulfill our mission to “make education smarter and our communities stronger” we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.
To that end, eab is an equal opportunity employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business needWe don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.
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