Lexercise is the world's leading online literacy platform. Our comprehensive platform gives parents, teachers and literacy specialists the tools they need to help struggling readers at home and in the classroom. Since 2008, our mission has been to accelerate the reading, writing and spelling development of children with learning disabilities around the world. And we need your help.
Lexercise is looking for an experienced front-end developer to upgrade and expand our platform as we support a world transitioning to online learning. You will work with senior leadership to redesign and modernize our platform’s core user experience. You’ll also work with our marketing and design teams to revamp our interactive public site.
Online learning is growing. Dyslexia therapy is growing. And we’re doing both. If you want to make a real difference in the world with your skills and hard work, you’re going to love working at Lexercise.
Responsibilities:
- Expand and enhance our online platform using clean, maintainable HTML and CSS
- Transform mock-ups and layouts from our design team into responsive web pages, forms and single-page applets
- Work directly with therapists, teachers and our customers to build a service that excites and inspires them
- Expand and enhance our public site to better explain our services and engage our visitors
Experience
Required:
- 3+ years of front end web development
- Core contributor on at least two major web projects
Ideal:
- Experience working effectively with a remote team
- Experience in education or games industries
Education:
- Four-year degree in related field
Skills
Required:
- Mastery of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
- Solid understanding of web and mobile standards, including responsive design and UX
- Experience with modern web development frameworks (Foundation, Bootstrap, React, etc.)
- Familiarity with Linux and command-line development
- Ability to manage your time, and prioritize your responsibilities to meet deadlines
Desired:
- Familiarity with Illustrator/Photoshop
- Experience developing in PHP
- Understanding of Wordpress theme and plugin development
- Experience writing object-oriented code
- Understanding of REST and modern API-based services
Qualities:
- Growth mindset: Willing to put in the work to learn the skills needed to deliver results
- Relentlessly resourceful: Naturally proactive, with a bias for action and an ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment with a high degree of autonomy
- Professional communicator: Clear and concise communication with fellow employees as part of our distributed team
- Passion for child education: Strong interest in creating a world that provides equal opportunity education for all children regardless of location, demographics or learning abilities
Benefits:
- Work from home
- Flexible schedules
- Perks of being a completely remote company
- Do something good in the world of education
To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position please send your cover letter and resume to jobs@lexercise.com. If your experience is a fit, someone will be in touch with you shortly to discuss the interview process.