Learning Objects Inc.: AngularJS Swashbuckler

LOCATION: Washington DC

URL: and WHO THE HECK ARE WE?

Are you in to DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION?Fired up to TRANSFORM EDUCATION?Join our growing team.


We're a scrappy, fast-growing startup, owner-operated, and privately held.We're in CHINATOWN, not Herndon, so you can sell your car and walk to work.Choose your Friday happy hour specialty. Choices include: Rock Band, karaoke, ping pong, and foosball.

We serve over 300 leading education organizations under our Difference Engine, Campus Pack, and Learning Objects brands, inventing and delivering next-gen education technology products. Our team of TECHNOLOGY NINJAS, EDUCATION GURUS, and BUSINESS LEADERS collaborate with our partners on their most urgent and exciting opportunities.

If you're RELENTLESS and RESOURCEFUL, a lifelong LEARNER, a MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR, and ready to CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, we want to talk to you.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

You've built some pretty slick web apps. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, check.You've even helped wire them to the back end.Yet, you feel held back. Your job doesn't align with your philosophy. You're sick of government contracts and boring projects and think, "I could build a better app than this." You post your personal projects to GitHub when you get the time, but not as much as you'd like. You're ready for a change.

So you start to daydream about what could be. What if I could build something that will help teachers teach and students learn?What if I could work for a company built by people making a difference?

And then you see this post. And you think: Who would do that? Who would have happy hours every Friday? Who would have an office dog and a ping-pong table? Who would write a job posting in second person?

HERE COME THE SPECS.

YOU WILL:



* Work with users and clients to discover their needs and desires

* Develop high quality, responsive, mobile-friendly Angular apps

* Create compelling interactions and visualizations

* Work closely with our Java engineers and our UI designers

* Help bridge the gap between server and client



YOU BRING:



* Professional experience with AngularJS

* Strong JavaScript fundamentals (Seriously. We will ask you about prototype, scope, and functional closures.)

* Experience with component-based front end UI libraries (e.g jQuery UI, Twitter Bootstrap, Ext JS, YUI)

* Ability to read, understand, and make minor modifications to a compiled programming language, preferably Java

* Understanding of MVC pattern and other object oriented concepts

* Experience with version control (we use Mercurial)

* Familiarity with agile development processes

* Exceptional communication skills



EXTRA CREDIT FOR:



* Professional experience with Java development

* Experience optimizing JavaScript applications

* UX skills

* Experience in the education domain



TO APPLY: Please submit resume, cover letter and salary expectations at:
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