Are you an experienced Front-end Developer who’s all in with TypeScript? Want to get in on the ground floor with a disruptor in online legal training? Come join Praktio!

About Praktio

Praktio provides practical, interactive, online training solutions to the world’s leading law firms and corporations. We’re a lean startup based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded by a Michigan Law professor, and spun out from the University. We strive to break old molds for online training, using research-backed teaching methods to deliver impactful training that engages learners with realistic activities and immediate feedback.

We’re on a mission to create learning spaces within professional environments where learners can make mistakes and the only consequence is they get to learn something.

About the Opportunity

At Praktio, you’ll have the opportunity to work with a small team and have an enormous impact on our product development capabilities and user experience. You’ll report to the company’s CTO and work closely with the company’s CEO/founder and Design Lead to build and advance the interfaces on all sides of our existing and new platforms. This is a 100% remote position, so you can work from anywhere in the US. (*Remote from Michigan preferred*)

Develop, deploy, test, and support user-facing software products for:
- our training products/courses
- our new Learner Management System platform
- Praktio Author, our internal elearning authoring tool
- our marketing website
Effectively communicate with the team throughout the process of developing requirements, documentation, and test plans

About You

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, web development, or related field (or equivalent experience)
Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns
Demonstrated experience as a corporate professional, or enterprise-level experience as a front-end software developer
Experience working with a Design team, including implementing interfaces using design guidance (e.g., a design system and mockups) and providing input to enable the Design team to design interfaces that are efficient (and viable) for the Dev team to code
Proficiency in:
- JavaScript, TypeScript (*a MUST HAVE*), CSS, and HTML, with knowledge of recent versions of ECMAScript (ES6+). NOTE: TypeScript is required.
- React (version 16+ recommended)
- React Redux and React Router
- Node.js
- Jest
Experience with:
- building Single-Page Applications
- Test-Driven Development
- agile methodologies and concepts
- version control software (Git, SVN, etc.)
- client-side performance considerations and cross-browser compatibility issues
- processing real-time data updates using AJAX or WebSockets while dynamically updating UIs
Demonstrated team player, which for us means:
- Conscientiousness
- Communication
- Curiosity
- Nimble-minded
- Taking ownership

Bonus Points For

Experience with
- CSS preprocessors (SASS, STYL, etc.)
- JIRA and its workflow
- CI/CD pipelines (Drone CI or similar)
- interfacing with a database (MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
User experience/interface design skills and experience
Understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Fastly, DigitalOcean, etc.)

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary
Company-sponsored health and dental insurance
Flexible vacation time
401k retirement plan, with employer match after 1 year
Work remotely from anywhere in the US
Praktio is an equal opportunity employer

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