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Benchmark Education
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Benchmark Education - Westchester, NY
We're an education company with a focus on building literacy for grades K-6. Our small internal dev team is focusing on building the online tools as schools start adopting tablets and online learning.
Front-end developer
Skill Requirements:
- Advanced web-based user interface development
- Advanced in CSS/html markup
- Expert in JavaScript
- Experienced in modern JavaScript MV frameworks (Backbone, angular, etc.)
- Experienced in template libraries and css compilers (Underscore, Mustache, LESS, SASS)
- Experience in Git, Subversion or Mercurial
- Experience writing PHP web services.
- Knowledge of wireframing, diagraming UX
- Knowledge of Photoshop, graphic manipulation
- Good communicator
- Knowledge and some experience in Linux command line
- CS degree or equivalent experience
Skills Prefereed
- Some exposure to Agile practices
- Interest in literacy education, new methods of teaching
- Responsive and adaptive design technologies
- Node.js
- Desire to understand the underpinnings!
- Documentation and commenting
- Ability to work with on-site and off-site teams
Email dfox@benchmarkeducation.com with your resume.