Abl Schools | Multiple positions (engineering and design) | San Francisco |Full-time | ONSITE | www.ablschools.com
Technology has made the world more connected, fundamentally changing how we live, work and interact; yet traditional schools have not evolved to prepare students for the 21st century. Replacing textbooks with tablets won’t be enough. We believe schools need a new foundation. That’s why we’re building a web-based school scheduling platform, that allows administrators to put master schedules and daily calendars into a single cloud-based system. We are creating the next generation of software for all K12 schools to fundamentally change how they design, measure and improve their schools. We are also a company that deeply values diversity in every way.
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Sr. Front-End Engineer:
Your Impact
+ Work collaboratively with the Product and Design team to understand the experiences and pain points of schools, teachers, and students
+ Define and build compelling new products and exciting new features that give educators insights that will enable them to optimize how they use their resources
+ Use your extensive knowledge of front-end technologies to build high-quality designs that are scalable
+ Manage code review, increase performance, and communicate best front-end engineering practices
+ Create a first of its kind interface that will progress K-12 schools and their communities
Qualifications
+ Experience with Javascript frameworks such as React, Backbone, Angular etc.
+ You should have a great feel for user experience and an eye for beautiful designs
+ Bring a deep understanding of best practices in design, optimization, interaction, and usability
+ Familiarity with the whole web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques
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Sr. Backend Engineer
Qualifications
+ B.S. degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
+ Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and software engineering
+ Familiarity with server-side frameworks like Ruby on Rails
+ Experience building large scale distributed systems and networked services
Your Impact
+ Help set the direction of our company and product
+ Measurably improve student outcomes
+ Improve the lives of teachers
+ Help spread new, innovative school models
+ Give schools greater visibility into how they use their time and resources, enabling them to better support their students and teachers
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Sr. Product Designer
What you'll do:
+ You’ll think and design holistically to create a cohesive and coherent product experience that delivers high value to school leaders
+ You’ll tackle a complex puzzle--master scheduling-- and provide users with an intuitive tool and process, simplifying a complicated workflow
+ You'll create high-level user stories, UX flows, wireframes, prototypes, design mockups, specs, and production assets
+ You’ll collaborate with the internal schools and engineering teams, and with customers
+ You’ll provide actionable feedback gracefully and without ego, and won't hesitate to seek guidance yourself
Qualifications:
+ Impact focused: You’re a strategic thinker able to tackle complex user problems, addressing fundamental user needs and delivering impact
+ Project management: You've designed, coordinated, and shipped intuitive user experiences from conception to execution.
+ Ability to think big and small: You’re comfortable envisioning versions of features many years in the future and working on a single feature’s first iteration
+ Design depth: Experience designing data-heavy visualizations, recommendation UX and/or enterprise software is a big plus.
+ Natural leadership: You enjoy taking initiative and owning projects, big and small. The details matter and you're committed to getting it done right.
+ Growth-mindset: You effectively convey your opinions to peers directly with clear expertise and humility. You encourage others to challenge or build upon your opinions.
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Personal note: I've been on the Abl engineering team for almost a year and I love it. First, the interview process was fair. Second, the mission and the team make coming into work enjoyable. I could go on. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me - my contact info is in my profile.
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