Remote Senior Frontend Engineer

Description:

• Lessonspace is a fast-growing EdTech software company based in South Africa, offering tools for live, collaborative online learning.
• The company operates globally, with Europe and North America as its biggest markets.
• They are seeking a talented and ambitious Senior Frontend Engineer to help accelerate the release of education tools and features.
• The role involves working with cutting-edge web technologies like WebRTC, CRDTs, TailwindCSS, Vue 3, and Vite to provide reliable audio, video, and collaborative tools for education worldwide.
• Responsibilities include building and enhancing features in the core collaborative application, working closely with the technical co-founders, and having access to business metrics.

Requirements:

• Work closely with product and engineering team leads to release features on the product roadmap.
• Take full ownership of feature releases, ensuring testing, reliability, and top-quality features.
• Gain a holistic understanding of the stack, infrastructure, internal development requirements, resources, and customer-facing features.
• Fundamental understanding of frontend stack (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Git, and the command line.
• Experience building complex SPAs with reactive JavaScript frameworks (e.g., Vue, React, Angular, Svelte).
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience or a portfolio demonstrating frontend development ability.
• No specific university degree required, but it is a plus.
• Experience with Utility-first CSS frameworks like TailwindCSS, TypeScript, WebRTC, CRDTs, Node.js, end-to-end testing frameworks, HTML APIs, or UX/UI design is beneficial.

Benefits:

• Option to work fully remote or in the Cape Town office.
• Flat organization structure, working directly with the Head of Engineering and Head of Product.
• Flexible work hours with the need to be available for 3 or 4 weekly meetings.
• Unlimited leave policy.