About the company
Our client is an education technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build reusable interactive front-end components for a browser-based product, concentrating on graphics rendering and speed. Carry features from concept through release alongside product, design and content colleagues, and keep the codebase easy to work in for both people and AI tools.
What you'll do
- Create new interactive components that hold users' attention and make core concepts engaging.
- Design clear, expressive APIs that are used by both people and automated AI systems.
- Own implementation of user-facing features end to end, from initial idea to launch.
- Collaborate daily with product, design and content colleagues in a cross-functional group.
- Tackle demanding browser rendering and performance challenges in an environment closer to a game engine than a typical web app.
- Produce clean, dependable code that is straightforward for colleagues and AI assistants to read, extend and maintain.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 7 or more years of professional web engineering, with game, animation or interactive media work viewed favorably.
- Strong command of browser rendering and performance, including canvas and native browser APIs.
- A body of self-directed interactive web projects, such as games, demos or visual explainers.
- Skill at explaining the technical design of past projects alongside their impact on users and the business.
- Regular, purposeful use of AI tools in daily engineering work, with well-formed opinions on good practice.
- Based in the US or Canada.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with functional programming, or eagerness to pick it up.
- Experience in teaching or creating tools for educators.
- Previous work at a young company whose product centers on graphics-heavy collaborative or design software.
- Experience in a small company or founding role with a high degree of autonomy.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- Professional development support
Location and work model
- Remote (US or Canada)
- Full-time
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