Front-end Developer in Platzi

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Platzi's Engineering Team has the challenge of offering our students the best educative experience through our end-to-end platform. As a startup, we constantly face the challenge of iterating at a fast pace with experiments that explore the best way to satisfy the needs of our students. Our culture is very important for us, and a fundamental element of it is the constant and honest feedback as the best tool for professional growth. Please be sure to read https://platzi.com/notrabajar to find why you should not work with us, yes be sure to read it before applying, also https://platzi.com/cultura as a foundational document.

Job functions

You will be working with a cross-functional team focused on the development of micro-frontends for new features and updating legacy code , working closely with PMs, Designers, Backend Developers, QAs and Data Scientists with a clear understanding of why you are building this features, the impact they will have and how they will be integrated with the rest of the platform, specially the backend. We expect you to propose ideas to the Product Designers and be able to engage in productive discussions to help shape their proposals.

Qualifications and requirements

High Level building Cross-Browser solutions and extensive knowledge of React and the core principles of the library
Knowledge building applications with Redux
Extensive knowledge building Frontend applications from scratch with/without mockups.
Experience building applications with Server Side Render support
Experience with CSS preprocessors (Stylus, Sass, Less)
Accessibility best practices knowledge
Ability to build and document testeable and reusable code.
Excellent communication, prioritization, and time-management skills
At least a B1 English level, being able to comfortably have work related conversations in English.

Desirable skills

Experience building NodeJS applications
Backend with Python/Django knowledge

Benefits

Platzi is a reference startup on the Latin American entrepreneurship ecosystem, and we offer you an accelerated professional growth path that will expose yourself to our community and the world, we expect you to take advantage of becoming a in-house professor, to participate in live events with our students, write blog posts and record podcast episodes. We are a BYOD company supported by a perk program for all the equipment you need to unleash your potential at work, currently with a strong focus on work from home programs.
Due to the ongoing quarantine state associated to COVID-19 we have switched to a full work from home mode and accepting fully remote applications, our onboarding process and perks program have been updated considering this and we are doing everything in our hand to assure the wellbeing of our team

Relocation offered If you are moving in from another country, Platzi helps you with your relocation.

Flexible hours Flexible schedule and freedom for attending family needs or personal errands.

Health coverage Platzi pays or copays health insurance for employees.

Computer provided Platzi provides a computer for your work.

Vacation over legal Platzi gives you paid vacations over the legal minimum.

This company is a Best Place to Code.

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Remote work policy

Locally remote only

Position is 100% remote, but candidates must reside in Colombia.