Full-Time at BetterLessonAbout BetterLesson
BetterLesson is a social network for teachers looking to transform the way teachers connect, communicate, and collaborate. We are backed by San Francisco-based NewSchools Venture Fund and have been recently featured in MA High Tech, Cnet, DigitalJournal, and Scholastic.com
Additionally, having recently acquired our first really big, well-known customer, we are looking to expand our team.
We offer challenging work, a fun team, competitive pay, health insurance, and an opportunity for equity. Our company is located in Davis Square, Somerville, MA. BetterLesson shares an awesome space with another Boston startup and have a great kitchen, conference rooms, ping pong table, putting green, etc.
We follow a lot of startup best practices, and are continually trying out new strategies to optimize our time and enjoy.
Please send Resumes, Code samples and design samples, and a brief description about why you belong at a startup.
Senior Web Developer / Designer
Our site is growing quickly, and with it, many new features are on the way. We need some one like you to help us make these features user-friendly and beautiful.
About you:
* excellent CSS/HTML skills (semantic HTML, grid based layouts, SASS )
* stupendous Javascript skills (jQuery preferred)
* some PHP
* Photoshop/Fireworks/In-Design
* tremendous communication skills
* immense documentation skills
* ability to self motivate and self manage while playing on a team
* imagination
Other nice-to-haves:
* a CS, UX, MultiMedia and/or Design degree
* Balsamiq/Omnigraffle/Visio/ etc
* experience at a tech startup
* familiarity in optimizing designs and UX via qualitative and quantitative methods
* a sense of humor and focus under pressureTo Apply: Please send Resumes, Code samples and design samples, and a brief description about why you belong at a startup to jonathan.hendler@betterlesson.org .