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by jgraeupner 2267 days ago
Polar | Front-end engineer | SF or Boulder | onsite preferred, fulltime

We are looking for a co-founder. Equity-based until funding raised. If you join after fundraising, role would be founding engineer with cash / equity comp

About the platform: Early stage EdTech platform with existing user base and very high retention vs signups. Platform has been live for about a year. Our platform has seen increased growth since the coronavirus lockdown, since a lot of students use it for remote / collaborative studying Two co-founders:

- one with technical background. One of the inventors of RSS, spent lifetime in startups

- one with education / business background. PhD in chemistry from Yale, subsequently in consulting / startups

Requirements for role: - Experienced front end engineer (preferably 5+ years)

- At least few years of React + Javascript experience

- Decent understanding of developing for phone, tablet, desktop

- Strong preference for previous startup experience

- Strong interest in growth, ideally SEO

- Analytical thinking. Deep respect for the scientific method and objective data analysis

Ideal candidate also has experience with react-native, typescript, NodeJS, PDFs or epubs, and Firebase

If interested, msg me at jonathan@getpolarized.io Please include resume, github, projects you've worked on before