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Description

Implementation Consultant

Remote - Colombia

*ONLY CVs SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED*

The Opportunity:

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com. 

Anthology’s Professional Services organization works with customers to solve a wide variety of technology challenges. Using both industry-standard and cutting-edge technologies, our consultants develop innovative, custom solutions that extend, enhance, and integrate Anthology’s enterprise products. As Integrations Developer, you will work in a dynamic, collaborative environment and interface directly with customers to define requirements, draft specifications, and implement software solutions.

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Serving as an expert in Anthology products including their architecture, functionality, and deployment methodologies 
• Developing web application prototypes features in conjunction with Architects, Business Analysts, and other developers
• Building web applications with modern JavaScript frameworks
• Developing in an Agile environment of front end web technologies 
• Creating applications that work well across browsers and platforms including responsive design for mobile support
• Developing necessary Unit and Integration tests using relevant technology to generate coverage and compliance reports
• Participating in code reviews of your work and the work of others
• Researching and experimenting with new technology that will advance future projects
• Helping to create and maintain Visual Style guides for Web solutions, driving the corporate UX direction
• Working with managers to estimate work tasks and level of effort within project timeline
• Adhering to established delivery methodology, quality, standards, and best practices
• Maintaining a flexible work schedule to meet customer needs
• This role requires up to 25% travel

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Design (e.g. user interaction, graphic, visual components, product), or equivalent relevant work experience
• 3-5 years of software development lifecycle and associated processes experience
• Strong front end engineering skills using Object-Oriented JavaScript, Async event management, JavaScript libraries and micro frameworks like (AJAX, jQuery, Angular, Prototype), and NodeJS
• An understanding of HTML/CSS3 including transformations, transitions, and events driven design
• Experience in designing and developing web pages and web applications using well-known industries standards and languages including TypeScript
• Ability to incorporate user-centered design principles into the architecture and design of user interfaces
• A strong understanding of RESTful API design and customer consumption
• Solid analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to learn new technologies as needed
• Ability to work well in a geographically distributed virtual team environment and build relationships with internal and external organizations
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills and ability to manage expectations effectively when handling multiple assignments with competing deadlines
• Ability to pay precise attention to detail; excellent work ethic; strong problem-solving skills
• A fundamental understanding of bug tracking, versioning, and repository systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in both Spanish and English
• Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above 

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Experience in a customer-facing consulting capacity 
• Previous experience in the education or knowledge management industry and with e-learning technologies (Anthology products preferred) 
• An understanding of sequence design process (waterfall) and agile software development process methods
• General experience with the MEAN stack and a focus in AngularJS 
• Fluency in server-side CSS pre-processing platforms such as LESS and SASS 
• Use of standard digital tools (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, Omnigraffle, Balsamic) 
• An understanding of code versioning tools such as Git/Stash/GitHub and Perforce 
• Experience with mobile optimized responsive design
• An understanding of key usages on Confluence, Jira Bug Tracking, Jira Agile (GreenHopper), and versioning and repository systems 
• A basic knowledge of image authoring tools to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image (Gimp or Photoshop) 
• A working knowledge of server platforms (Linux/Unix, Windows Server 2003-2008) 
• A working knowledge of behavior-driven development, unit testing frameworks like Jasmine or SinonJS, and automatized functional testing infrastructures 
• Experience in Spring MVC using Java  

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.    

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.