Junior Frontend Developer

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online.

The Junior Front End Developer will join our Technology team to help expand and enhance the web application systems that power our online education services. As the team continues to evolve its technology stack, this role will focus on implementing new front-end features, improving performance, and ensuring seamless integration with back-end systems. We are seeking a developer with a solid foundation in front-end engineering who enjoys solving complex problems and contributing to collaborative, cross-functional projects.

This role reports to the Director of Software Engineering and is located in Chicago, offering a hybrid work environment with a minimum of 3 days required in the office every week and additional days as business needs arise.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain front-end components using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, and templating frameworks such as Handlebars.
• Build responsive layouts and components using frameworks like Bootstrap.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that meets established development standards.
• Participate in technical design and architecture discussions, evaluating new tools and frameworks.
• Implement asynchronous functionality and dynamic data handling using AJAX and RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate with product owners and functional team leads to clarify requirements and document application features.
• Coordinate with QA teams to verify, test, and validate deliverables.
• Work closely with back-end developers to integrate UI components with relational database-driven APIs.
• Support accessibility standards and ensure compliance with WCAG guidelines.
• Contribute to code reviews, troubleshooting, and continuous UI/UX improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional front-end development experience.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Handlebars, Bootstrap, and AJAX.
• Experience with React or a comparable modern front-end framework.
• Experience working with version control and repository management tools such as Git, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• Familiarity with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Understanding of accessibility principles and standards (WCAG, ARIA).
• Experience using AI coding-assistance tools such as Copilot or Cursor.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to follow and uphold established design and coding standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL/document-based databases.
• Familiarity with learning management systems such as Canvas LMS, Moodle, Blackboard, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of front-end analytics and tag management tools such as Google Tag Manager.
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, or similar automation platforms.
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests using unit testing frameworks such as Jester, JUnit, or pytest.
• Experience with full stack observability tools such as HoneyBadger or Sentry for error reporting and tracing, logging, and performance metrics.
• Experience working in the HigherEd space.
• Awareness of UI/UX best practices and an interest in user-centered design.

About Everspring

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. Everspring offers a range of full-service turnkey solutions, as well as standalone single service offerings, and innovative self-service products that enable universities to establish and maintain themselves as leaders in the digital delivery of education.

Based in Chicago, Everspring serves a growing number of colleges and universities. Built In Chicago has named us one of the "Best Places to Work" in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. We were also certified as a Great Place To Work® in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Compensation offered at Everspring will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Position Location: Illinois

The base salary hiring range for this position is: $84,000 to $105,000.

This role is eligible for incentive compensation or equity. We offer benefits that include hybrid work arrangement, paid parental leave, medical, dental and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and optional long-term disability, 401k with an employer match vested immediately, a generous PTO plan that accrues with tenure, professional development, tuition reimbursement program, discounted onsite gym, optional pet insurance and more!

EEO Note:

Everspring is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Everspring makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.