Senior Software Engineer, Education.com
IXL Learning5 months ago
Base Salary
$130k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build and launch new Education.com features and improvements.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and rich user interfaces.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability in the cloud environment.
- Provide technical guidance, conduct design and code reviews, and mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
- Evaluate and implement new technologies and best practices.
- Contribute from initial concept and design through deployment and monitoring.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, preferably in a high-traffic web environment.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Proficiency in object-oriented programming.
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks such as Node, React, and NextJS.
- Detailed understanding of relational database systems such as MySQL.
- Detailed understanding of RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS.
- Familiarity with document-oriented databases such as MongoDB.
- Strong analytical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong interest in EdTech and improving learning outcomes through technology.
Benefits
- Equity and benefits are included.
- This is a full-time position requiring work from the San Mateo, California headquarters office.
- Collaborative culture with mentorship, kindness, respect, and an emphasis on diversity and inclusion.
Tech Stack
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About IXL Learning
IXL Learning builds K–12 educational software and services, including the IXL personalized learning platform, Rosetta Stone, Teachers Pay Teachers, Wyzant, and other learning brands. It sells subscriptions to schools, districts, and families, and operates marketplaces and tutoring networks used by millions of learners. Privately held and headquartered in San Mateo, CA, its platform is used by 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts and by 17 million students worldwide.