Software Engineer, Education.com
IXL Learning5 months ago
San Mateo, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$116k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to build and launch platform features and improvements.
- Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and rich user interfaces.
- Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability in the cloud environment.
- Participate in design and code reviews.
- Evaluate and implement technologies and best practices.
- Contribute across the development lifecycle from concept and design through deployment and monitoring.
Requirements
- At least 3 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 JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks such as React.
- Understanding of relational database systems such as MySQL and RESTful API design.
- Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, S3, and RDS.
- Strong analytical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Strong interest in EdTech and improving learning outcomes through technology.
Benefits
- Equity and benefits are included.
- Full-time position based at the San Mateo, California headquarters office.
Tech Stack
Categories
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.