[Remote] Full Stack Software Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amplify is a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science education, dedicated to creating high-quality instructional systems. As a Full Stack Software Development Engineer, you will build scalable software solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the learning platform. Your role will involve developing both front-end and back-end components, ensuring software reliability, and improving APIs for teachers and administrators.
Responsibilities
- Build high-quality, robust, scalable software solutions that help Amplify build and maintain a best-in-class learning platform
- Develop code across front-end and back-end components, including automated tests and related tooling
- Reviewing code from other engineers on the team, bringing your keen eye for pragmatic and elegant solutions to challenging problems
- Collaborate with our DevOps team to develop, manage, and monitor our deployment processes and infrastructure
- Ensuring that our software meets the needs of all students and works reliably in real classrooms. Engaging in proactive testing and monitoring of our systems and guaranteeing a good experience for our end users
- Participating in a collaborative learning environment within Amplify Engineering: reviewing code from other engineers and participating in learning sessions to foster best practices and engineering culture
- Providing tools for teachers and students to effectively assess a child's reading ability
- Creating reports on student assessments with tools and recommendations for improving outcomes
- Improving APIs to allow teacher and administrators' tools to perform to the highest standards of speed and reliability
Skills
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or training
- Experience with modern frontend and backend web technologies
- Experience with good software design and modern software engineering practices
- 2 – 6 years of professional software development experience using Python & JavaScript
- Experience with modern databases
- Strong problem-solving ability and experience working within complex systems and large code bases
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative setting and engage in self-driven learning
- Ability to articulate technical concepts verbally and in writing
- A passion for working on education products and a desire to make them more equitable and accessible
- Experience with web technology
- Experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs
- Experience with modern data stores such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Snowflake
- Experience in managing cloud-based infrastructure using tools like AWS AppSync, Lambdas, Datadog, Terraform, and Docker
- Experience Testing: Proficiency in automated testing techniques, with experience in testing frameworks like Jest and WebdriverIO
Benefits
- Offers Bonus
- Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email [[email protected]].
- If you are selected for employment, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination, or submit to enhanced background screening, such as fingerprinting.
- Amplify is an E-Verify participant.
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