Full Stack Software Engineer

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

Requirements:

• 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