Software Engineer

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

What you’ll do

Our fully remote engineering team builds elegant and flexible systems that can quickly respond to design and pedagogy demands. You will work in cross-functional teams alongside product managers, designers, data scientists and education experts on a variety of impactful projects and have involvement in initiatives from ideation phases through to production release.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating teacher and student friendly front-end components

• Partnering with design team to come us with come up with user friendly app experiences

• Building well structured and documented RESTful APIs so that our apps can share data with ease

• Implementing code that runs great across platforms under variable memory and network constraints

• Analyzing performance and squashing tricky bugs using tools like Datadog and AWS CloudWatch

• Collaborating with our DevOps team in developing, managing, and monitoring our deployment processes and infrastructure.

• 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 engineering support to ensure a smooth and speedy Onboarding process for all Amplify customers

Examples of projects you could work on

• Crafting immersive compelling experiences for teachers and students using the latest web tools.

• Creating reusable and accessible UI components to support our users and provide an homogenous experience

• Simulating data at scale to implement scaling, stability, and security improvements

• Improving our deployment and testing automation pipelines

Basic qualifications and experience requirements

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent

• Minimum of 2 years of professional software development experience

• Strong CS and software engineering fundamentals

• Proven fluency in at least two of React, Node.js, NoSQL, SQL

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Understanding of good software design and modern software engineering practices

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS in Computer Science or equivalent

• Experience with tools we use every day:

  • Front-end frameworks: React, Redux

  • Back-end frameworks: Node.js, NestJS, AWS Lambdas

  • Tools and systems: Linux, Docker, AWS, Datadog, Terraform, Jenkins

  • Data stores: DynamoDB, Postgres, AWS S3

• Proven passion for building and learning: open source contributions, pet projects, self-education, Stack Overflow

• Experience in education or ed-tech

What we offer:

Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a 401(k) plan, competitive health insurance and mental health options, basic life insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and access to best-in-class development programs. The gross salary range for this role is $113,000 - $129,000. This role is eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

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 hiringaccommodations@amplify.com.

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