WE ARE

SoftServe is an IT company engaged in consulting and serving the field of digital technology. Our client is a leader in creating immersive, rigorous digital learning experiences that look great, play great, and help students expect great things of themselves.

As an engineer, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education with the best ideas in technology — including user experience, APIs and services, data analysis, and deployment pipelines. You will play an active role in imagining and improving product design and classroom experience.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have currently transitioned to a work-from-home model. This role is expected to begin as a remote position but to eventually transition to an on-location position in NYC once offices reopen.

YOU ARE

A professional demonstrating the following skills and experience

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent
• At least 2 years with a modern JavaScript framework (preferably React/Redux)
• A minimum of 2 years with server-side development (preferably in Node.js)
• 2+ years in developing online games in JavaScript
• Strong CS and software engineering fundamentals
• Ability to write code expertly in JavaScript and at least one other dissimilar language
• Database technologies (modeling, ORMs, tuning)
• Deploying production systems in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Strong proven communication skills in writing and conversation
• Understanding of good software design and modern software engineering practices
• Tools such as Linux, Jenkins, Chef, Docker, SCSS, Webpack, Postgres, Redshift, S3, Chef, AWS (EC2, Lambda, SQS, etc.), Datadog
• Proven passion for building and learning: open-source contributions, pet projects, self-education, Stack Overflow
• Google APIs
• TypeScript
• Education or ed-tech
• Game system

YOU WANT TO WORK WITH

International company and educational domain and improve your skills in

• Building engaging, quirky, fast front ends using frameworks like React
• Ensuring an equitable experience for students by implementing code that runs great across platforms under variable memory and network constraints
• Making life better for passionate teachers by improving app’s reliability and uptime, monitoring apps to make sure they are available to teachers and classrooms
• Building well-structured and documented APIs so that our apps can interoperate with ease
• Helping school administrators build great schools by building software that respects privacy and ensures security while offering useful insights
• Implementing code that runs great across platforms under variable memory and network constraints
• Analyzing performance and squashing tricky bugs using tools like Data Dog or AWS CloudWatch
• Collaboration, pull requests and mentoring on a cross-functional team
• Participating in cross-team share-outs, brown bags, and workshop series

TOGETHER WE WILL

• Craft immersive compelling experiences for teachers and students using the latest web tools
• Implement logic that handles student work: from persistence to selecting the right activity for the right student at the right moment
• Optimize software so that it can handle hundreds of thousands of kids with stability and security in mind
• Ensure existing software continues to function well
• Improve our workflows and tooling, and of course our existing customer experience