Senior Software Engineer, Content Services
What We Seek
At Carnegie Learning, we believe that no two students learn alike. With deep roots in research and advanced education technology, we learn more every day about how students learn best, and we use that insight to help educators drive continually better outcomes. We work hard to create an engaging, supportive company culture where we can all thrive while doing work that improves education every single day.
We are seeking a talented engineer to contribute to the design and development of Carnegie Learning's latest proprietary Learning Object Repository. As a Senior Engineer, you will collaborate with a team of engineers to design and develop key services, ensuring the solutions are implemented to the highest quality standards.
We value a growth mindset. If you do not satisfy every requirement listed, do not hesitate to apply. If you have the passion and work ethic for this role, and your values align with ours, apply. We will make sure we give you the opportunity to realize your full potential.
While this position is remote and does not require in-office hours, we are seeking candidates who are based in St. John's, Newfoundland or the surrounding area.
What Your Day Will Look Like
- Design, develop, and test software projects from start to finish.
- Ensure that the development and test teams are creating the right solutions, for the highest priority problems.
- Collaborate with architects and other engineers to design, develop and maintain the services.
- Advocate for clean code and proactively address security, technical debt, maintainability, and performance through design and code reviews, automated testing, and other industry best practices.
- Promote and implement best engineering practices within an Agile development environment.
- Deliver working functionality to stakeholders through hands-on development.
What Should Be In Your Backpack
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a progression of increasing scope and complexity of work
- Expertise in web application design, microservices architecture, and API/system integrations
- Experience in NodeJS, TypeScript, Angular, MongoDB, MySQL, AWS
- Experience and technical adeptness in object-oriented architecture, design, and implementation
- Strong software design skills with the ability to deep dive into the algorithms, code, and processes that your team owns and develops
- Proven technical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in agile methodologies
- Experience in a multi-product, multi-application development environment
- Drive for continuous improvement
- Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback amongst peers
- Experience in Education Technologies like LTI 1.3/Advantage and Thin Common Cartridge, preferred
- Experience in FeathersJS, Algolia, preferred
What Gives Us Purpose
Others teach what; we teach why. For over 25 years, Carnegie Learning has developed solutions that help students achieve Aha moments and set them up for long-term learning success. We’re driven to find new, better ways to support teachers and reach more students, so we put our leading cognitive science research and real-world insights into solutions for how students think, learn, and do their best. This is a key part of our commitment to helping teachers spark student curiosity. As a Carnegie Learning team member, you’ll work alongside a team of passionate individuals dedicated to making a real difference in the lives of students and educators.
What We Provide
Holistic Wellbeing
- Cost-shared health and dental benefits plan
- Access to Headspace at Work (at no cost), empowering you to enhance your mental health
- Competitive retirement savings matching program to plan for your future
Fostering Joy
- Flexible work arrangements with our Work From Anywhere policy
- Your Time, Your Way - paid time off that you can use as you see fit to recharge and nurture your personal life
Empowering Parenthood
- Parental leave top-up program
- Reduced working hours for new parents, with no reduction in pay & benefits
- Free access to CL products for employees and their children
A Place for Connection
- Quarterly wellness incentives
- Monthly employee activities + recognition program
- 9 Employee Resource Groups
What We Believe
We celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that define each person's individuality. This fusion of perspectives enriches our collective knowledge, fosters innovation, and empowers us all. Together, we can collectively and more effectively address issues that face our business and industry.
If our commitment to building an inclusive workplace resonates with you, we invite you to join our mission and welcome you to apply with us. Carnegie Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
