Software Engineer, Amplify

$113-129k

+ Eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance

SQL

React

AWS

Docker

Redux

Linux

Node.js

Postgres

Terraform

Jenkins

REST API

DynamoDB

Datadog

Junior and Mid level

Remote in US

K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher

Posted today

K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher

1001+ employees

EducationLearningSaaS

Posted today

$113-129k

+ Eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance

SQL

React

AWS

Docker

Redux

Linux

Node.js

Postgres

Terraform

Jenkins

REST API

DynamoDB

Datadog

Junior and Mid level

Remote in US

1001+ employees

EducationLearningSaaS

Company mission

To help educators create the next generation of scientific innovators as well as citizens who are sceptical, curious, and evidence-based thinkers.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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

Desirable

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 the job involves

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
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

Our take

Since launching as Wireless Generation in the year 2000, before rebranding in 2012 after News Corp acquired the company, Amplify has grown into one of the leading providers of K-12 curricula, assessment and supplemental programs for ELA (English Language Arts), Math and Science.

The EdTech market has been growing rapidly for the last decade and more, and its value is expected to surpass 230 billion by 2030. This growth means that the company has plenty of competition from the likes of Khan Academy and Kaplan Test, but the fact that Amplify is used by around 10 million students puts it in a very strong position.

After a major growth funding round in 2021, Amplify acquired digital math tools developer Desmos. This is in keeping with its commitment to strategically acquire high-performing education companies in order to expand its own tech and product offerings.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2021

$215m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Mar 2021

$0.1m

GRANT

Total funding: $263.3m

Company HQ

Dumbo, NY

Articles

Amplify Acquires Desmos Curriculum to Build the Future of Math Instruction

Amplify Raises $215 Million in a Growth Funding Round

Leadership

Larry Berger

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-founded Wireless Generation in 2000 and was CEO until News Corp bought the company in 2010, becoming President and then CEO of Amplify post-acquisition. Serves on the boards of Touch Press, the Academy of American Poets, Lapham’s Quarterly, the Institute for Sustained Attention, and the Southern Education Foundation.

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