Staff Software Engineer, Amplify
$160-180k
+ Stock Options + Annual Discretionary Bonus
K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher
Be an early applicant
K-12 curriculum & assessment publisher
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$160-180k
+ Stock Options + Annual Discretionary Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help educators create the next generation of scientific innovators as well as citizens who are sceptical, curious, and evidence-based thinkers.
Role
Who you are
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or training
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years’ experience with a modern frontend framework (e.g. React)
- 3+ years experience with server-side development (e.g. NodeJS)
- Experience with database technologies (e.g. MongoDB)
- Experience deploying production systems in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Understanding of good software design and modern software engineering practices
- 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
Desirable
- Experience with the languages and frameworks we use: TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Nx, React, ESBuild
- Experience with the datastore we use: MongoDB
- Experience in managing cloud-based infrastructure using tools like AWS, Datadog, Terraform, and Docker
- Experience (professional or personal) with using and integrating the latest AI Technologies: Large Language Models, Model Context Protocol, Automatic Speech Recognition, Computer Vision, etc
- Proficiency in automated testing techniques, with experience in testing frameworks like Jest and WebdriverIO
- Experience in education or ed-tech
What the job involves
- As an engineer on Amplify’s Learning Experience team, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education, developing our cutting edge platform to support K–12 math, science and language arts curriculum products
- The Learning Experience team is at the heart of Amplify’s curriculum platform and is responsible for back and front end components covering: content authoring, the in-lesson student and teacher experience, and supporting teacher tooling
- In the Staff Software Engineer role, you will drive technical excellence and innovation as an individual contributor, leveraging your engineering expertise, mentorship abilities, and thought leadership to deliver exceptional products and influence technical strategy
- Working within cross-functional teams alongside product managers, designers, data scientists, and education experts, you will contribute to high-impact projects throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial ideation through production deployment
- Shape and build high-quality, robust, scalable software solutions that help Amplify build and maintain a best-in-class learning platform
- Design and implement the integration of AI models into our platform: develop AI-based tooling to support teachers in classroom orchestration, lesson planning, lesson customization, and coaching
- Be part of our architecture and technical leadership team: review, inform and strategize around technical decisions for our systems and devX
- Develop TypeScript code across front-end and back-end components including automated tests and related tooling
- Review code from other engineers on the team, bringing your keen eye for pragmatic and elegant solutions to challenging problems
- Collaborate with our DevOps team in developing, managing and monitoring our deployment processes and infrastructure
- Ensure 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
- Participate 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
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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Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
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
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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