Senior Software Engineer, Renaissance
$109.5-150.6k
Educational assessment technology and solutions
Job no longer available
Educational assessment technology and solutions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$109.5-150.6k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of PHP development experience with the ability to adopt other languages as required
- 5+ years of professional experience in backend development with a focus on building web-based applications
- 2+ years hands-on experience in AWS services like ECS, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, EC2, Fargate, Route 53, RDS
- Experience leading and mentoring other engineers
- Experience working with event-driven architectures
- Experience building microservice solutions
- Experience with relational, document, memory databases (Redis)
- Experience developing and consuming REST APIs
- Experience working in a Lean/Agile/Scrum environment
- Experience with source control, specifically GIT
- Experience working with continuous integration/deployment, and production monitoring & support
Desirable
- Ed tech industry experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Experience with GoLang
- Working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Experience with converting monolithic applications to distributed applications
- Knowledge of DevOps processes and technologies around version control, test automation frameworks
- Experience with PHP or other MVC frameworks
- Additional Information
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Data and Assessments team
- In this role you will be part of a team responsible for building a next generation K-12 formative assessment platform that integrates into the Renaissance ecosystem
- Own projects, from design to deployment, leveraging the power of the team to provide quality solutions in a timely manner
- Use a solution provider mindset, capable of analyzing complex issues and breaking them down into multiple deliverables with little guidance
- Identify risks and tradeoffs and provide clear communication about potential impediments
- Support the team through code reviews, pair programming, and agile ceremony contributions
- Contribute to software development best practices
- Communicate effectively within the team and be a bridge to our product counterparts
- Work with both legacy and greenfield projects
- Participate and grow in a continuous learning environment
Our take
Renaissance Learning is one of the largest U.S. providers and a global leader in reading, math, and assessment solutions for K-12 schools. Through acquisitions and development, Renaissance Learning is the parent company of a slew of educational companies, such as Nearpod, Illuminate Education, KeyPhonics, Schoolzilla, and more.
Used in 40,000 schools in more than 100 countries around the globe, the company powers some of the most recognizable assessment programs in education, such as Accelerated Reader (to support individual reading practice), myON (increasing students' access to high-quality reading materials), and myIGDIs (for accurate assessment of early learning).
Renaissance has a valuable reputation for being a company that truly addresses a range of educational needs faced by students by providing educators with the tools they need to help learners of all levels succeed. Its continuous growth within the space has the company well set to maintain a strong market share in an expanding and well-funded sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2014
$40m
LATE VC
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- Tuition Assistance (Up to $5,250)
- Career Development Platform
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Well-being Program to Cultivate Healthy Habits
- Premium Subscription to Calm
- Up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave (6 weeks unpaid, 14 weeks paid)
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Time Off
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Milk Stork: Breast Milk Delivery Service
- World Class Benefits -Medical, Dental, Vision
- Expert Second Opinion
- Community and Company Events
- Telemedicine
- Accident, Critical Illness & Hospital Indemnity
- Short and Long Term Disability Options
- Weight Loss Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement and Investment Advice
- 401 (k) and Roth 401 (k)
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Identity Monitoring Protection
- Life Insurance with Company-Paid Premium
- Voluntary Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, Children
- Employee Referral Program
- Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Leadership
Chris Bauleke
(CEO)Former CEO of myON and Healthland. Was an SVP & General Manager at McKesson for 16 years before becoming President of Health Systems Performance Solutions.
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