Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Academia

$160-240k

$130,000 - $220,000 CAD

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Linux

Node.js

Abstract

Ruby on Rails

Unix

REST API

Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

A platform for academics to share research papers

Job no longer available

A platform for academics to share research papers

201-500 employees

B2CMarketplaceEducationPublishingAnalytics

Job no longer available

$160-240k

$130,000 - $220,000 CAD

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Linux

Node.js

Abstract

Ruby on Rails

Unix

REST API

Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

201-500 employees

B2CMarketplaceEducationPublishingAnalytics

Company mission

To accelerate research, advance science, and transform the world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Our ideal candidates are not only great at what they do, but are also mission-driven. Ideally, you have experience working across the stack and are excited about owning product and engineering initiatives
Good coding habits are a must
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to build solutions and products
Ability and willingness to learn new languages and technologies as needed
5+yrs. of experience working on large-scale, consumer-facing web apps or platforms in a Unix/Linux environment
Understanding, creating, manipulating, and querying databases
Rest API/back-end coding in a scripting language
Web Front-end coding experience e.g., JavaScript/Typescript, React.js, a plus
Proficiency with one or more of the following; Ruby, Python, or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript. Must be willing to learn/work with Ruby on Rails stack

What the job involves

You'll be designing and building systems and web applications to make our user base more productive on our platform. Here are some things that we are currently working on:
A fast and scalable peer review system that identifies and distributes high-quality academic works
Services that help academic authors understand the impact of their scholarship via text parsing and computation of bibliometrics
Algorithmic approaches to identification of academic content and disambiguation of authorships in order to make every paper ever written available for free
A paper recommendation engine that helps users discover the most relevant research
Search Engine Optimizations to improve the discoverability of our corpus of 40M+ PDFs

Our take

Academia.edu is pitched as a social media platform to help researchers and academics share papers for free - with over 185 million registered users and over 30 million visitors per month, it has remained an active and popular platform since its founding in 2008.

The company has had a chequered relationship with the academics it proposes to serve (and the institutions it intends to disrupt). Some claim the new paywalled suite of features runs counter to the free and open-access model; others baulk at its use of the .edu domain usually reserved for academic institutions (they registered before its use became restricted).

To overcome these obstacles, the platform continues to evolve as a key player for researchers. With future plans to launch high-impact open-access journals, develop an advanced paper recommendation system, and increase daily academic engagement. It's an exciting future, however, only time will tell how these new developments will be received.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

4% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.3)

Trustpilot (1.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Feb 2022

$23m

SERIES D

Mar 2019

$16m

SERIES C

Total funding: $56.8m

Company benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
Generous Time Off: 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years
Flexible Work Arrangements: Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend
401k plan, and stock options

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Richard Price

(Founder & CEO)

Studied PPE at Oxford, going on to complete a PhD in Philosophy. Founded two other businesses: LiveOut.co.uk, and PeopleRadar.co.uk. For 7 years was a Fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University.

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