Staff Software Engineer, Academia

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+ Stock options

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Linux

Ruby

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Unix

REST API

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (Financial District, CA)

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

Salary not provided

+ Stock options

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

Python

Linux

Ruby

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Unix

REST API

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (Financial District, CA)

201-500 employees

B2CMarketplaceEducationPublishingAnalytics

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Our ideal candidates have experience working full stack and are excited about owning product and engineering initiatives
Experience scaling web applications with an increasing user base into the millions is desirable
Good coding habits are a must
Knowledge and use of common data structures and algorithms to solve problems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to build solutions and products
Ability and willingness to learn new languages and technologies as needed
7+yrs. professional software development experience designing and building large scalable systems, consumer-facing web apps, or web platforms in a Unix/Linux environment
Experience as a technical team lead, influencing the work of multiple teams on projects
Experience as the technical owner of key projects
Experience architecting, implementing, and testing large-scale production-level code
Proven record solving complex product development problems
Professional coding proficiency with one of the following: Ruby, Python, or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript
Must be willing to learn/use a Ruby on Rails stack
A solid understanding of database modeling, data manipulation, and querying is a must
Rest API coding in a scripting language
Web Front-end coding experience, e.g., JavaScript, Typescript, React.js, a plus
You don’t need to know our tech stack, but you must be willing and able to learn and apply it quickly!

What the job involves

Technical lead for designing, building, and testing major software components, systems, features, and products
Collaborate with Product and Design to build innovative software products and solutions
Own team OKRs for timely, high-quality outcomes
Influence and mentor multiple teams as a technical leader
Architect, build, and test large-scale production-level code
Solve complex product development problems and adhere to best practices
Understands business objectives and the necessary processes to achieve them
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
A people recommendation engine that helps users connect with others who share their interests
Search Engine Optimizations to improve the discoverability of our corpus of 55M+ 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 (1.3)

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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