Senior Software Engineer

About Amplify

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents. For more information, visit Amplify.com.

Job Description:

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 Senior Software Engineer role, you will work 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.

Essential Responsibilities:

• 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

• 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

Required Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or training

• 3+ years of professional software development experience

• 2+ years’ experience with a modern frontend framework (e.g. React)

• 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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

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