At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!
Summary:
The Senior Software Engineer II will be responsible for bringing new digital products to market and enhance existing ones by leveraging your expertise in software development with state-of-the-art industry frameworks collaborating closely with product management on engineering teams. The Literacy Tasks Product is part of CA Assessment suite and is designed to provide information on how a student is performing in phonological awareness, encoding, and fluency-related reading skills. The Senior Software Engineer II will have shared responsibility for the Literacy Task Backend (including the Lit Task Microservice), integration with the Front End and other iReady services.
Essential duties/responsibilities:
1. Develop software in collaboration with product owners, to deliver i-Ready experiences. Using:
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Backend services and APIs using Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate.
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You have experience working with SQL and databases, including schema design and analytic SQL.
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You have experience with developing and scaling microservices on AWS. Experience designing and developing domain data models.
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Experience calling and using a wide variety of AWS services, AWS lambda, and backend services.
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Experience and passion for producing clear, maintainable, and testable code using tools like Junit, NGUnit, React Testing Library and Playwright.
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An Advantage is a proven hands-on experience with Front End Technologies like: React, Typescript, Javascript, Redux, Vite, Webpack.
2. Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to design robust software ensuring seamless customer experience at scale.
3. Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, conducting code and design reviews, as well as leveraging state-of-the-art code quality and productivity tools.
4. Develop automated unit and integration tests to accompany all application code.
5. Contribute ideas and effort to improve efficiency of our software development lifecycle.
6. Drive code maintainability by addressing technical debt and defects proactively.
7. Communicate clearly and consistently utilizing verbal and written forms, to ensure seamless progress on shared team goals.
8. Engage in personal and peer development through mentorship program participation.
9. Engage in proactive learning to improve functional as well as technical knowledge.
Required Job Skills and Abilities:
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience with multiple frameworks and languages, advanced skills in at least one.
- Experience delivering cloud hosted software services at scale.
- Experience working in an Agile environment, including experience with Scrum.
Top Skills
What We Do
At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting equitable learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our data-driven, research-backed cloud technology products transform how students learn, creating an environment where every child can thrive and rise to their potential.
Based in North Billerica, Massachusetts, and with offices and remote employees throughout the United States, Curriculum Associates has been awarded many recognitions as a top employer. Our team of more than 2,000 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day. If this speaks to you, we welcome you to explore opportunities on our team.
Why Work With Us
Curriculum Associates is a mission-driven company that adheres to the tenets of conscious capitalism and a belief that businesses thrive when they put impact and people first. This means that we consider how every decision will impact our employees, the educators and children we serve, and the communities in which we operate.
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