Job description
A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 10 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.
Amplify is a leader in creating immersive, rigorous digital learning experiences that look great, play great, and help students expect great things of themselves. Amplify has been described as the best tech company in education, and the best education company in tech.
As an engineer at Amplify, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education with the best ideas in technology – including user experience, APIs and services, data analysis, and deployment pipelines. You’ll play an active role in imagining and improving product design and the classroom experience.
We hire engineers “for the slope, not the intercept” – we’re looking for intellectual ability, flexibility and ability to learn, and commitment to work together in tight-knit teams.
Amplify’s COVID-19 vaccination policy requires all staff to provide proof of vaccination for in-person meetings unless an approved exemption is provided.
What You’ll Do
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Impress the toughest customers around – seventh graders – by:
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designing and building engaging, quirky, fast frontends using frameworks like Angular and React
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Make life better for passionate, overworked teachers by:
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architecting apps that meet the ultimate reliability and uptime challenge for digital tools – is this better than paper?
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building well structured and documented RESTful APIs so that our apps can share data with ease
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designing tools, workflows, and culture to ship code from your laptop to classrooms frequently and confidently
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Help school administrators build great schools by:
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building data pipelines that respect privacy and ensure security while offering useful insights
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implementing code that runs great across platforms under variable memory and network constraints
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analyzing performance and squashing tricky bugs using tools like Datadog, Splunk, Alert Logic, and AWS CloudWatch
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Learn every day by:
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leading collaboration, pull request-ing, and mentoring on a cross-functional team
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participating in cross-team share-outs, brownbags, and workshop series
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Example Projects You Might Work On
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Crafting immersive animated environments and characters using the latest web and canvas frameworks
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Architecting algorithms to select the right activity for the right student at the right moment.
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Modeling data from student activities to show teachers just the right advice
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Simulating hundreds of thousands of kids to implement scaling, stability, and security improvements
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Improving our deployment and testing automation pipelines
You Must Have
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BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
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5+ years of professional software development experience
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Solid CS and software engineering fundamentals, and the wisdom to know when they’re relevant
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2+ years’ experience with a modern JavaScript framework (like Angular or React)
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Experience with server-side development with Java (Dropwizard or Spring Boot)
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Experience with database technologies (modeling, ORMs, tuning)
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Experience deploying production systems in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
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Proven experience with verbal and written communication
Extra Credit For
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Experience with tools we use every day:
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Build: Linux, Code Pipeline, Docker
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Storage: Postgres, Redshift, S3
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Deploy: Terraform, AWS (Fargate, Lambda, SQS, etc.), Datadog
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Experience with tools we don’t use, but should, and the wisdom to know when to recommend them
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Proven passion for building and learning: open source contributions, pet projects, self-education, Stack Overflow
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Experience in education or ed-tech
What we offer: Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a lucrative 401(k) plan, incentive stock options, competitive health insurance and mental health options, basic life insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and access to best-in-class development programs. The gross salary range for this role is $107,000 - $142,000. This role is eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance.
We
celebrate diversity and
are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from
a diverse candidate
pool.
Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.
Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.
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