Senior Software Engineer

About

Great Minds, a rapidly growing challenger brand in the PKâ12 instructional materials space, seeks aâ¯Â Seniorâ¯Software Engineerâ¯ to join our dynamic, growingâ¯Â Software Engineeringâ¯ team.

COMPANY PROFILE

Great Minds, a mission driven Public Benefit Corporation, brings teachers and scholars together to craft exemplary instructional materials that inspire joy in teaching and learning. Our English curriculum,â¯Wit & WisdomÂ®,â¯Eureka Mathâ¢ andâ¯PhD Scienceâ¢, all support teachers as they take students beyond rote learning to provide a deeper, more complete understanding of the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Founded in 2007, Great Minds now employs more than 1000 people.

For additional information please visit:â¯www.greatminds.org

OUR MARKET POSITION

Great Mindsâ Eureka Math is the most widely used curriculum in the history of American education. It enjoys an unrivaled 40+ net promoter score. Eureka and its sister products, Wit & Wisdom English and PhD Science, embrace much higher expectations for all students and Do all teachers. In a market dominated by scripted, procedural materials that drive expectations down, Great Minds produces curricula that celebrate knowledge, respect the craft of teaching, and acknowledge the true capabilities of students.

Job Purpose

As a Great Minds Senior Software Engineer you design and develop code on a modern, cloud native tech stack to deliver amazing customer experiences. You have the opportunity to design and build tools to scale and enhance our ability to release world-class software products. Your commitments to learning new technologies and how they will impact us in the future are paramount.

Responsibilities

Write clean, extensible, well-tested code
Participate in architecture, design, and implementation decisions for key components of our platform
Work closely with product management to ensure we're building the best products
Act as a leader in our globally dispersed software engineering organization and garner teamâs respect as an engineer

Identify risks/impediments, escalate issues, bring transparency to deliverables and ensure Agile delivery
Lead code reviews and participate in the development of best practices within the engineering team
Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
Coach other software engineers on the craft of coding

Minimum 4 years experience writing, debugging, and testing software
Deep knowledge of JavaScript and/or Typescript, HTML, CSS
Strong experience with at least one of the following web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue). React is preferred
Experience with RESTful APIs, Cross browser compatibility, Accessibility, and Responsive UI
Experience with front-end performance optimization
In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment)
Ability to build reusable code and libraries for distributed use
Adaptability and willingness to learn new programming languages and technologies
Possess good communication and reasoning skills
Degree in Computer Science or another relevant engineering discipline
Sense of intellectual curiosity and a passion for learning with a strong problem-solving mindset
Be self-driven, actively looking for ways to contribute and continuously improve the team and the product
Be comfortable with ambiguity and show a willingness to wear multiple hats based on the need

Preferred:

Experience with Next.js
Experience with TailwindCSS and CSS-in-JS
Experience building component libraries
Experience with education or education technology

Location: Washington, DC, or remote

If selected for an interview, background check will be required.

New employees will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, subject to potential accommodation as required by law or otherwise permitted by the Company.

Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact security@greatminds.org

Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organizationâs commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.Â

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Senior Software Engineer

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