Software Engineer - Engagement Team
edX is an open source educational software startup venture between MIT and Harvard. At edX, our mission is to offer a world-class education to everyone, everywhere, allowing them to gain the in-demand skills and knowledge that will lead to career and lifelong success. We are adding full stack software engineers to join a team responsible for building the world's leading learning destination site and platform.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software systems
- Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and Data Science to understand business problems and identify solutions
- Provide mentorship to team members and assist with feedback on code reviews
- Build and maintain operationally viable solutions throughout the software life cycle
- Commit to owning your code and supporting the customer facing environment
- Lead team members on independent project initiatives
- Promote teamwork, research cutting edge technology, and support a vibrant innovative work atmosphere
Qualifications & Skills:
- 2+ years of full-stack coding experience with JavaScript, Python, or other server-based programming languages
- Real-world experience with web development frameworks like Django
- Experience developing REST APIs
- Demonstrated skills in building service-oriented architectures
- Ability to problem solve and drive projects with loosely defined requirements
- Experience working in an agile development environment
Nice to Have:
- Contributions to Open Source projects
- Experience with React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
- Prior work building Static Websites and Single-Page Applications
- Architecture and solutions development leveraging microservices
- Test Driven Development
- BS in Computer Science or relevant work experience
- Familiarity with compliant front-end development standards and accessibility best practices
edX is an MIT startup company that offers highly competitive benefits and retirement plans, a pension program, free lunches every day, and meaningful work! Are you ready to be a part of our mission?
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