Full Stack Developer

001 Stride, Inc.; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Health benefits

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking a skilled Full Stack Developer to build and maintain WordPress-based school websites, focusing on user-friendly interfaces and accessible design.

You will collaborate with school admins, teachers, and IT staff to deliver features, optimize performance, and oversee deployments, security, and monitoring for a virtual, nationwide team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or related field preferred.
• 5+ years in headless CMS (Contentful desired) / WordPress with React.
• Strong front-end skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX.
• Experience with React patterns, hooks, and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with Next.js, SSR/SSG concepts, and modern build tools.
• Knowledge of data caching and GraphQL with headless CMS.
• Ability to work both independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain headless CMS/WordPress sites for multiple schools.
• Design and implement new features, templates, and UI components.
• Collaborate with school admins, teachers, and IT staff to define requirements.
• Ensure UX and accessibility are optimized across devices.
• Provide code reviews, refactoring, and architectural guidance.
• Manage DevOps tasks, deployments, testing, security, and monitoring.
• Monitor analytics and site performance for continuous improvements.

Skills

React ecosystem

Front-end development

WordPress

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Contentful CMS

Next.js

GraphQL

Web accessibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Web Development

Tools

WordPress

Contentful CMS

Next.js

Webpack/Vite

Job description

Job Description SUMMARY:

We are seeking a highly motivated Full Stack Developer to join our team to create and maintain school websites. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining WordPress-based websites for schools, ensuring that the websites are user-friendly, visually appealing, and easy to navigate. The role will involve collaborating with school administrators, teachers, and IT staff to develop and implement website features and functionalities that support the school's mission and goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
• Develop, maintain and update headless CMS/WordPress-based websites for numerous schools
• Design and develop new website features, functionalities and templates
• Collaborate with school administrators, teachers, marketing, and IT staff to determine website requirements and create project plans
• Ensure website design and functionality are optimized for user experience and accessibility
• Provide architectural oversight, code refactoring, improvements, and code reviews
• Assist teams in website migration tasks, triaging bugs and resolving production issues
• Manage DevOps processes and facilitate testing, deployments, security, and monitoring
• Review and manage pull requests and code merges
• Monitor website traffic, user behavior, and other analytics to inform ongoing improvements
• Ensure website security, backups and maintenance

This role will have end to end accountability of development, testing, deployment and ownership of the code after releasing in production Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree and/or certifications in Computer Science, Web Development, or a related field preferred
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in headless CMS (Contentful desired) /WordPress development and web development with strong React ecosystem knowledge
• Proficient with both front and back-end development for Contentful CMS
• Strong experience with front-end web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and AJAX
• Deep understanding of React patterns, hooks, context, and performance optimization
• Experience with Next.js, SSR/SSG concepts, and modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, etc.)
• Well versed with data caching and GraphQL as it relates to headless CMS
• Understanding of web design principles and user experience best practices
• Experience with website analytics and monitoring tools
• Experience with website security, backups and maintenance
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Strong communication and project management skills
• Experience working with schools or educational organizations is a plus

Certificates and Licenses:

None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

If you are passionate about web development and have experience in headless CMS development, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to work with schools and educational organizations.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

Compensation & Benefits:

Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. We anticipate the salary range to be $66,379.50 to $105,000. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

Job Type Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

For more than 20 years, Stride, Inc. has transformed the teaching and learning experience for millions of people by providing innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs. Stride serves learners of all ages in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. At Stride, learning is essential. It is the foundation of the human experience and we are proud of our commitment to powering learning, no matter what stage of life you are in. For more than 20 years, we’ve worked to challenge the idea of one-size‑fits‑all education and provide personalized, online, lifelong learning at every step of the journey. Above all else, we believe in serving the communities we live in and creating space for all voices therein.