Remote Full-Stack Engineer - Elevating K-12 Learning

Amplify; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amplify is seeking a Full Stack Software Development Engineer to join our fully remote Literacy Assessments team. You will build scalable software that supports a best-in-class learning platform and responds to design and pedagogy needs.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and education experts across frontend and backend. You will ship features end-to-end, write tests, and help maintain reliable infrastructure in real classrooms.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience with modern frontend and backend web technologies.
• 2–6 years of professional software development experience using Python & JavaScript.
• Experience with modern databases.
• Strong problem-solving ability and experience working within complex systems and large code bases.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative setting and engage in self-driven learning.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts verbally and in writing.
• A passion for working on education products and a desire to make them more equitable and accessible.

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality, robust, scalable software solutions that help Amplify build and maintain a best-in-class learning platform.
• Develop code across front-end and back-end components, including automated tests and related tooling.
• Reviewing code from other engineers on the team, bringing your keen eye for pragmatic and elegant solutions to challenging problems.
• Collaborate with our DevOps team to develop, manage, and monitor our deployment processes and infrastructure.
• Ensuring that our software meets the needs of all students and works reliably in real classrooms. Engaging in proactive testing and monitoring of our systems and guaranteeing a good experience for our end users.
• Participating in a collaborative learning environment within Amplify Engineering: reviewing code from other engineers and participating in learning sessions to foster best practices and engineering culture.
• Providing tools for teachers and students to effectively assess a child's reading ability.
• Creating reports on student assessments with tools and recommendations for improving outcomes
• Improving APIs to allow teacher and administrators' tools to perform to the highest standards of speed and reliability

Skills

Python

JavaScript

Full-stack

Frontend development

Backend development

REST APIs

GraphQL

Databases

Problem-solving

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

AWS AppSync

AWS Lambda

Docker

Terraform

Datadog

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Snowflake

Job description

Amplify is seeking a Full Stack Software Development Engineer to join our fully remote Literacy Assessments team. You will build scalable software that supports a best-in-class learning platform and responds to design and pedagogy needs.

You will collaborate with product managers, designers, data scientists, and education experts across frontend and backend. You will ship features end-to-end, write tests, and help maintain reliable infrastructure in real classrooms.