Senior Software Engineer - Shape EdTech at Scale

IXL; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

IXL Learning, a global edtech leader, is seeking Senior Software Engineers to help us add new features to our highly successful educational products and to build new, innovative offerings. This full-time role requires you to be in our San Mateo headquarters.

You will work with a team to design and implement backend, application logic, and UI, drive development processes, and provide accurate estimates while evaluating new platforms and technologies for impactful education products.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Excellent programming skills in Java or other object-oriented language.
• Strong communication skills.
• Strong analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for improving education through technology.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of engineers to start projects from scratch and improve existing codebases.
• Build the back-end wiring, application logic, and UI for our products.
• Drive the development process for the team, including design, coding, documenting, testing, debugging, and tuning.
• Provide accurate estimates, evaluate feasibility, and assess new platforms and technologies.
• Collaborate across multiple teams to design and release products.

Skills

Java

OO programming

Communication

Analytical thinking

Education tech passion

6+ years experience

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in CS

Job description

IXL Learning, a global edtech leader, is seeking Senior Software Engineers to help us add new features to our highly successful educational products and to build new, innovative offerings. This full-time role requires you to be in our San Mateo headquarters.

You will work with a team to design and implement backend, application logic, and UI, drive development processes, and provide accurate estimates while evaluating new platforms and technologies for impactful education products.