Associate Backend Software Engineer – Platform

We are NYC based, but remote friendly unless specified.

Hello, World! Codecademy is on a mission to build inspiring careers in technology through engaging, accessible, and interactive online coding education.

Our learners have gone on to start new jobs, launch new companies, and lead new lives thanks to their work with Codecademy, and our platform has transformed the way businesses develop and retain their teams.

Since 2011, our team has grown to over 200 employees serving 50+ million learners from 190+ countries. We’ve raised over $82M in venture capital funding from top investors including Prosus, Owl Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and more–which gives us the capital to get stuff done in an impactful way.

Join us to help build a business that empowers tens of millions of people to lead better lives!

OVERVIEW:

The content platform team maintains a rapidly expanding library of content and tracking that power interactive learning experiences and outcomes for Codecademy users. In addition, the team assists in building user friendly tools to enable curriculum authors to offer new content on top of a robust testing platform. The team collaborates across multiple functions supporting both consumer and enterprise sides of the business as well as internal stakeholders.

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS & RESPONSBILITIES:

• Extend the code evaluation engine that parses and evaluates code samples submitted by our learners, millions of times every single day (Go, Docker, AWS)
• Improve the interactive Learning Environment by creating new experiences, and increasing its reliability and performance (React, Ruby on Rails, Go)
• Design and improve systems for gaining insights about user learning (Ruby on Rails, Go, AWS Redshift/SQL)
• Design and improve APIs to enable other product teams to surface learning data to users in novel ways (Ruby, Go)
• Scale learning content production capacity by building new content production workflows in our internal CMS (React, Ruby, Go)

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• Bachelors degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience or equivalent work experience developing web applications using Ruby on Rails, Go, and/or JavaScript
• Experience designing APIs from the ground up; comfortable with API design patterns (REST, RPC)
• A passion for testing best practices; can write unit tests in your favorite language with your eyes closed
• Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases. We currently use a combination of PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Amazon Redshift
• Familiarity with containerization technologies. We use Docker and Kubernetes extensively in development and production

BONUS QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with ops and/or containerization technologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, EC2, etc.
• Experience working with modern front-end frameworks. We use React, Redux, and Webpack
• Particularly strong front-end experience in the React ecosystem
• Expertise in HTML & CSS, with a knack for layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility
• Proven empathy for our users, such as a background in education or past experience using our site

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be approximately $110,000 – $140,000 annualized.We also offer Enterprise benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.Codecademy from Skillsoft!

MORE ABOUT SKILLSOFT:

Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.

Skillsoft partners to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success including Skillsoft learning content and the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Codecademy, we are committed to teaching people the skills they need to upgrade their careers. Codecademy aims to educate a richly diverse demographic of learners with our product and in order to accomplish this, we believe our team should reflect that rich diversity. Our company celebrates diversity in all of its forms– race, gender, color, national origin, marital status, sexuality, religion, veteran status, age, ability, disability status– and works to create an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are empowered to better their futures.