Software Engineer II

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!

Summary: 

The Software Engineer II will be responsible for bringing new digital products to market and enhance existing ones by leveraging your expertise in software development with state-of-the-art industry frameworks collaborating closely with product management on engineering teams.  

Essential duties/responsibilities: 

• Develop software in collaboration with product owners, to deliver i-Ready experiences.
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to design robust software ensuring seamless customer experience at scale.
• Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, conducting code and design reviews, as well as leveraging state-of-the-art code quality and productivity tools.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests to accompany all application code.
• Contribute ideas and effort to improve efficiency of our software development lifecycle.
• Drive code maintainability by addressing technical debt and defects proactively.
• Communicate clearly and consistently utilizing verbal and written forms, to ensure seamless progress on shared team goals.
• Engage in personal and peer development through mentorship program participation.
• Engage in proactive learning to improve functional as well as technical knowledge.
  
  

Required Job Skills and Abilities: 

• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with multiple frameworks and languages, advanced skills in at least one.
• Experience delivering cloud hosted software services at scale.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, including experience with Scrum. 
  
  

Required Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s in computer science preferred
• 5+ years of experience in web application development.
  
  

Travel: If remote, less than twice per quarter to Company offices only.

Working Environment: N/A