About the position
Our mission is to open the door to the life-changing impact of education and help make education accessible for all. As a nimble growth stage start-up, we've emerged as the leading online education platform helping over 30 million learners and educators each month. Study.com has earned numerous awards and it has been recognized as one of the most transformational companies in EdTech, living up to our commitment to all learners: Breakthroughs Start Here. From students and educators in over 9,000 school districts that use Study.com, to working adults striving to complete their college degree or gain professional certifications, we empower them to reach their full potential. Our product is our impact! Across our college programs alone we have saved students over $200M in tuition and enabled tens of thousands to become nurses, teachers, accountants and more. Additionally, as part of our mission we've donated over $27 million across social impact programs to learners and educators.
Responsibilities
- Delivering end-to-end website features and solutions across the application stack in an iterative manner
- Collaborating on a cross-functional team to deliver against a product road map
- Participating in brainstorm-sessions, design discussions, code reviews, and automated test development
- Taking initiative to get questions answered, unblock on-going development, and make everyone on your team successful
Requirements
- 3+ years' experience doing back-end development with Java
- 3+ years' experience with front-end web application development using modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Have experience working with object-oriented design, relational databases, data structures and multi-threaded algorithms
- BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented and strong analytical / problem solving skills
- Desire to work in a collaborative, team-based environment built around Scrum
Nice-to-haves
- Professional experience with a modern front end javascript framework (i.e. React/Flux or Angular)
- Experience building and deploying mobile apps in a modern app development framework (i.e. Ionic, Flutter, or React Native)
- Professional experience with Machine learning, Data Analysis, SQL query optimization and tuning (MySQL preferred)
- Had exposure with online marketing, search engine optimization, and/or lead generation
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status
- Compliance with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment
