This role is on-site in Seattle.
 
The Senior Software Engineer is a trusted senior-level technologist who is a strong contributor
to team goals and technical vision. In this role, you will help us achieve ambitious product
development goals that ensure proper interoperability between application and platform
services and that they are built for scale. You will join a team that own high-traffic APIs that
support authoring and delivery of courses.
 
Essential Accountabilities: 
•Hands-on development of web-based applications, platforms, and web services 
•Team player with a team-first attitude 
•Work closely with project and product managers to ensure products are delivered on time
and within budget 
•Ensures products are developed to scale to anticipated user loads 
• Work with the development operations team to ensure servers are configured to meet
requirements, troubleshoot any issues as they arise in a timely manner, proactively 
foresee and address potential problem areas
 
Qualifications: 

•7 years professional experience in web software engineering 
•Strong Experience with Node.js – high-traffic applications preferred 
•Strong experience with both traditional relational databases (PostgreSQL, MYSQL, MSSQL,
Oracle, etc.), and NOSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Couchbase, etc.) 
•Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks – AngularJS, Backbone, React, Ember, etc.
Angular experience preferred. 
•Experience with core JavaScript – ES6 preferred 
• Experience with PHP (LAMP), Python or other web-centric scripting language 
•Experience with RESTful API design and implementation, best practices in web security,
cross-browser compatibility issues 
• Expertise in Object Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and practices 
•Expertise in HTML5, CSS, and current web standards 
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
•Experience with AWS services 
• Experience with Docker or other containerization technologies 
• Experience with orchestration of CI/CD pipelines 
•Experience with unit testing frameworks and strategies