EdX is an open-source learning destination with a mission to provide high quality education for everyone, everywhere. Founded by Harvard and the MIT and based in Cambridge, MA, edX is focused on transforming online and on-campus learning through groundbreaking methodologies, game-like experiences and cutting-edge research on an open-source platform.

EdX is looking for a software Team Lead to join our Business team to help us change the face of education. You will lead a small team to design and build new technology for edX’s open source learning platform on behalf of edX partners and clients. Your work will be used in production by premier educational institutions and millions of learners from all over the world.

You’ll use modern tooling like Django, Backbone.js, and github to build software that is scalable, reliable, and easy to use. Your projects will be diverse and meaningful, such as building a learning destination for a top-10 university or enhancing our core platform to support a country-scale education initiative.

The successful candidate:

• Will provide hands-on technical leadership to a team of 2-4 software engineers to efficiently design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software products
• Will work with direct reports to identify career pathway and supporting professional development needs.
• Has great communication skills and enjoys mentoring team members in all aspects of their jobs.
• Is a team player who understands the importance of collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Will work directly with Product Management and UX.
• Has a strong background in Agile software development and understands and can evangelize the value proposition, not simply the practices.
• Practices a “you build it, you run it” philosophy to software development and delivery.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years software development experience.
• Understanding of distributed architecture.

Plusses:

• Front end experience, CSS, Javascript, HTML
• Experience working on distributed SaaS platforms is desirable
• Familiarity with Open Source web development frameworks; contribution to Open Source frameworks is highly desirable

edX is an MIT Start-up company that offers a highly competitive benefits plan, a pension program, free lunches every day as well as a plethora of other fun perks and access to some of the smartest people on the planet! Are you ready to be a part of our Mission?

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