Senior Software Engineer

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

Our team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join us here in Cambridge. We are taking a data-informed approach to improving our existing products and building new ones. We are looking for a full-stack engineer who is able to quickly construct lightweight prototypes, gather data and then build high quality solutions!

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the engineering team by leveraging your skills in technical direction, priority setting, and execution/delivery.
• Rapidly develop, deploy and monitor prototypes.
• Design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software systems.
• Understand and leverage key aspects of building operationally viable solutions.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with Python or other similar languages. (We use Python, but we can ramp you up if you’re new to it. We're confident you'll love the stack after we train you up!)
• Exposure to multiple technologies, including but not limited to HTML, CSS, Javascript, Django, MySQL.
• Values teamwork, collaboration and a rapidly evolving start-up atmosphere.

Preferred:

• BS in Computer Science or related experience.
• Experience with one or more of the following:
• Front-end technologies (React, HTML, CSS, and Javascript)
• Data analysis and SQL
• A/B testing and Optimizely
• Familiarity with standards compliant front-end development and accessibility best practices.

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