Senior Software Engineer, Technical Lead 

We are adding senior full stack software engineers to join a team responsible for building the world's leading learning destination site and platform. Our platform allows millions of learners around the world the opportunity to access education across a variety of different subjects.

The edX for Business Engineering Team is responsible for supporting organizations that need to provide high-quality education to their workforces at scale. We're looking for a senior engineer who will act as a technical leader to help implement and propose new features. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, deploy, and support scalable software systems
• Collaborate with Product Management, UX, and Data Science to understand business problems and identify solutions
• Lead team members on independent project initiatives
• Provide mentorship to team members and assist with feedback on code reviews
• Build and maintain operationally viable solutions throughout the software life cycle
• Commit to owning your code and supporting the customer facing environment
• Promote teamwork, research cutting edge technology, and support a vibrant innovative work atmosphere

Qualifications & Skills:

• 7+ years of full-stack coding experience with JavaScript, Python, or other server-based programming languages
• Real-world experience with web development frameworks like Django
• Experience developing REST APIs
• Demonstrated skills in building service-oriented architectures
• Ability to problem solve and drive projects with loosely defined requirements
• Experience working in an agile development environment

Nice to Have:

• Experience leading remote teams
• Contributions to Open Source projects
• Experience with React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
• Prior work building Static Websites and Single-Page Applications
• Architecture and solutions development leveraging microservices
• Test Driven Development
• BS in Computer Science or relevant work experience
• Familiarity with compliant front-end development standards and accessibility best practices

edX is an MIT startup company that offers highly competitive benefits and retirement plans, a pension program, free lunches every day, and meaningful work! Are you ready to be a part of our mission?

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