Software Engineer

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions, and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students’ potential and extend teachers’ capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries. HMH Technology India Pvt. Ltd. is our technology and innovation arm in India focused on developing novel products and solutions using cutting-edge technology to better serve our clients globally. HMH aims to help employees grow as people, and not just as professionals. For more information, visit Software Engineering at HMH is focused on building fantastic software to meet the challenges facing teachers and learners, enabling and supporting a wide range of next generation learning experiences. We design and build custom applications and services used by millions. We are creating teams full of innovative, eager software professionals to build the products that will transform our industry. We are staffing small, self-contained development teams with people who love solving problems, building high quality products and services. We use a wide range of technologies and are building up a next generation microservices platform that can make our learning tools and content available to all our customers. If you want to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers and understand what it takes to deliver high quality software, we would love to talk to you about this opportunity. Technology Stack You'll work with technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, ActiveMQ, Aurora, Mesos, Jenkins etc. This will be a hands-on coding role working as part of a cross-functional team alongside other developers, designers and quality engineers, within an agile development environment. We’re working on the development of our next generation learning platform and solutions utilizing the latest in server and web technologies. About the role: Software Engineering at HMH is focused on building fantastic software to meet the challenges facing teachers and learners, enabling and supporting a wide range of next generation learning experiences. We design and build custom applications and services used by millions. We are creating teams full of innovative, eager software professionals to build the products that will transform our industry. We are staffing small, self-contained development teams with people who love solving problems, building high quality products and services. We use a wide range of technologies and are building up a next generation microservices platform that can make our learning tools and content available to all our customers. If you want to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers and understand what it takes to deliver high quality software, we would love to talk to you about this opportunity. Responsibilities: Create prototypes to help clarify software requirements Create realistic design specification documents from software requirements Plan and perform development tasks from design specifications Provide accurate time estimates for development tasks Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications Collaborate with quality assurance engineers to resolve software defects Provide feedback on software design, construction, development methodologies, and best practices. Participate in creating standards and ensuring team members adhere to standards, such as security patterns, logging patterns, etc. Perform code reviews of constructed software deliverables Collaborate with project architects and assist team members to prove the validity of new software technologies Engage and improve HMH’s software development methodology. Promote AGILE processes among development and the business, including facilitation of SCRUM. Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the entire organization Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for services owned by team by following secure development practices.  Skills & Experience: 3 to 5 years' experience in a relevant software development role Excellent object-oriented design & programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns Experience with web technologies such as React, NextJS, Node, and Cypress. Experience using cloud-based database architectures such as AWS RDB and snowflake .  Experience with AWS containerization technologies such as Fargate, EKS, or ECS. Experience with AWS (Lambda, EC2, IAM, VPC, CloudFront, S3, API Gateway) and infrastructure automation using Terraform.  Proficient in containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes. Experience with development tools such as Bitbucket/GitHub Cloud and Jira Skilled in CI/CD pipelines, Git-based version control, and Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).  Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises and commitments Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities Ability to advocate ideas and to objectively participate in design critiques Required Education: Degree or Master’s in Computer Science or relevant discipline OR relevant work experience HMH Technology Private Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. 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