Software Engineer Ii

We are NYC based but remote friendly unless specified Hello World Codecademy is on a mission to build inspiring careers in technology through engaging accessible and interactive online coding education have gone on to start new jobs launch new companies and lead new lives thanks to their work with Codecademy and our platform has transformed the way businesses develop and retain their teams Since 2011 our team has grown to over 200 employees serving 50 million learners from 190 countries We ve raised over 82M in venture capital funding from top investors including Prosus Owl Ventures Union Square Ventures Y Combinator and more which gives us the capital to get stuff done in an impactful way Join us to help build a business that empowers tens of millions of people to lead better lives At Skillsoft we are all about making work matter We believe every team member has the potential to be AMAZING We are curious agile and most of all true Join us in our quest to democratize learning and help individuals unleash their edge This team is focused on experimentation growth and user testing to help make lasting changes to our B2C business across the globe The team will help grow our business by understanding what sets of offerings we want to present to our learners to help drive conversion and ultimately get them to their learning goals We are a team with the opportunity to drive meaningful change at Codecademy If you re passionate about getting more people excited to learn technical skills through our products this is the team for you What You ll Do Leverage both frontend and backend technologies to deliver new products features and user experiences to learners Architect efficient and reusable systems that drive complex web applications Collaborate closely with our Curriculum Data Science Design Marketing and Product teams to build an engaging user experience for our learners Build products and experiences people love through intuitive design and clear user experiences Take your ideas from concept to reality use our experimentation systems to test different variations of our pages to experiment iterate learn and repeat Be a champion for developing and adhering to engineering standards within the team We want to build high-quality software that s easy to understand easy to change and works the way it s supposed to Put automated testing tracking and monitoring in place to ensure our website is always working as expected What You ll Need A minimum of 2 years of experience developing web applications using JavaScript TypeScript and any server side application framework Experience with frontend frameworks like React AngularJS Vue js or another equivalent framework Experience maintaining APIs comfortable with API design patterns REST RPC GraphQL Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases We primarily use PostgreSQL and MongoDB Building and optimizing for performance and scalability What Will Make You Stand Out Excited about the opportunities and challenges of working on projects touching all areas of our codebase and associated microservices Experience with containerization tools such as Docker or Kubernetes Experience with Golang and or Ruby on Rails You love teaching people to code as a mentor volunteer writer or teacher Check out our Engineering Values matrix on our Equal Employment Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status genetic information and other legally protected categories