Senior Software Engineer I

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For more than 80 years, Kaplan has been a trailblazer in education and professional advancement. We are a global company at the intersection of education and technology, focused on collaboration, innovation, and creativity to deliver a best in class educational experience and make Kaplan a great place to work.

Our offices in India opened in Bengaluru in 2018. Since then, our team has fueled growth and innovation across the organization, impacting students worldwide. We are eager to grow and expand with skilled professionals like you who use their talent to build solutions, enable effective learning, and improve students' lives.

The future of education is here and we are eager to work alongside those who want to make a positive impact and inspire change in the world around them.

As a Senior Software Engineer I, you're responsible for tackling complex tasks, design application architecture, and manage existing systems for functionality and performance. Drive software release timelines, provide production support, mentor team members, and collaborate across functions to meet project goals. Continuously evaluate best practices to enhance security, performance, and contribute to organizational initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Development of software applications to tackle the most complex and critical tasks.

• Playing a key role in designing and refining the architecture of applications. 

• Managing and maintaining existing systems and applications, ensuring their ongoing functionality, performance, and deployment.

• Maintain high test coverage across unit, functional, and integration test suites.

• Manage the timeline and status of the software release process

• Work closely with developers to learn implementation details about product features and perform releases

• Provide production support of software products by investigating and recreating reported defects

• Providing guidance, mentorship, and training to other team members. 

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, to meet project goals and deliverables.

• Continuously evaluating and adopting best practices in applications to improve security and performance.

• Involved in conducting interviews and various organizational initiatives. 

• Hybrid Schedule: 3 days remote / 2 days in office

• 30-day notification period preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Engineering)

• 6+ years of experience

• Proven experience as a Back End Developer (5+ years), with a strong portfolio of AI-enabled products (3+ years).

• Hands-on experience in back-end technologies such as PHP.

• Exposure to Python is good to have with knowledge of development frameworks like Django, Flask, FastAPI, etc.

• Exposure to front-end development using languages such as JavaScript and TypeScript.

• Able to define technical solutions that meet business requirements.

• Modeling & Building reusable components.

• Provide feedback on the product direction.

• Leading Meetings.

• Stronger fundamentals on software development: modularization, object oriented design.

• Understands the broad architecture of the entire system and other code bases.

• Understands the full architecture of team's application in all environments. 

• Writes production-quality code in one major programming language/framework. (production-quality: complexity/feature points, type of code review feedback)

• Makes decisions on technical tradeoffs looking at tactical and strategic perspective.

• Defines architecture for a new feature.

• Follows coding standards and best practices.

• Well versed in design patterns.

• Diagnoses problems in unfamiliar code bases.

• Identifies and leads discussions on the benefits/risks to different approaches.

• Actively works across their team, to apply Atom architecture principles related to scalability, flexibility, stability and simplicity.

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At Kaplan, we recognize the importance of attracting and retaining top talent to drive our success in a competitive market. Our salary structure and compensation philosophy reflect the value we place on the experience, education, and skills that our employees bring to the organization, taking into consideration labor market trends and total rewards.  All positions with Kaplan are paid at least $15 per hour or $31,200 per year for full-time positions. Additionally, certain positions are bonus or commission-eligible.   And we have a comprehensive benefits package, learn more about our benefits here.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Kaplan is committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that values diversity, promotes equity, and integrates inclusivity into all aspects of our operations. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, nationality, or sex. We believe that diversity strengthens our organization, fuels innovation, and improves our ability to serve our students, customers, and communities. Learn more about our culture here.

Kaplan considers qualified applicants for employment even if applicants have an arrest or conviction in their background check records. Kaplan complies with related background check regulations, including but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.  There are various positions where certain convictions may disqualify applicants, such as those positions requiring interaction with minors, financial records, or other sensitive and/or confidential information.

Kaplan is a drug-free workplace and complies with applicable laws.