Senior Software Engineer at Benchmark Education Company

Job Description

Position Purpose

We are looking for a curious, self-driven Software Engineer to join our Software Engineering team at Benchmark Education. We focus on building fantastic software to meet the challenges facing literacy learners and teachers. Our software enables and supports a wide range of next generation learning experiences with the promise of doing even more with the right technology team members. Our teams at Benchmark design, build, and manage customer facing and backend technology solutions using a variety of technologies.

Job Responsibilities

Work independently and as part of an Agile software development team taking responsibility for solving complex problems.
Competent at turning ideas into code, and making that code usable by your teammates, and the company at scale.
Advance our goals around quality and engineering discipline
Test, analyze data, and improve constantly

Primary Qualifications

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

3-5 years’ experience in software development or engineering. Completion of a software coding bootcamp or a bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field is preferred.
Demonstrated expertise with Computer Science principles in object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithm design and complexity analysis
Expertise in at least one of the following, preferred expertise in more than one:
Java
ES6 JavaScript
PHP 7.x
Ability to work in a collaborative agile environment
Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, configuration management, quality assurance, and release management.
JavaScript and Web Development experience:
Single page application development using ES6 JavaScript
React framework and Redux state management
CSS, LESS, or SASS
Unit testing with Jest, Enzyme, Mocha and Chai
Frameworks such as React, Redux, Backbone, or Vue JS
Data visualization packages such as D3
Application and Service development experience:
SQL and NoSQL datastores such as MySQL and MongoDB
Familiarity with basic design patterns and UML
Familiarity with PHP 7.x, Laravel, and PHP Unit
Familiarity with Spring projects for Java
AWS technologies: RDS (Aurora), Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, RedShift, EC2, SQS, SNS, Cloudwatch, S3, or Cloudfront
Container technologies, e.g. Kubernetes, Docker, Apache Mesos
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter.
Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.
Experience working on unusually complicated problems and providing solutions that are highly creative and ingenious, exhibiting ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
About Benchmark Education Company

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.