Software Engineer II

Impact the Moment

At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide every day. We design intuitive and effective tools and experiences that maximize teachers’ time and students’ learning. And we do all of this in a supportive and collaborative environment where we work alongside brilliant colleagues, touch lives around the world, see the difference our hard work makes, and continue our paths of lifelong learning

Your Impact on Team

The Open Learning Engineering team is looking for an experienced, smart, and adaptable Software Engineer to join the engineering team. The key trait is thought leadership through problem solving: This individual must exhibit independent creativity, a curiosity to research new technologies and methodologies, and a pervasive desire to dig into complex technical issues while respecting timelines and team commitments. This position will primarily focus on building the next set of platform capabilities as well as a wealth of interactive and engaging digital resources in Open Learning. This will overall support instruction for our newest programs and products at McGraw Hill.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.

What You’ll Do:

• Use your interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with product sponsors and senior leadership in engineering and business
  Analyze business requirements and identify possible gaps, ambiguities, missing scenarios, etc.
• Design and implement sound engineering solutions that meet the business need
• Work with a distributed team to solve problems quickly and collaboratively
• Present a passion for building high-quality, user-friendly, scalable, reusable web components and microservices

About you: 

• You have demonstrated software delivery experience with a distributed product & engineering team

• 3+ years working with front-end languages and frameworks such as Typescript, Javascript and Angular
• 3+ years working with back-end languages such as Go, Node.js, or similar
• You can work in a fast-paced software release environment, where you deliver production grade (zero downtime, fault-tolerant, etc.) software daily for a system with millions of users
• You can contribute to the full software development life cycle – including writing application code, writing unit/integration/automation tests, documentation and performance engineering
• You are excited about building scalable API applications, and crafting intuitive and responsive user interfaces for students and teachers so they can get the most out of our products

Our Stack includes:

• Back-end: Go (most common), Node.js
• Front-end: TypeScript, Angular, NgRx/RxJS, React, and Playwright
• Relational (MySQL and PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB) databases
• CI/CD and Infrastructure: GitHub (for version control & Actions), CircleCI, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes, New Relic
• Amazon Web Services (AWS): EKS, ECS, RDS, Lambda, and many other services
• Collaboration: JIRA, Confluence, Zoom, Slack, and Office 365 

Applied knowledge of the following:

• JavaScript Frameworks & Libraries (e.g. Angular, React, Vue, MUI)
• Front-end Application Architecture
• RESTful Web Services (experience producing and consuming REST services)
• Relational database design concepts (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Application Testing (unit, integration, performance, end to end) for full user journeys
• Cloud Technologies (preferably Amazon Web Services (RDS, EKS, ECS, Elasticsearch, SQS, SNS, S3, etc.)
• Responsive Web Design/Development
• Accessibility
• Code Quality and Code Review
• Build/deploy tooling (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, npm) 

Why McGraw Hill?

The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.

The pay range for this position is between $93,950 - $125,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered.  Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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