Software Engineer (Senior Level)

Company Overview:Age of Learning® is the leading education technology innovator, creating engaging and effective learning resources to help children build a strong foundation for academic success and a lifelong love of learning. Our research-based digital education programs have proven efficacy in increasing children’s learning gains, and our curriculum is developed by an experienced team of education experts. Age of Learning’s flagship product, ABCmouse.com® Early Learning Academy, is an award-winning comprehensive curriculum for children.  Adventure Academy™, a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), provides elementary-and middle-school-age learners the opportunity to build critical knowledge in language, arts, math, science, social studies, and more in a fun and safe virtual world. The company’s School Solutions Programs include My Math Academy® , an adaptive, personalized program that helps students master foundational math concepts, and My Reading Academy™, which helps young learners become fluent readers and build a foundation for reading comprehension and literacy. With over 10 billion learning activities completed by more than 50 million children worldwide, Age of Learning is a global leader in efforts to advance equity, access, and opportunity for all children. To learn more about Age of Learning, visit www.AgeofLearning.com.
Summary:We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer. You will help us build high-performance web and mobile applications using existing standards and conventions, and you will also contribute to the product architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, design, and develop features and functionality within applications for deployment to Android, iOS, and web
• Develop extensible, dynamic game templates
• Solve complex problems with concise and straightforward architectural solutions
• Ensure code quality through unit testing and code reviews
• Participate in new technology and technical solution evaluation and provide recommendations.
• Perform hands-on development within existing code/products as well as new projects.
• Coordinate with your team to define development timeframes, dependencies, and areas of risk to be considered in project planning.
• Collaborate with design and production teams to ensure layouts, animations, audios, and graphical assets are efficiently integrated into application features while preserving artistic integrity and performance

Required Qualifications:

• You have 5+ years proven experience building software (games or apps), ideally, that are consumer-facing and content-driven
• You are familiar with a varied software design paradigms and design patterns
• You have a solid understanding of the full software development life cycle, from ideation to release
• You are experienced with performance tuning and optimization techniques for front-end systems
• You write documented, unit-testable code that is compliant with our company coding conventions and standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• You earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or related subject
• You have worked in a recent version of Flutter or Unity
• You have experience working with game frameworks like Phaser, Pixi, or Unity
• You have worked with Dart, C#, or similar statically typed C-like languages
• You have experience working in an Agile development framework
• You have educational and/or puzzle game development experience

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position is $140,000 USD to $160,000 USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
Age of Learning currently provides: • 90% of employee health and welfare benefits premiums & 65% of dependent benefits premiums • A 401(k) program with employer match • 15 paid vacation days (increases to 20 days on your 3-year anniversary), 11 observed national paid holidays plus 9 sick days • Our flexible work culture means 2 or more days in the office (hybrid) or 100% fully remote options available for most positions
An Equal Opportunity EmployerAge of Learning, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity an