Senior Software Engineer

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

As an engineer on Amplify’s Learning Experience team, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education, developing our cutting edge platform to support K–12 math, science and language arts curriculum products. The Learning Experience team is at the heart of Amplify’s curriculum platform and is responsible for back and front end components covering: content authoring, the in-lesson student and teacher experience, and supporting teacher tooling.

In the Senior Software Engineer role, you will work within cross-functional teams alongside product managers, designers, data scientists, and education experts, you will contribute to high-impact projects throughout their entire lifecycle, from initial ideation through production deployment.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Shape and build high-quality, robust, scalable software solutions that help Amplify build and maintain a best-in-class learning platform

• Design and implement the integration of AI models into our platform: develop AI-based tooling to support teachers in classroom orchestration, lesson planning, lesson customization, and coaching

• Develop TypeScript code across front-end and back-end components including automated tests and related tooling

• Review code from other engineers on the team, bringing your keen eye for pragmatic and elegant solutions to challenging problems

• Collaborate with our DevOps team in developing, managing and monitoring our deployment processes and infrastructure

• Ensure that our software meets the needs of all students and works reliably in real classrooms. Engaging in proactive testing and monitoring of our systems and guaranteeing a good experience for our end users

• Participate in a collaborative learning environment within Amplify engineering: reviewing code from other engineers and participating in learning sessions to foster best practices and engineering culture

Required Qualifications:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or training

• 3+ years of professional software development experience

• 2+ years’ experience with a modern frontend framework (e.g. React)

• Experience with server-side development (e.g. NodeJS)

• Experience with database technologies (e.g. MongoDB)

• Experience deploying production systems in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)

• Understanding of good software design and modern software engineering practices

• Strong problem solving ability and experience working within complex systems and large code bases

• Ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative setting and engage in self-driven learning

• Ability to articulate technical concepts verbally and in writing

• A passion for working on education products and a desire to make them more equitable and accessible

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the languages and frameworks we use: TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Nx, React, ESBuild

• Experience with the datastore we use: MongoDB

• Experience in managing cloud-based infrastructure using tools like AWS, Datadog, Terraform, and Docker

• Experience (professional or personal) with using and integrating the latest AI Technologies: Large Language Models, Model Context Protocol, Automatic Speech Recognition, Computer Vision, etc

• Proficiency in automated testing techniques, with experience in testing frameworks like Jest and WebdriverIO

• Experience in education or ed-tech

What we offer:

Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a 401(k) p