Software Engineer I

At 2U, we are all in on purpose. We are motivated by our mission – to eliminate the back row in education – and connected by our shared passion to deliver world-class digital education at scale. As the parent company of edX, the world’s leading online learning platform, 2U powers more than 4,000 online higher education offerings – from free courses to full degrees. Together with more than 230 colleges, universities, and corporate partners, we are helping to unlock human potential.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to join the edX Enterprise Reach team, which partners closely with product, UX, and business stakeholders to improve our edX for Business offering. As a member of the Reach team, you will help us build and maintain products that provide an exceptional experience for B2B customer admins and learners looking to engage with edX content. You will join a team of full stack engineers dedicated to designing and building products that attract new customers, scaling our systems to support existing customers, and integrating with 3rd party software. Are you ready to solve business and engineering problems that will have a global impact?

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Collaborating with other engineers, product managers, and UX to implement impactful new features 
• Writing maintainable, high-performance code in both frontend and backend environments
• Refactoring existing code to keep it maintainable
• Investigating and solving complex problems

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• Planning and estimating development tasks
• Advocating for end user needs in software you are building
• Collaborating with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to define and refine requirements
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve, drive projects with loosely defined requirements, communicate with stakeholders, and learn from both success and failure
• A collaborative mindset; learning and sharing your knowledge with team members through mentoring, code reviews, pair programming, presentations, etc.

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

• Experience working with Python, Django & React
• Experience working in an agile development environment
• Experience with accessibility best practices and compliant front-end development standards
• Familiarity with open source frameworks
• An interest in enabling and integrating open source contributions
• BS in Computer Science or related experience

While this position is open to remote candidates across the U.S., we will prioritize those who live in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area and who are available to come into our Headquarters in Lanham, MD two days a week.

Benefits & Culture

Our global employee base is a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers, and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We believe that every employee can advance our shared purpose, and that life at 2U should be fun and meaningful. If you’re excited by the opportunity to provide over 40 million learners and counting with access to world-class online higher education, then join us – and do work that makes a difference. #NoBackRow

We offer comprehensive benefits (unique per country) and excellent work/life balance.
Full-time, U.S.benefits include: 

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance, disability, and 401(k) employer match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Free snacks and drinks in-office
• Generous paid holidays and leave policies, including unlimited PTO
• Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

The anticipated base salary range for this role is ($78,000 - $100,000), with potential bonus eligibility.  Salary offers are made based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and education as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, budget for the position and cost of labor in the market in which the candidate will be hired.

2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At 2U, we are committed to building and sustaining a culture of belonging, respect, and inclusion. We are proud of the steps we’ve taken to bring together an employee base that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by what makes us different, as well as by how we are alike. 

2U is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitme