Software Engineer (Mid-Level to Senior)

Age of Learning

Age of Learning

Software Engineering
Remote
Posted on Monday, May 1, 2023
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, the first AAA education 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 experienced Software Engineers to join the My Reading Academy product team. 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
  • Partner with teammates to deliver final production code
  • Where appropriate, mentor other developers

Required Qualifications:

  • Proven experience building software (games or apps), ideally, that are consumer-facing and content-driven
  • Familiar with software design paradigms and design patterns
  • Have solid understanding of the full software development life cycle
  • Experienced with performance tuning and optimization techniques for front-end systems
  • Can write documented, unit-testable code that is compliant with our company coding conventions and standards
  • Excellent attention to detail and are rigorous in self-testing code and delivering high-quality work
  • Analytical thinker capable of translating business requirements and wireframes into application architecture

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or related subject
  • Experience working in a recent version of Flutter or Unity
  • Experience working with Dart, C#, or similar statically typed C-like languages
  • Experience working in an Agile development framework
  • Educational and/or puzzle game development experience
The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $110,000 USD to $135,000 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