Senior Back End Engineer

Remote from: USA
Annual salary: Undisclosed
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Job function: Software Engineering
Job type: Full Time,
Job posted: 11 Jan 2025
Apply before: 10 Feb 2025
Industry: Education Management
Experience level: Senior

Equipping students and teachers with the tools to succeed - in the classroom and beyond!

Education Management
2005

Actively Hiring

We’re working to change the future of online education by building exciting products that equip students and teachers with the tools to succeed in the classroom and beyond. Our team is hungry to learn and improve—both when it comes to our products and ourselves. We’re a small, hard-working group of self-starters who are passionate about what we do and constantly seek new ways we can be better, together.

As a member at Teaching.com, you’ll be part of the team behind some of the most important educational games, with titles such as:

Typing.com: The world’s largest learn-to-type software, used by millions of students every day.
Nitro Type: The #1 educational game in the world, played by millions daily.
Reading.com: The only digital program specifically designed to teach children 4-7 how to read.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

We are looking for a curious and passionate back-end engineer with a drive towards building products that people are fanatical about to work full-time on our web properties. You’re less concerned with patting yourself on the back for well-written code and more concerned with quickly and efficiently delivering value to our users, while of course balancing the cost of technical debt. The ideal candidate has experience working with products at scale and the nitty-gritty details of performance optimization

Skills & Background

6+ years with PHP, MySQL
Production experience with Node.js
Comfortable writing javascript & front-end code
Ability to optimize applications for speed and scalability
Highly skilled in security and data protection
Exceptional communication skills, particularly written (as a remote company, we value clear and concise communication across all departments)
Able to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
Approaches problem-solving proactively with strong decision-making skills
Positive attitude and entrepreneurial spirit

Bonus Points

Experience with Laravel, MongoDB, Redis or Unix CL

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary
Fully-vested 401k with matching contributions
Annual cash profit sharing
Medical and dental benefits
Flexible office hours
Ongoing education assistance
Flexible PTO
Remote office hardware reimbursement
Company-owned laptop
Monthly meal adventure
Annual company retreat

Everyone at Teaching.com is empowered to move quickly, make decisions, and get things done so we can continue to make learning accessible to our growing community of more than 75 million students and teachers internationally.

Join the fully-remote team at Teaching.com to create, develop, and deliver fun and engaging games for students and educators!

Sorry, we will not transfer or sponsor visas.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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