Lead Software Engineer, User Engagement

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The Role:

The Lead Software Engineer of User Engagement is part of a team of developers that is focused on delivering a best-in-class first time user engagement experience for Newsela customers, with an emphasis on onboarding and training within a teacher’s first 30 days on the platform. The team works full stack, maintaining a separation of concerns between our front end and back end systems. You will help define and build Newsela's service-level architecture for this domain, as well as lead development of the user experience in our proprietary front-end platform. Additionally, you’ll own the critical work of experimenting and improving user engagement through the experimentation feedback cycle. Reporting to the Director of Software Engineering (Platform Insights and Access), you’ll work closely with members of our Engineering, QA, Design, and Product teams to set the strategy and deliver on a portion of our roadmap.

Why You’ll Love This Role: 

You’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of K-12 education by delivering reporting that enables teachers and school administrators to understand and track the learning and performance of their students. You’ll also be a key player in improving user engagement in our platform, and gain the most benefit from Newsela’s platform. And because we're a technology company focused on improving the way students learn, you’ll be part of an engineering culture that values teaching, learning, and questioning.

Why We’ll Love You: 

You have 6+ years of experience in engineering, with ideally 1-2 years experience serving as a team lead. You’re competent in Python and Node.js, with expert experience in one of those languages. You have experience with the Django framework and at least one Javascript front end framework (React, Vue.js, etc). You have also demonstrated success acting as the technical voice in a full project lifecycle, from discovery through to delivery. You have strong understanding of web app architecture (3-tier, MVC, REST, HTTP, ORM, load balancing, shared-nothing), service architecture (contracts, message queues, distributed systems, transactions, caching), API tooling (Postman, Swagger), data modeling pitfalls (normalization), hashing, and encryption. As an algorithmic thinker, you have the ability to visualize a problem space, system, or data model and its intermediate states to architect thoughtful solutions. While not required, experience in AWS, caching, and distributed architectures is a plus.

About Newsela:

One of the fastest growing tech companies in K-12 education, Newsela was founded on the principle that while every child may have unique learning preferences, they all deserve a rich learning experience that ignites a love of learning. We built our platform based on learning science research to deliver the most engaging, authentic content to modernize how teaching happens in the classroom. Along with interactive assessments and tools, we provide teachers with digital content at five reading levels -- from +100 of the best sources -- that is relevant to the diverse backgrounds and interests of their students. Since we started in 2013, we’ve established a presence in 90% of U.S. K-12 schools and over 2.5M teachers and 37M students have registered with Newsela.

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Located across from Bryant Park, our team enjoys spending lunch time or coffee breaks in one of NYC's beautiful and historic landmarks. With easy access to trains via Grand Central Station, Times Square, and the Bryant Park subway stations, we have many commuting options.

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