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Full Stack Software Engineer

About Amplify

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents. For more information, visit .

As a Full Stack Software Development Engineer at Amplify, you will join a fully remote Literacy Assessments engineering team that builds elegant and flexible systems that can quickly respond to design and pedagogy demands. You will work in cross-functional teams alongside product managers, designers, data scientists and education experts on a variety of impactful projects and have involvement in initiatives from ideation phases through to production release.

Essential Responsibilities:

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

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

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

  • Collaborate with our DevOps team to develop, manage, and monitor our deployment processes and infrastructure.

  • Ensuring 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.

  • Participating 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.

  • Providing tools for teachers and students to effectively assess a child's reading ability.

  • Creating reports on student assessments with tools and recommendations for improving outcomes

  • Improving APIs to allow teacher and administrators' tools to perform to the highest standards of speed and reliability

Required Qualifications:

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

  • Experience with modern frontend and backend web technologies.

  • Experience with good software design and modern software engineering practices.

  • 2 – 6 years of professional software development experience using Python & JavaScript

  • Experience with modern databases

  • 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 web technology

  • Experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs

  • Experience with modern data stores such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Snowflake

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

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

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email hiringaccommodations@amplify.com.

If you are selected for employment, a background check will be required. As required by state and local laws and district policies, you may be required to provide additional documentation, such as proof of vaccination, or submit to enhanced background screening, such as fingerprinting.

Amplify is an E-Verify participant.

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  • If hired, would you be able to travel to our headquarters in New York for in-person onboarding or periodically during your employment as required? yes / no
  • Have you previously been employed with Amplify? yes / no
  • Have you  ever previously been engaged to perform services for Amplify through a staffing agency, as an independent contractor or consultant, or otherwise? yes / no
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  •  If yes, what is the nature of your current role with Amplify?  choose one · optional
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  • Do you currently work or have you in the past 24 months worked for a local educational agency/school district or a state education agency? yes / no
  • If yes, please provide the following information:  name of the school district or state agency, name of the school , state , your role , dates of employment written answer · optional
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  • Are you subject to any agreements with any current or former employers or third parties (such as non-competition, non-solicitation, or confidentiality agreements) that might restrict your ability to work for Amplify? yes / no
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