Since being founded in 2011, Prodigy Education has grown from 3,000 local users to more than 100 million registered users worldwide. As one of the fastest-growing EdTech startups in North America, Prodigy connects students, parents, teachers, and school districts with resources with the goal of promoting a lifelong love of learning. Anyone with an internet connection is welcome to create a free account for Prodigy’s popular Math Game for grades 1 to 8. Prodigy Education also provides online math tutoring via certified teachers who adapt their style and lessons to teach students in the way they learn best. For more information visit www.prodigygame.com.
Our passion is our mission - to help every student in the world love learning!
Here at Prodigy, we are working hard to achieve our mission of helping every student in the world LOVE learning. Our Engineering teams are scaling rapidly as we continue to hit our product and growth milestones, and it’s an exciting time for the company! To continue our exponential growth, we are adding top talent to our Engineering teams. As a developer for the Core Platforms team, you would be applying your engineering and collaboration skills through the full technical development lifecycle. As a Core Platform member, you are strong on software engineering best practices.Your Impact:
- Provide input on technical design, services architecture, and product features
- Research, evaluate, and analyze technical and design requirements
- Develop platform libraries, tools, components, and services that are scalable, secure,maintainable, and reliable
- Work cross-functionally with an agile team
- Support and input on technical priorities for overall education backend architecture and company APIs, enabling the team to better support the end-product
- Collaborate with technical leads and product owners to gather and prioritize project requirements
- Provide foundational services that will enable all software development teams’ domains
Who You Are:
- Proficient knowledge of a backend programming language (JavaScript, Ruby, Python)
- Solid experience writing RESTful API endpoints
- Demonstrated working knowledge and experience with GraphQL
- Passion for user experience, performance, and uptime
- Understanding of containerized systems using Kubernetes or Docker
- Knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MSSQL, etc.)
- Experience working with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Redis, MongoDB, etc.)
- Basic understanding of frontend technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
- Knowledge of security best practices
- Ability to collaborate with product designers and frontend developers
- A love for learning and staying on top of the latest in web development
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
Our Core Technologies:
- Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Flask/Django, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS
- Frontend: React, ES6
Bonus Points For:
- Demonstrated working knowledge and experience with Lean, DevOps, and Agile Mindset
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
- Ability to work with other programming languages
- Experience with AWS technologies - EC2, RDS, Redshift, Firehose, etc.
- Familiarity with ES6 and beyond
- Experience with unit testing and testing frameworks
What We Offer:
- A culture of transparency, where team members are involved in important conversations
- Full health benefits from day one (1) for you and your family, fully covered!
- We are a profitable company, with eligibility to participate in stock options for all full-time permanent employees
- Learning and development budget for all full-time employees to use towards career growth and development opportunities
- We recognize 9-5 is not for everyone! We offer flexible working hours that will allow you to schedule your workday with a bit more freedom!
While we operate 100% remotely, for the time being, we understand the importance of togetherness. We offer frequent and fun team and company events, to stay connected and in the know.
Please note: During the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to keep all our candidates and team members safe, Prodigy is operating, hiring and onboarding 100% remotely for the time being.
Come as you are. We believe the power of our collective potential will transform education. We are building towards a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace to empower and create access and opportunity for all. We welcome applications from people from all underrepresented groups, including (but not limited to) people of any gender, age, or religion, members of the LGBTQIA2+ community, BIPOC and other underrepresented races and nationalities, peo