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Lead Software Engineer, Video


The Role:

The Lead Software Engineer of Interactive Content is part of a team of developers that is focused on delivering best-in-class interactive content, where video, infographics and other two-dimensional content types are transformed into a more engaging learning experience. 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 architecture for interactive content, building upon and scaling the platform that exists, as well as partnering with our Product team to reimagine and deliver on an interactive lesson experience for teachers and students. Additionally, you’ll own the critical work of experimenting and improving interactive content 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 interactive content that contributes to a more engaging, effective learning experience. You’ll also be a key player in integrating Interactive Content more fully in our platform, and helping us scale to serve more teachers and students. 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 web development with experience serving as technical lead for a team. You are an expert in Javascript (ES6-style preferred) with strong experience working server-side with frameworks such as Express, Next.js or Koa. You also have expert experience with a Javascript front-end framework such as React/Preact or Vue.js. In addition to your technical skills, you are able to balance writing code with helping team members do their best work. You also have experience developing serverless solutions in AWS or another cloud provider. You have an expert understanding of web app architecture as well as service-oriented architecture. Experience in caching and distributed architectures is a plus. In addition to your technical skills, you are able to explain complex technical concerns for non-technical team members and work with your team lead on complex technical tasks. As a lead, you have helped your team maintain healthy code by ensuring each contributor adheres to coding standards and quality practices. Lastly, you are a collaborative partner that has worked directly with cross-functional team members such as UX specialists, visual designers, product managers, quality engineers, and site reliability engineers to mature features from the idea stage to release.

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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