Senior Software Engineer II

At Curriculum Associates (CA), we believe a diverse team leads to diversity in thinking, making our products better for teachers and students. If you read this job description, feel energized by what you see here, and believe you could bring passion and commitment to the role, but you aren’t sure you meet every qualification, please apply! Above all, we are looking for the right person!

This is considered a hybrid role with 2 days/week in our Billerica, MA office.

The Full Stack Senior Software Engineer II will be responsible for bringing new digital products to market and enhance existing ones by leveraging your expertise in software development with state-of-the-art industry frameworks collaborating closely with product management on engineering teams.  

The impact you'll have: 

• Deliver large software initiatives in collaboration with product owners, to deliver i-Ready experiences.
• Partner with architects and senior engineers to design robust software ensuring seamless customer experience at scale.
• Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, conducting code and design reviews, as well as leveraging state-of-the-art code quality and productivity tools.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests to accompany all application code.
• Contribute ideas and effort to improve efficiency of our software development lifecycle.
• Model and champion efficiencies in software development and delivery practices.
• Drive code maintainability by addressing technical debt and defects proactively.
• Communicate clearly and consistently utilizing verbal and written forms, to ensure seamless progress on shared team goals.
• Engage in personal and peer development through mentorship program participation.
• Engage in proactive learning to improve functional as well as technical knowledge.
  
  

Who we're looking for: 

• 8 years of experience in web application development.
• Strong communication skills.
• A strong desire for self-development demonstrated by academic or industry achievements.
• Experience working in an Agile environment, including experience with Scrum. 
• Proven experience in designing features to meet business needs
  
  

Experience In Java, Spring, Hibernate/JPA, And Related Frameworks.

• Strong experience with SQL and Relational and Non-Relational databases.
• Proven Experience in Database design and performance tuning.
• Experience in establishing CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in writing and consuming REST and JSON-RPC APIs.
• Experience using AWS services (MySQL RDS, Dynamo DB, S3, etc.).
• Experience with modern UI technologies such as React, Redux, Flow, Typescript, Karma, Jest, and React Testing Library. 
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Junit and/or TestNG.
• Experience in Automation frameworks such as Selenium and/or Playwright.
• Extensive experience delivering cloud hosted software services at scale.
  
  

Benefits and Pay Range:

Pay Range – This role’s range is $93,250. - $166,250. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that Curriculum Associates considers in making compensation decisions based on our Compensation Philosophy. Actual base pay within that range will vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, prior experience and relevant skill sets. At Curriculum Associates, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances for each case. This role is also eligible to participate in the company bonus plan. The Company recognizes that minimum wage varies by location and will ensure all compensation decisions comply with applicable state and local laws.

Benefits – Benefit eligible employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401k plan and receive an employer match. Employees have access to a flexible vacation and sick policy in addition to twelve paid holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's, as well as a number of additional perks and benefits.