Job Description
Title: Senior Front-End Engineer (AI)
Location: Remote
Overview:
Varsity Tutors is looking for a full-time Senior Software Engineer with applied AI experience to join us on our mission to help people learn. We are looking for someone who is a proven designer and implementer of micro-services and complex architectural systems, preferably in GoLang. We have a complete CI/CD software lifecycle and an evolving services-oriented architecture hosted in AWS. We operate in a highly collaborative environment with Product and Design to build experiences that matter to our customers. At Varsity Tutors, engineers do not just write code, they actively participate in the conversation on what and how to build the systems and solutions that matter to our customers. If you love building innovative products and solutions for customers as much as we do, we’d love to hear from you.
This position is a full-time remote opportunity.
Responsibilities:
- Write performant, maintainable code that is easy to read and well-documented
- Write automated tests to thoroughly validate the correctness of your code
- Deploy large-scale web applications
- Focus on quality, and operate iteratively to get from good to better
- Be a part of your team’s on-call rotation; we all own our code end-to-end from development to deployment to operations
- Come ready to learn from – and with – some of the best and brightest in the industry
- Work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-moving team – we ask a lot of questions so come ready to participate!
- Be effective in a team environment working with fellow engineers, product management, and design
- Further your professional development in an ambiguous working environment, by understanding complexities and using your judgment to make balanced trade-offs
Qualifications:
- Experience with highly concurrent languages such as React, Javascript, HTML and CSS
- Experience with deployment systems (e.g. CodeShip, AWS CodeDeploy)
- Familiarity with AWS Services (e.g. RDS, Kinesis, Lambda, EC2, et cetera)
- Familiarity with the Linux Operating System and command-line tools
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar web frameworks is beneficial (e.g. Django)
- Understanding of OO design, algorithms, and data structures
- Familiarity with implementing e-commerce solutions is beneficial
- Familiarity with Search Engine Optimization best practices and techniques is beneficial
- Aptitude to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary
- Resilience and the ability to continuously build solutions in unclear situations
- Computer Science or related degree preferred
Benefits:
- Competitive Salary plus Equity in the company
- Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Pet)
- 401k Company Matching Plan
- Maternity, Paternal, and Adoption Leave
- Remote Position
- Flexible PTO
- Hackfest! (Multiple times per year)
- Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes)
- A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!
- A fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture