We’re looking for someone to ready to lead the webdevelopment foraprofitable, growing company that teaches tens of millions of kids to code. You’ll workdirectly with top-tier educators from Harvard, Leapfrog, Teach For America,and more to build a productthat teaches computer science to kids while actually being fun! The best part: this is a hands-on role. Less meetings, more coding! Sound exciting? Read on
About the Role
You will have the opportunity to owna variety of projects including our backend API (ruby), frontend dashboard (JavaScript), progress reporting architecture, serveroptimization for millions of requests a day, andeverything else in-between. You’ll work closely with every member of the Kodable team to make the greatest coding platform for kids even better.We’re still a small-but-growing team, so you’ll be asked to build large, high-trafficsystems with little outside interference. No bureaucracy, just build it.
Who we’re looking for:
You have 5+ years web development experience in a production environment
You have a deep, working knowledge of JavaScript (and have strong opinions on var vs let)
You care deeply about programming education
You have contributed significantly to the release of a production-level application (preferably not a side-project, something with actual users)
You have experience withREST APIs from both client and server sides
You have experience writing performant SQL queries and managing a high-traffic database(preferablyPostgreSQL)
Highly Preferable if:
You have experience with Ruby
You have experience working with a front-end framework in a production environment (AngularJS, React, Vue, etc)
You have experience with Test-Driven Development
Bonus Points for:
Experience with Sinatra, Sequel, Grape, or ActiveRecord
Experience with background jobs and asynchronous architecture (Sidekiq even better!)
You’ve used JavaScript build systems such as Gulp
You’ve worked with AWS Lambda and background jobs
Game Development experience
About the team:
The Kodable team is full of bright, ambitious people who are passionate about their jobs. You’ll work with a product team with over 50 years of collective experience creating top-notch games for companies like EA, Leapfrog, and Scientific Learning. Every member of the team has a voice in making Kodable great.
Right now, we’re working on improving user experiences on both our parent and teacher dashboard. You’ll join us in creating new features and improving existing ones to increase the value of Kodable to every parent, teacher and child who uses it.
