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Web Services Engineer (Remote - United States)
2 years ago
Company Overview:
Age of Learning is a leading education technology innovator based in Glendale, California, with a talented team of more than 600 individuals comprised of nationally-renowned educators, curriculum experts, developers, artists, writers, designers, engineers, producers, product managers, analysts and marketing experts! Together we develop engaging, effective digital learning technology and content to help children build a strong academic foundation for lifelong success.
Our flagship product
ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy ® is a comprehensive online curriculum and the #1 digital learning product for young children. To-date, more than 30 million children worldwide have completed over 8 billion Learning Activities on ABCmouse. We recently launched Adventure Academy, the first massively multiplayer online (MMO) game designed specifically to help elementary- and middle-school-aged children learn. It features thousands of engaging Learning Activities—including minigames, books, original animated and live action series, and more—in a fun and safe virtual world. Other Age of Learning programs include immersive English language learning products for children in China and Japan; ReadingIQ, a digital library and literacy platform; and a groundbreaking personalized, adaptive digital learning system that individualizes math instruction for every child through AI-driven technology.
We are committed to helping all children succeed. We provide our educational programs at no cost to teachers, Head Start programs, public libraries, and other community organizations, and have served millions of children through these initiatives. We recently established the Age of Learning Foundation to expand this work globally.
As we expand our global reach and increase the educational impact of our programs, we’re looking for passionate, ambitious, and collaborative leaders to become a part of our growing team.
Summary:
Document and implement API services that support Marketing business requirements across all Age of Learning products; write integration tests for Marketing use cases; develop and exercise department coding and documentation standards and best practices; assist Quality Assurance with feature testing; collaborate with other departments in the event of project co-ownership.
Responsibilities:
- Write efficient, scalable, and easily testable APIs
- Document existing and new code using PSR documentation standards
- Write and maintain Postman integration tests
- Fix API bugs when needed
- Complete projects by target deadlines
- Communicate effectively to technical and non-technical members of the company
Required Qualifications:
- Experience/knowledge in building RESTful APIs in PHP
- Experience working experience with SQL and NoSQL datastore
- Experience in Postman or other integration testing platform
- Experience with OOP (Object-Oriented Programming)
- Experience with Git
- Basic knowledge of container services, such as Docker, is a plus
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and a self-starter
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Strong work ethic required, sense of humor a plus
Age of Learning currently provides:
• 90% - 100% of health and welfare benefit premiums
• A 401(k) program with employer match
• 15 paid vacation days plus 11 observed national paid holidays
• Team bonding events and a highly collaborative environment
• Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment in addition to an inclusive and supportive company culture
• Access to our internal DEI Task Force that focuses on ensuring our products represent all children on a global scale
• Opportunities for professional growth through professional learning and development programs
• A temporary 100% remote work environment, due to COVID restrictions, to help ensure the safety of our employees
• Monthly internet stipend provided due to temporary remote work environment
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