Software Engineer - Back End

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Boston, MA, US, 02110

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HMH Software Engineering

HMH Software Engineering provides cutting edge, individualized learning experiences to millions of students across the United States.

We are as driven by this mission as we are by continuously improving ourselves and the way we work.

Our offices are high energy, collaborative beehives of activity where work is centered on small, autonomous teams that build great software.

We trust each other, hold ourselves and our teammates accountable for results, and improve student outcomes with each release.

At HMH we constantly experiment with new approaches and novel ways of solving problems.

We often succeed and sometimes stumble— either way we learn and move forward with more confidence than we had the day before.

We are as passionate about new technologies and engineering craftsmanship as we are about transforming the EdTech industry itself.

If this sounds like you let’s talk.

Staff Software Engineers are the technology leaders of our highest impact projects.

Your high energy is contagious, you actively collaborate with others across the engineering organization, and you seek to learn as much as you like to teach.

You personify the notion of constant improvement as you work with your team and the larger engineering group to build software that delivers on our mission.

You use your extraordinary technical competence to ensure a high bar for excellence while you mentor other engineers on their own path towards craftsmanship. You are most likely T-shaped, with broad knowledge across many technologies plus strong skills in a specific area. Staff Software Engineers embrace the opportunity to represent HMH in industry groups and open-source communities.

• Be the technical lead for feature development in a team of 5-10 engineers and influencing the technical direction of the overall engineering organization.
• Decompose business objectives into valuable,incrementally releasable user features accurately estimating the effort to complete each.
• Contribute code to feature development efforts demonstrating to others efficient design, delivery and testing patterns and techniques.
• Strive for high quality outcomes, continuously look for ways to improve team productivity and product reliability, performance, and security.
• Develop the talents and abilities of peers and colleagues. Create a memorable legacy as you progress toward your personal and professional objectives.
• Foster your personal and professional development continually seeking assignments that challenge you.

Successful Candidates must demonstrate an appropriate combination of:

• 6 – 10+years of experience as a software engineer.
• 3+ years of experience as a Staff or technical lead software engineer.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a STEM field.
• A portfolio of thought leadership and individual technical accomplishments.
• Full understanding of Agile software development methodologies and practices.
• Strong communication skills— both verbal and written.
• Extensive experience working with technologies and concepts such:
  • Behavior-driven or test-driven development
  • JVM-based languages such as Java and Scala
  • Development frameworks such as Spring Boot
  • Asynchronous programming concepts, including Event processing
  • Database technologies such as SQL, Postgres/MySQL, AWS Aurora DBs, Redshift, Liquibase or Flyway
  • No-SQL technologies such as Redis, MongoDB and Cassandra
  • Streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka,…