Software Engineer – Senior Level

Job Description

About the Role

Title: Software Engineer (Senior Level)

Location: Remote

Workplace: remote

Category: Engineering

Job Description:

Company Overview:

Age of Learning is the leading education technology innovator, creating engaging and effective learning resources to help children build a strong foundation for academic success and a lifelong love of learning. Our research-based digital education programs have proven efficacy in increasing children’s learning gains, and our curriculum is developed by an experienced team of education experts. Age of Learning’s flagship product, ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy, is an award-winning comprehensive curriculum for children. Adventure AcademyT, a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), provides elementary-and middle-school-age learners the opportunity to build critical knowledge in language, arts, math, science, social studies, and more in a fun and safe virtual world. The company’s School Solutions Programs include My Math Academy , an adaptive, personalized program that helps students master foundational math concepts, and My Reading AcademyT, which helps young learners become fluent readers and build a foundation for reading comprehension and literacy. With over 10 billion learning activities completed by more than 50 million children worldwide, Age of Learning is a global leader in efforts to advance equity, access, and opportunity for all children. To learn more about Age of Learning, visit www.AgeofLearning.com.

Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer. You will help us build high-performance web and mobile applications using existing standards and conventions, and you will also contribute to the product

architecture.

Responsibilities:

Identify, design, and develop features and functionality within applications for deployment to Android, iOS, and web

Develop extensible, dynamic game templates

Solve complex problems with concise and straightforward architectural solutions

Ensure code quality through unit testing and code reviews

Participate in new technology and technical solution evaluation and provide recommendations.

Perform hands-on development within existing code/products as well as new projects.

Coordinate with your team to define development timeframes, dependencies, and areas of risk to be considered in project planning.

Collaborate with design and production teams to ensure layouts, animations, audios, and graphical assets are efficiently integrated into application features while preserving artistic integrity and performance

Required Qualifications:

You have 5+ years proven experience building software (games or apps), ideally, that are consumer-facing and content-driven

You are familiar with a varied software design paradigms and design patterns

You have a solid understanding of the full software development life cycle, from ideation to release

You are experienced with performance tuning and optimization techniques for front-end systems

You write documented, unit-testable code that is compliant with our company coding conventions and standards

Preferred Qualifications:

You earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or related subject

You have worked in a recent version of Flutter or Unity

You have experience working with game frameworks like Phaser, Pixi, or Unity

You have worked with Dart, C#, or similar statically typed C-like languages

You have experience working in an Agile development framework

You have educational and/or puzzle game development experience

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position is $140,000 USD to $160,000 USD. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Age of Learning currently provides:

. 90% of employee health and welfare benefits premiums & 65% of dependent benefits premiums

. A 401(k) program with employer match

. 15 paid vacation days (increases to 20 days on your 3-year anniversary), 11 observed national paid holidays plus 9 sick days

. Our flexible work culture means 2 or more days in the office (hybrid) or 100% fully remote options available for most positions

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Age of Learning, Inc. (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender expression, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partner status, genetic information, or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local laws, regulations, or ordinances. Age of Learning, Inc. (the “Company”) will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories pursuant to EEOC requirements and state applicable laws, e.g. New York City Fair Chance Act.

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