Software Developer Senior

What You'll Do

Design, build, and support online learning tools and platforms. Specific duties entail: collaborating with user experience designers, learning experience designers, marketing specialists, and educational researchers to develop and implement features that support global learner success; project level application development, including reviewing the work of developers and designers; integrating third-party libraries and products to extend Michigan Online's educational ecosystem; working with institutional research and technical teams to integrate with CAI's customer relationship management and learning management systems; coordinating with Quality Assurance to ensure fully tested and high quality version releases; employing a pragmatic approach by understanding the tradeoffs between a perfect solution and a working solution; and working closely with the team to solve problems, transfer knowledge, and develop software architecture and designs. Hybrid work-from-home one day per week possible.

Desired Qualifications*

3 years of experience in full stack web or software development, including experience: supporting virtual/online learning systems/technologies and use of Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL, with a particular focus on Django; using relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and caching technologies (Redis); and working on a cross-functional team defining REST APIs, building distributed systems using Celery, Amazon S3, and Amazon SQS.