Codecademy Looking for Senior Software Engineer: Flow at Utica-Rome Area Full Time

Hello, World! Codecademy is on a mission to build inspiring careers in technology through engaging, accessible, and interactive online coding education.

Our learners have gone on to start new jobs, launch new companies, and lead new lives thanks to their work with Codecademy, and our platform has transformed the way businesses develop and retain their teams.

Since 2011, our team has grown to over 200 employees serving 50+ million learners from 190+ countries. We’ve raised over $82M in venture capital funding from top investors including Prosus, Owl Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and more–which gives us the capital to get stuff done in an impactful way.

Join us to help build a business that empowers tens of millions of people to lead better lives!

This team is focused on experimentation, growth, and testing to help make lasting changes to our B2C business across the globe. The team will help grow our business by understanding what sets of offerings we want to present to our learners to help drive conversion (and ultimately get them to their learning goals). We are a team with the opportunity to drive meaningful change at Codecademy!

If you’re passionate about getting more people excited to learn technical skills through our products, this is the team for you.

THE OPPORTUNITY

• Work on a small, cross-functional team to create new projects that drive growth and build the foundation for meaningful changes to our global consumer business
• Partner with teams across the company to drive experimentation, growth, and A/B testing based on user research and data science insights
• Build products and experiences people love through intuitive design and clear user experiences

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop web applications with modern front-end frameworks and languages. We use React, Redux, Next.js, and Typescript
• Build services using Ruby on Rails and/or Go
• Design and iterate on experiments by utilizing A/B testing and working with counterparts in Data Science, Product, Design, and/or Business Ops
• Integrate with financial platforms that power our checkout experience such Recurly, Stripe, and more
• Create user interfaces that are accessible for all by following WCAG, ARIA, and screen reader best practices
• Put automated testing, tracking, and monitoring in place to ensure our website is always working as expected
• Develop and continuously improve engineering standards within your team

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT

• Excitement about the opportunities and challenges of working on projects touching all areas of our codebase and associated microservices
• Proven empathy for our users, such as a background in education or past experience using our site
• You gained your software engineering skills without the benefit of a traditional CS education, whether you’re self-taught, a bootcamp grad, or a Codecademy learner!
• You love teaching people to code as a mentor, volunteer, writer, or teacher

Check out our Engineering Values matrix on our Github here .

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be $101,371 to $173,779 annualized.

The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Codecademy, we are committed to teaching people the skills they need to upgrade their careers. Codecademy aims to educate a richly diverse demographic of learners with our product and in order to accomplish this, we believe our team should reflect that rich diversity. Our company celebrates diversity in all of its forms– race, gender, color, national origin, marital status, sexuality, religion, veteran status, age, ability, disability status– and works to create an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds and beliefs are empowered to better their futures.