Senior Software Engineer
Civitas Learning is bringing together the best of new technology, design thinking, and data science in our mission to help one million more students graduate each year. We are building a data platform and cloud-based applications to deliver insights and action analytics to the frontlines of education. We are looking for insanely talented people who want to jump in and roll up their sleeves with us to make it all happen, and do their best work of their careers.
We are looking for dedicated engineers to be part of a talented, mission-driven team that is building powerful tools which greatly increase student success. As a Senior Software Engineer, you have a unique opportunity to develop key components of a large scale, multi-tenant data collection, data integration, complex data computation, and high speed data presentation and visualization system. You will demonstrate a relentless pursuit of both quality and usability while maximizing application capabilities with the fewest number of components and technologies.
Primary Responsibilities and Character Traits:
Work effectively with other talented engineers in creative problem solving and design thinking including: component design, component selection, coding, and testing.
Help to prioritize features and capabilities to realize outcomes with agility.
Have best practices at your fingertips with a focus on business value, scalability, performance, and maintainability.
Minimum Qualifications:
BS in Computer Science or related field.
3-7 years programming experience with a focus on Java.
Experience developing multi-tenant “Big Data” type platform technologies.
Experience in Agile development practices (e.g. Scrum, etc.).
Must have expertise in some of the following:
RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, etc.), being proficient with SQL.
Service-based Architectures deployed into production environments.
Using and extending large Java frameworks.
Nice to have:
Spring Cloud-based microservices.
Column Store databases (Vertica, Amazon RedShift, Apache Drill, Apache Impala, etc.) or other NoSQL databases.
Data Collection technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, StreamSets, etc.)
Modern development practices: Git (or other modern source control), Build Management (Gradle, Maven,etc), Runtime Configuration Management (e.g. 12 Factor Apps.)
Containers and related technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, etc.)
Economical cloud computing strategies and architecture (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
Development practices that build security into the technology stack.
Civitas Learning offers medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401k plan. We also have a generous flexible, paid time off policy.
About Civitas Learning:
Civitas Learning is a student success company delivering the clearest path to improved higher education outcomes. The company’s Student Success Intelligence Platform leverages each institution’s unique data to find and distribute the strongest signals across the student lifecycle. These signals empower students to make the best possible decisions along their academic pathway. Advisors, faculty, and administrators can personalize support, scale meaningful action, and measure impact to dramatically improve student outcomes.
Today, Civitas Learning is a strategic partner to more than 325 colleges and universities, serving nearly 8 million students. Together with our growing community of partners, Civitas Learning is making the most of the world’s learning data to graduate a million more students per year by 2025.