Software Engineer I
About The Position
When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide. Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve. We’re looking for a motivated Software Engineer I to join our agile, multi-disciplinary engineering team. You’ll play a key role in an impact-driven culture where your creativity, curiosity, and technical skill help shape how we build and scale our highly available SaaS platform used by millions of K-12 students every month worldwide.
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 1-2+ years of professional software development experience utilizing web technologies.
- Hands-on experience with React or a comparable single-page application framework.
- Familiarity with js for backend or API development.
- Exposure to static types systems (TypeScript -preferred, Java, C#, etc.).
- Familiarity working with relational databases.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in collaborative environments.
Nice To Haves
- Professional experience with functional programming languages (Haskell, Scala, Clojure, etc.).
- Professional experience in NodeJS.
- Familiarity with Event based architecture.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely within an agile, cross-functional team to deliver high-quality software and develop your skills.
- Communicate effectively in a distributed remote work environment.
- Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of frontend and backend systems serving millions of users and thousands of requests per second.
- Contribute your unique perspective and technical expertise to achieve shared goals.
- Continuously learn, experiment, test, and iterate to improve both product and process.
Benefits
- World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
- Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
