Senior Software Engineer

Description

Senior Software Engineer

Remote - Colombia

*ONLY CVs SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH WILL BE CONSIDERED*

The Opportunity: 

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com. 

This role focuses on SafeAssign, Anthology’s cloud-based solution for plagiarism checking. As Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for web application development and demonstrating expertise with Java, JavaScript, REST APIs, etc. You will be active in the agile team by participating in daily stand-ups, design sessions, code reviews, and sprint demos. You will embrace test development as an integral part of what you deliver as a software developer. You will also be responsible for delivering and maintaining cloud-based applications including troubleshooting, minimizing downtime, and quickly responding to client-reported issues.

As Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for full-stack design, development, and maintenance of product features. You’ll also communicate and partner cross-functionally with teams in the product and software development. In this role, you will work on the product, using multiple technologies for back-end (mostly Java) and front-end (mostly JS-related tech). We run our applications in the AWS cloud and use Git for version control. You’ll work on a distributed team, collaborating with colleagues around the globe.

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• 5-7 years of proven hands-on software development experience
• Knowledge and working experience in back-end development (the Java stack, SQL databases, and web application development) 
• Knowledge and working experience in front-end development (JavaScript libraries/frameworks such as React/Angular, CSS3 using TypeScript)
• Experience working with cloud technologies
• Familiarity with relational database design and querying concepts
• Solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, object-oriented design, and coding skills
• Strong problem-solving skills in large, scalable, complicated systems
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Passionate about learning new skills and technologies and leverage them
• Fluency in written and spoken English at CEF B2 level or above

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Experience using AWS services such as RDS, EC2, ALB, DynamoDB, or others
• Experience with REST APIs, Java, Spring framework, microservices, etc.
• Experience with performance tuning against large, scalable, cloud-hosted services    

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.