At eSpark, we are building the next generation of tools to help students succeed in school and in life. Using student data and teacher insight, we curate the best learning resources to create a personalized learning experience for each student. It’s life-changing impact: each school year students who learn reading and math through eSpark are measurably more likely to be on track for college.  

As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, you'll join our small, growing engineering team. You will shape our culture, work on ground-breaking technologies, and solve fascinating problems in personalizing education for students.

Here are a few of the types of problems you may work on as a Full-Stack Engineer:

• Build deeply personalized curriculum. You'll build an engine that discovers and matches the right apps and videos to each student's unique academic needs and interests, and then uses the results data to learn and improve over time.

• Build compelling and intuitive products that work in schools. Our product is used by students -- from kindergartners learning to read to eighth graders mastering skills for life success -- as well as teachers, and administrators, each of whom has their own unique needs. You'll build experiences that delight our users and help them achieve fantastic learning gains.

• Deliver the right apps to the right students. You'll figure out how to scale a highly personalized, custom set of apps to many thousands of devices, all while tracking available inventory and automating processes.

• Scale everything. We are growing exponentially, and need strong systems that are robust, redundant, and can grow quickly without disrupting students' learning experience.

Every day tens of thousands of students interact with our Javascript applications on Chromebooks (React) and iPads (Angular), backed by Ruby web servers, Postgres and MySQL, and Redshift. We're not wedded to any particular technology or stack, but seek to use the right tool for the job.

You will most likely succeed if you can bring: 

• Passion: You have motivation for something bigger than yourself.  You are deeply driven to use your talents to improve people’s lives, both in school and in the office.

• Building Credibility: You're an experienced (3+ years) software developer.  You learn fast and may have skills in any of these areas:
• Ruby, Python, or similar technologies
• Ideally some iOS experience, or interest

Some perks and benefits of working at eSpark:

• Unlimited vacation. We're all adults (kinda). Take time when you need it.
• Stocked pantry, coffee & espresso, and your favorite dessert on your birthday!
• Progressive insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families, including a significant portion covered by eSpark
• Your choice of computers and gadgets
• Competitive salary, equity options, and 401(k) plan
• The opportunity to work on a rare mixed and passionate team of experienced teachers, engineers, designers, and data scientists.