Redwood City. Full-time. Course Hero. Sr. Software Engineer.
Course Hero is looking for a Sr. Software engineer who can hit the ground running. Our engineering team releases code every day to millions of people, so we're looking for someone who can take on challenges, build new features, and iterate quickly.
Each engineer has a role in building Course Hero's architecture and will have the opportunity to touch all parts of the stack. Our projects are big ­­ terabytes of data and customers around the world ­­ but our team is small, so you’ll see projects from start to finish, and work closely with product managers and designers to ensure successful results.
Some of the challenges you'll help us tackle include:
* Helping us expand our core applications architecture (Study Guides, Flashcards, Tutors) into MVC frameworks like Zend or Symfony. 
* Taking us global as we scale our site from 10x to 100x as many students who can access our resources for any course, anywhere, at any time. 
* Lead new product development as we add native mobile applications for iOS and Android.
Our Ideal Candidate Has:
* 3+ years of professional software engineering experience where you’ve worked with modern languages and MVC frameworks like PHP, Ruby, Python or Node.js. 
* A degree in Computer Science or STEM field, or related work experience working with data structures and algorithms. 
* Experience working with SQL databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL. 
* Experience working within a SCRUM or Agile team, where you practiced TDD. 
* Appreciation for statistical analysis and the power of data-driven decisions. 
* Ability to formulate articulate opinions on product design and engineering issues with a focus in finding the most effective solution. 
* A deep sense of product ownership.
Nice-To-Have's Include:
* Front end development or design experience with jQuery, Angular.js, JavaScript, Sass or Susy. 
* Mobile development experience professionally or in side projects. 
* Side projects where you’ve learned to apply new technologies, frameworks or programming languages. 
* Familiarity using or developing a document categorization system (i.e. Naïve Bayes classifier, Latent Semantic Indexing)
What we can offer you:
* Industry competitive salary and stock options. 
* Full medical coverage (medical, dental, vision). 
* 401(k) program to help you save for the future 
* Regularly planned team events and outings. 
* Free Friday lunches and an endless snack and drink supply 
* On-site amenities including a day spa, full-service cafeteria, 3 miles of nature walks along the Bay and free membership to a 7500 sq. ft. fitness center.
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