About this role
Impact the Moment
McGraw Hill Connect is a course management and adaptive learning solution that enables millions of learners to achieve their full potential. In this role, you will be expanding Connect to put new learning tools in the hands of instructors and learners.
How can you make an impact?
In this role as a Lead Software Engineer, you will be the linchpin of the product – the technical expert for the product, sales, marketing and business teams and the product expert for the technical teams. By combining intimate knowledge of customers, strong analytical skills, and technical acumen, you will drive a holistic product vision that energizes your teammates and delights your customers.
As an education innovation company, we're proud to play our part by inspiring learners around the world. If you bring your curiosity, we'll help you grow in a collaborative environment where everyone shares a passion for success. Even if you are not currently looking for a change, we encourage you to apply now and speak to the hiring manager to learn about the opportunity.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.
What you'll be doing:
- Build and lead a diverse and geographically distributed team of Engineers
- Participate in development and implementation of the vision for the team, spanning architecture, dependencies, engineering process, and technology decisions
- Work with product managers, designers, sales and marketing managers to build products that the customers love to use
- Be responsible for end-to-end delivery (tech design, development and testing) and maintenance of our products
- Make data driven decisions
- Leading quick, effective responses to production issues, and conducting post-incident reviews / RCAs to learn and improve.
- Collaborating with SREs to define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), SLAs.
What you'll need to be successful?
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of equivalent application development experience is required.
- 2+ years of experience managing distributed teams is preferred.
- Product engineering background to support development of B2B and B2C products
- Ability to align technology decisions with business objectives and define the technical direction for the team.
- Experience building responsive, accessible and high-performance web-based products
- Experience in technical leadership/ownership and setting technical direction for engineering projects
- Experience with one or more observability platforms to monitor health of the products
- Knowledge of testing frameworks, code optimization, and security best practices.
- Cloud native development experience
- Experience working with one of more Product Analytics tools
- Experience in chaos engineering techniques to validate the platform’s ability to withstand unexpected failures.
What are the required technical skills?
- Java
- Expertise in Spring (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Transactions etc)
- Expertise in Angular for building scalable SPAs with strong TypeScript and RxJS skills.
- RESTful Services and Microservices Architecture
- CI / CD pipeline (GitHub Actions preferred)
- Skilled in creating Docker containers and orchestrating workloads
- Proficiency with databases like PostgreSQL, Oracle, RDS etc.
- Proficient in OAuth, JWT, and OWASP best practices for application security.
- Experience with AWS Services and Terraform (Good to have)
Why McGraw Hill?
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.
The pay range for this position is between $124,350 - $175,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com or @careers.mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.
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Other facts
About McGraw Hill LLC.
We are a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world. At McGraw Hill, we believe that your diverse experiences enrich the way you learn, teach and grow. Every educator teaches differently. Every institution has a unique approach. Every learner forges their own path to become who they want to be. We know that no two journeys are the same – and support your path, wherever it may take you. Our mission is to guide you along the path to unlock your potential, no matter where your starting point may be.
Through our commitment to equity, accessibility and inclusion, we foster a culture of belonging that respects and reflects the diversity of the people and communities we serve. For over 130 years, we have never stopped innovating to meet the ever-changing needs of educators and learners – and will continue to support and celebrate your efforts every step of the way.
Find your path to what’s possible. Learn more at https://careers.mheducation.com/
What you'll do
- As a Lead Software Engineer, you will build and lead a diverse team of engineers while participating in the development and implementation of the team's vision. You will be responsible for end-to-end delivery and maintenance of products, ensuring they meet customer needs.
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