Senior Software Engineer, DevOps

@ IXL Learning

Job Description

IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is expanding our software engineering team that manages the infrastructure for our Rosetta Stone and Wyzant products to ensure high quality of service. These products run a diverse mix of services that face heavy demand from learners, teachers, tutors, and admins. We are seeking engineers with experience in site reliability and operations, who have a passion for simplifying the complex and building highly scalable infrastructure.

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This is a full-time position in our San Mateo, CA headquarters office. The work schedule for this role is Monday-Friday in the office with the option to work from home one day per week.

What You'll Be Doing

• Work with your team to master a variety of production technology stacks.
• Take responsibility for site performance, uptime and scalability.
• Develop and maintain accurate monitoring dashboards, alerting and runbook documentation suited to each product.
• Identify technical problems and develop solutions.
• Partner with application engineering teams to understand product needs and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and propose architecture changes that will consolidate and streamline our technology.
• Develop tooling for deployment and release processes.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in computer science/engineering or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or devops experience.
• Public cloud provider experience (GCP is a plus).
• Experience with web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databases.
• Familiarity with containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Fluency in devops concerns such as builds, deployments, and monitoring.
• Experience with a programming language like Java, C++, or Python.
• Strong problem-solving skills across the stack.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Passion for improving education through technology.

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $200,000 + equity + benefits.

About IXL Learning

IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators. We value diversity and foster a work environment where everyone can do their best work. IXL Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer.