Senior Software Engineer (.Net)

Senior Software Engineer (.Net)

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that engage learners, empower educators, and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions and professional learning services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150 countries.  

Software Engineering at HMH

Software Engineering at HMH is focused on building fantastic software to meet the challenges facing teachers and learners, enabling and supporting a wide range of next generation learning experiences. We design and build custom applications and services used by millions. We are creating teams full of innovative, eager software professionals to build the products that will transform our industry.

We are staffing small, self-contained development teams with people who love solving problems, building high quality products and services. We use a wide range of technologies and are building up a next generation microservices platform that can make our learning tools and content available to all our customers.

If you want to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers and understand what it takes to deliver high quality software, we would love to talk to you about this opportunity.

Technology Stack

You'll work with technologies such as ASP.Net MVC, Web API, C#, Microservices, Windows Services, MySQL, Jenkins etc.

This will be a hands-on coding role working as part of a cross-functional team alongside other developers, designers and quality engineers, within an agile development environment. We’re working on the development of our next generation learning platform and solutions utilizing the latest in server and web technologies.

About the role:

• You'll be responsible for designing, documenting, supporting and implementing microservices, which are used by ‘Waggle’, our learning platform
• You'll possess strong coding capabilities, problem-solving skills and with the ability to communicate enthusiastically, clearly and concisely to other engineers within the larger team as well as with other HMH functional teams
• Our Software Engineers personify the notion of constant improvement as they work with their team to build software that delivers on our mission to improve student outcomes
• You're not afraid to try new things even if they don’t work out as expected
• You are independent, self-directed, high energy and as eager to contribute to your team as you are to progress on your own path to software craftsmanship.
• You'll thrive working in a fast-paced, low friction environment where you'll be exposed to a wide range of cutting edge technologies.

Responsibilities:

• You'll contribute to the technical leadership and collective ownership and delivery of component design, development and maintenance
• You'll initiate and manage code reviews
• You'll contribute to our engineering culture and ever-improving concept of engineering best practices
• You'll have a proven understanding of project tracking and agile development methodologies
• You'll work collaboratively within a cross-functional, agile development team to solve problems, transfer knowledge and contribute to overall product architecture

Skills & Experience:

• 5+ to 8 years' experience in a relevant software development role
• Experience with architectural concepts such as microservices and separation of concerns
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with Database and Caching technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis
• Experience with development tools such as GitHub and Jira
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS
• Experience in Test Driven Development and automated testing tools like NUnit, Cucumber, and SonarQube

Required Education:

• Degree or Master’s in Computer Science or relevant discipline OR relevant work experience

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Technology Private Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. For more information, visit https://careers.hmhco.com/. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.