Software Engineer

Software Engineer
ABOUT THE TEAM
The tech team is responsible for all learning platforms at ALX: Intranet, auto-correction system, cloud development sandbox for students, anti-plagia system, etc. We are bold and move fast: each member is the owner of his work - from design to deployment. No weekly/bi-weekly sprints - we have goals and features to deliver; we tackle them by iterating quickly and adjusting if needed. Our products are currently supporting the learning of more than 230K students (~30K more students each month).
ABOUT THE ROLE

• Contribute to and improve our engineering standards, toolings, and processes
• Ensure the availability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the platform
• Provide technical and end-user documentation
• You will be especially responsible for data analysis, extraction, and reports. You will be in charge of extracting and formatting the data that the education team needs to operate the programs and provide the best support to students. The goal is to build everything we need for analyzing student behaviors, to detect future talents and/or target coaches help. You will make the data available to give insight to the product team and improve student and staff experience.
• As part of the Software Team, you will be involved in backend development and design - including new features, bug fixes and code reviews.

REQUIREMENTS

Must-Have

• 3+ years of software development experience
• 2+ years of web development experience in Ruby on Rails and Javascript (React)
• 1+ years experience with both relational and document-oriented databases (SQL, Redis...)
• Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
• Great oral and written communication skills in English
• Base or advanced knowledge and experience with Ruby On Rails, SQL
• RESTful API design experience
• Ability to work remotely and autonomously

Nice to have

• MySQL/Postgresql/Redis administration, migration
• Coding skills in Javascript, Python
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS or GCP
• Experience with Google Analytics and Google APIs
• Curiosity and/or experience in Machine learning and AI
• GitHub