Senior Software Engineer, Front End - Easel Content Creation

Job Description

About Us:

We believe teachers have one of the most vital jobs in the world, and we’re here to support them. What began as a word-of-mouth marketplace where teachers could buy and sell educational resources is now a teacher-powered digital learning platform. Our community of 7M+ educators relies on us for engaging, accessible, classroom-ready materials—and we rely on our team members to continue developing solutions that improve the lives of teachers, students, and, ultimately, the state of education itself.

About the Team:

The Easel group at TpT is creating the next generation of device-enabled learning experiences for the millions of teachers and students relying on our platform . We are launching tools that allow teachers to easily distribute assignments and let students complete their work and receive feedback on their devices. We are building features for teachers to better understand the progress students are making as they complete this work digitally.

The Easel Content Creation team is focused on building the features and services that will get teachers excited about Easel and creating and selling content on the TpT Marketplace. Our goal is to create a best-in-class authoring experience that enables teachers to leverage their experience and knowledge to create interactive products that engage, delight, and inform students.

Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Easel Content Creation team, you will lead the engineering team in delivering iterative value to our users while building on top of a sound technical foundation. In addition to being a prolific contributor yourself, you will uplevel the rest of the team by introducing new technology standards and mentoring engineers. You are also expected to help the team identify and take action on process improvements that allow it to accomplish its goals more efficiently and with improving quality. Finally, you’ll be asked to take on progressively more responsibilities to lead major projects and initiatives, working across teams and functions to deliver on aggressive goals.

We are looking for an engineer with extensive frontend development experience with modern web frameworks. You are passionate about building intuitive, performant, and architecturally sound frontend experiences for users, leveraging the latest technologies including Javascript canvas.

Responsibilities:

• Drive delivery of high quality products and features by working with cross-functional leads (product, design, marketing) to define, scope and prioritize upcoming projects
• Provide technical oversight to engineering work on the team, participating directly in implementation as required.
• Support a culture of continuous iteration and learning both on the product and team processes.
• Encourage and exemplify exceptional communication and collaboration on the team. Leverage these practices to help the team resolve ambiguity and make effective decisions.
• Effectively scale yourself by mentoring junior team members to deliver high quality code while providing oversight and direction.

Qualifications:

• Strong technical track record, with deep knowledge of frontend development and a demonstrated ability to drive systems-level decisions across the entire stack.
• Strong preference for individuals with deep experience in one or more of the following: Javascript canvas, local storage patterns, FE performance and reliability, device accessibility and responsive design.
• Experience working on a product team, building highly-scalable web applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication that is effective both amongst engineers and cross-functionally.
• Deep technical curiosity to learn and fill gaps in knowledge about systems you are responsible for. Able to learn and provide effective feedback to peers working on a wide breadth of technologies.
• 4+ years of experience in development at scale, with clear examples of leading large, complex projects.

Benefits & Perks:

At TpT, we believe the positive experience of employees is essential to growth, both individually and collectively. To achieve our mission of ‘Empowering Educators to Teach at Their Best,’ we must also empower the members of our TpT Team to work at their best. To that end, two of our core company values are “We Learn and Grow Together” and “We Enjoy the Journey.” We’ve committed to these values and to our employees through investing in added benefits and perks:

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits
• Free Telemedicine Membership - 24/7 access to trusted medical advisors
• Generous PTO and Wellness Days
• 5 Week “Recharge Leave” after 5 Years, to refresh and celebrate the impact you’ve had at TpT
• Generous Parental Leave (for new parents) for time to adjust to parenthood, plus additional six weeks for the birth parent
• Onsite Mother’s Room
• ‘Employee Resource Groups’ (ERGs) to promote employee inclusivity and belonging
• Engineering Learning Fridays (ELF), to provide a space each week for Engineering teams to collaborate and learn from each other
• ‘Professional Development’ Stipend, to support the professional growth of employees (including - but not limited to - subscriptions, books, lectures, etc.)
• Annual Company Events (Camp TpT, Field Day, Hackathons, Holiday Party, Summer Picnic, Classroom Visits, etc.)

Here at TpT we value Diversity & Inclusion and encourage people to bring their most authentic selves to work. We cultivate an environment where people are recognized and celebrated for their individuality.

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