Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.
Type: Full-Time
Location: Houston, Texas
Employment Terms: this is a two-year term limited full time benefits eligible position.
Position Summary
OpenStax is a non-profit textbook publisher, learning software producer and platform for learning research based at Rice University. Our mission is to provide every student with free or low-cost access to high-quality learning materials and tools that help them succeed in their education and career. We have created software to help college students with more engagement and practice more effectively, incorporating our research team's expertise in cognitive science and machine learning. OpenStax has published more than forty high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks, available for free and used by millions of students annually.
The Software Engineer (SE) II will contribute towards the design and implementation of a greenfield system which will serve as the foundation for an exciting new initiative. The individual will leverage open source systems and technologies to help build a cloud-based platform that will serve K12 students, teachers, and educational researchers with a goal of supporting tens of thousands of active users in an accelerated time frame. The SE II will join a team responsible for the full lifecycle management of the platform including application development and operations, and will have frequent contact with staff and developers. In addition to writing code, this position requires reviewing other developers' work, contributing towards architecture and design decisions, participating in the estimation and specification of new work, and mentoring more junior developers.
You will join a team who is driving change at a pivotal phase of our evolution, as we deliver high quality educational content, ranging from textbooks to simulations and videos to exercises to full courses, and give educators and learners the support they need in core college and high school disciplines.
We celebrate diversity of all kinds and we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment. We seek to hire, develop, and retain talented people from all backgrounds. We are part of a private university, but our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and includes people who attended universities and community colleges, as well as people who did not graduate from college.
Essential Functions
Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels, and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.
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