Associate Software Engineer

Company: Cengage Group
Location: Anchorage
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

**We believe in the power and joy of learning**At Cengage Group, our employees have a direct impact in helping students around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose - driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.**Our culture values diversity, engagement, and discovery**Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive and diverse workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do, and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to work. We achieve these priorities through inclusive programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity/ .**Who are we?**Learning Objects, a division of Cengage, has an ambitious history of innovation that has made a difference to millions of students. Our education platform is constantly evolving and improving while supporting multiple Cengage brands.**What sets us apart?**We are a group of lifelong learners who revel in discovering new tools, ways of working and technologies that allow us to keep growing our abilities.**Your Team:** **Engineering**+ Building an authoring, guiding, learning and evaluation platform to support students in achieving proficiency of their subjects+ Continuously improving our underlying platform based on market needs and desires+ Adapting and applying the latest technologies and processes to improve learner outcomes**Your Role:** **Associate Software Engineer**Apply creativity and mastery of software engineering to effectively design, implement, and support our proprietary platform.**What will you do?**+ Work with a close and encouraging team to produce valuable features that address validated business and customer needs+ Extend and improve our platform using Scala/Java and JavaScript to develop rest API's and rich UI's+ Execute within a lean/agile framework to rapidly and deftly meet project and production commitments+ Build scalable solutions in a modern CI/CD environment+ You possess proficiency with JavaScript, CSS, and HTM and can effectively translate technical concepts and can facilitate solution development that fully meets partner needs**Extra credit for:**+ Experience with React+ Experience with Node.js+ Experience with JavaCengage Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. You may view Cengage's EEO/Affirmative Action Policy signed by CEO Michael Hansen (https://p.widencdn.net/pdvq6j/EEO\_Policy\_Statement\_January\_2017) and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice (http://embed.widencdn.net/pdf/plus/cengage/ybs5gt19ik/eeopost-merged.pdf) by visiting their corresponding links.Cengage Group is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or you may call us at +1 (617) 289-7917.If you are a CA State, CO State, NY State, WA State, or Jersey City, NJ resident, please email jobpostinginquiries@cengage.com to receive compensation information for this role. Be sure to include this posting's job ID in the subject line of the email to help ensure a timely response.**About Cengage** **Group**Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.**Cengage Group** , a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms.We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

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