Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture - and benefits - that just aren't found together anywhere else. If you're curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future - then take a look at this opportunity.


SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Office of Digital Learning (ODL)-Engineering Department , to join a small but fast growing team with big ambitions to redefine the use of technology in teaching and learning at MIT and beyond. Responsibilities include developing scalable tools and applications with flexible APIs and advancing best practices with the engineering team through participation in architecture, technical design, and code reviews; writing code in Python, JavaScript (reactjs), HTML/CSS, and other languages as necessary; serving on the team responsible for enhancing and maintaining the current MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) application and working on the next generation OCW; working in collaboration with the edX team and Open edX community to improve the Open edX platform; working closely with and brainstorming ideas and incorporating feedback from the engineering team, MIT community of developers, teachers and learners, and the open source community at large; and fixing bugs and solving problems, writing documentation and automated tests.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED : B.S. or higher in computer science or related technical field; Solid understanding of the full web technology stack; proficiency in at least one programming language--Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Java, and/or PHP; proficiency creating web applications in one or more server side frameworks--Django, Rails, NodeJS, J2EE , etc.; and strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL. Comfort with Unix/Linux as a development environment; familiarity with source code control systems like GIT, Subversion, and/or Mercurial; and familiarity with modern DevOps tools like Vagrant, Ansible, Docker, etc. desired. A GitHub profile or link to open source work is also desired. Job #16249-10

7/2/18

MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.



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