Software Engineer - 12-Month Remote Contract Opportunity

Description
Software Engineer (Full-Stack) (Contract Position)
Note: This position is fully remote and can be located anywhere in the United States. Qualified candidates from all time zones are encouraged to apply.

Position Summary
NWEA employs Software Engineers to achieve craftsmanship level development of software applications for clients and internal users. All Software Engineers are expected to continuously build toward mastery of software languages used or required by NWEA. Software Engineers work collaboratively with all participants on software development projects and may be called upon to fulfill functions related to software development that are not specifically application programming, such as requirement gathering and quality assurance testing.
The Software Engineer creates high-quality craftsmanship-level software for NWEA clients and internal users and are expected to be proficient in the software languages used or required by NWEA. This includes meeting all requirements/ specifications, testing/QA requirements, methodologies and other NWEA software/product requirements. This position must be adaptable to changing technology environments and work collaboratively with all participants in a software development project. The Software Engineer may be called upon to fulfill functions related to software development that are not specifically software programming, such as requirements gathering, producing documentation, quality assurance testing, mentoring other developers, and leading projects. As required, this position provides guidance to the junior Software Engineer positions.
Responsibilities

• Build high-quality and reusable code by incorporating best practices provided by software engineering architecture and processes (Code Reviews, Unit testing, etc.) on the team
• Create prototypes to help clarify software requirements
• Plan and perform development tasks from design specifications
• Provide accurate time estimates for development tasks
• Construct and verify (unit test) software components to meet design specifications
• Perform quality assurance functions by collaborating with the cross-team members to identify and resolve software defects
• Collaborate with project architects and assist team members to prove the validity of new software technologies
• Engage and improve NWEA's software development methodology
• Promote agile processes among development and the business, including facilitation of scrums
• Have ownership over the things you build, help shape the product and technical vision, direction, and how we iterate
• Work closely with your product and design teammates for improved stability, reliability, and quality
• Participate in production support and on-call rotation for the services owned by the team
• Perform other duties as assigned to ensure the success of the team and the entire organization
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for services owned by team by following secure development practices
• Promote a positive engineering culture through teamwork, engagement, and empowerment

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent object-oriented design & programming skills, including the application of design patterns and avoidance of anti-patterns
• Strong Cloud platform skills - AWS or Azure, Lambda, Terraform, SNS, SQS, etc.
• Experience building large-scale, enterprise React applications
• Proficient with front-end technologies, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript preferred
• Experience working in a collaborative team of application developers and source code repositories
• Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises and commitments
• Ability to communicate and work effectively within priorities
• Ability to work under tight timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Good understanding of software design concepts
• Understanding of software development methodologies
• Ability to solve complex problems
• Must be able to perform the physical and intellectual requirements of the role, with or without accommodation

Competencies

• Customer focus: builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions
• Tech savvy: anticipates and adopts innovations in business-building technology applications
• Nimble learning: actively learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder
• Action oriented: takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Instills trust: gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Drive results: consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances
• Communicates effectively: develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

Education and Experience

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of 2 - 4 years progressive experience in software development
• Proven experience working with one or more major components of an application, preferably of a software product
• Proven experience working across multiple tiers of an application, including a database, network, operating system, and containers
• Experience working in an AGILE/SCRUM environment

About Us
NWEA® is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency-andprovide timely data to help tailor instruction. For more than 40 years, NWEA has developed innovative pre-K-12assessments, including our flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™; our progress monitoring and skills mastery tool, MAP® Skills™; and our reading fluency and comprehension assessment, MAP® Reading Fluency™. Educators trust our professional learning offerings to accelerate student learning and our research to support assessment validity and data interpretation. More than 11 million students in 146 countries use our solutions to support their learning and growth each year.
NWEA strives to make diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) practices the center of our work. Our organization's mission, Partnering to Help All Kids Learn, is the foundation for our DEIA commitment as we work to reflect, value, and support the educators, students, colleagues, and communities we serve. We seek to empower and engage all stakeholders in the research, services,solutions, and products we provide, our organizational culture, and the partnerships we establish with schools, districts, states, and countries.
NWEA endeavors to make www.nwea.org accessible to all users.If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please call us at (503) 624-1951 or e-mail us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request, your location and your contact information. This is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
NWEA is an equal opportunity employer.Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.For our EEO Policy Statement, please visit our website. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please visit the EEOC website