About the Role

You will have the opportunity to own a variety of projects including our backend API (ruby), frontend dashboard (JavaScript), progress reporting architecture, server optimization for millions of requests a day, and everything else in-between. You’ll work closely with every member of the Kodable team to make the greatest coding platform for kids even better. We’re still a small-but-growing team, so you’ll be asked to build large, high-traffic systems with little outside interference. No bureaucracy, just build it.

Who we’re looking for:

• You have 5+ years web development experience in a production environment


• You have a deep, working knowledge of JavaScript (and have strong opinions on var vs let)


• You care deeply about programming education


• You have contributed significantly to the release of a production-level application (preferably not a side-project, something with actual users)


• You have experience with REST APIs from both client and server sides


• You have experience writing performant SQL queries and managing a high-traffic database (preferably PostgreSQL)

• You have experience with Ruby


• You have experience working with a front-end framework in a production environment (AngularJS, React, Vue, etc)


• You have experience with Test-Driven Development

• Experience with Sinatra, Sequel, Grape, or ActiveRecord


• Experience with background jobs and asynchronous architecture (Sidekiq even better!)


• You've used JavaScript build systems such as Gulp


• You've worked with AWS Lambda and background jobs


• Game Development experience