Location: Remote, USA
Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it’s in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Backend Engineer to maintain, develop, and own highly scalable and configurable software systems and services. You will use modern programming languages, virtualization, cloud, IAC, and CI/CD solutions, working in a dynamic professional software development environment that promotes initiative and innovation. The role is focused on supporting our lab and assessment team that builds web-based, real-time, interactive programming environments used by hundreds of thousands of students.
How you will make an impact:
- Focus on improving student and instructor experience by leveraging technology that can help students to learn and instructors to teach
- Apply industry best practices to engineer and deploy cloud services maximizing customer experience, from R&D (Research & Development) to delivery
- Partner and collaborate with the product and engineering teams to identify priorities and standardize methodologies and tools
- Use agile and test-driven development techniques to support frequent releases of new features and improvements into production systems
What we look for:
- Hands-on experience in software application development utilizing industry-leading programming languages and tools.
- Proficiency with the AWS platform and experience developing, deploying, and troubleshooting applications running on AWS EC2, ECS, and Lambda.
- Hands-on experience with IaC solutions utilizing AWS Cloud Formation and AWS Programming Language SDKs.
- Working knowledge of Docker, understanding of operating systems administration, tuning, and package management.
- Familiarity with DevOps principles, CI/CT tools, and technologies.
- Experience implementing distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
- Professional understanding of application and system design
About Wiley
Enabling Discovery, Powering Education, Shaping Workforces.
We clear the way for seekers of knowledge: illuminating the path forward for research and education, tearing down barriers to society’s advancement, and giving seekers the help they need to turn their steps into strides.
Wiley may have been founded over two centuries ago, but our secret to success remains the same: our people. We are willing to challenge the status quo, move the needle, and be innovative. Wiley’s headquarters are located in Hoboken, New Jersey, with operations across the globe in more than 40 countries.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact tasupport@wiley.com for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates, needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees, for example we offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development.
We are committed to fair, transparent pay, and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. This range represents Wiley’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range, however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.
When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
