Summary

As a Platform Engineer, you will improve IM's product experience by designing, implementing, improving, and maintaining infrastructure and systems using Ruby on Rails, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS/SCSS/SASS, git, GitHub, Heroku, Vercel, AWS, Salesforce, FusionAuth, Sentry, etc. The compensation is $50 - $85 per hour, with a preference for a commitment of at least 30 hours per week. This position has the potential to become a full-time role with an annual salary range of $90,000 - $160,000.

Requirements

Ability and willingness to help us define this role in the context of our team and organization
Ability to execute a product lifecycle— identify a need, research, establish proof-of-concept, propose, implement, and revise solutions
Experience/empathy towards designing and building upon the user experience of our engineering team
Ability to clearly and concisely communicate about complex problems and solutions
Ability to balance quality and maintainability with speed of execution
Ability and willingness to adjust to the shifting priorities that inherently accompany working in mid-stage, rapid-growth organizations
Willingness to take on tasks that may be outside of your area of expertise
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to deliver clear, concise information tailored to specific and varied audiences
Must reside in and be legally authorized to work in the USA

Responsibilities

Define, design, and implement architectural decisions and patterns in the context of our infrastructure and platform systems, emphasizing maintainability, scalability, performance, cost optimization, and best practices
Research, explore, test, and implement improvements across systems. Please see the section below on ‘Preferred Qualifications’ for examples
Develop/improve features in some of our infrastructure/systems-related codebases
Elevate capacity across the team via quality code review engagement, teaching, and collaborating
Drive every phase of development in projects both large and small, beginning from the initial specification and ending with implementation in production systems

Preferred Qualifications

Professional experience with Ruby/Rails
Professional experience with some of the areas below, or similar/related: hosting infrastructure, database management, resource provisioning, automation, testing, CI/CD, security, variable and environment management, general platform maintenance, legal compliance (i.e. GDPR), observability, etc

Benefits

Contribute to meaningful projects that help shape the future of math education for millions of students and educators worldwide
Join a passionate, diverse team and work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative, remote-first setting
Opportunities for learning, development, and advancement within a rapidly growing organization

Illustrative Mathematics is hiring a Platform Engineer