Remote Senior Software Engineer, Full-stack

Summary

Join us as we continue to redefine what's possible in the world of research at Academia.edu, a mission-driven company that empowers hundreds of millions of scholars worldwide to push the boundaries of human understanding. We're looking for experienced software developers to design and build large scalable systems, consumer-facing web apps, or web platforms in a Unix/Linux environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software development experience designing and building large scalable systems, consumer-facing web apps, or web platforms in a Unix/Linux environment
• Professional level of coding proficiency with one of the following; Ruby , Python, or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript
• Solid understanding of databases; including data modeling, DBMS creation, data manipulation, and data queries
• Rest API/back-end coding in a scripting language
• Web Front-end coding experience, e.g., JavaScript, Typescript, React.js, a plus

Responsibilities

• Designing and building systems and web applications to make our user base more productive on our platform
• Designing and building a fast and scalable peer review system that identifies and distributes high-quality academic works
• Services that help academic authors understand the impact of their scholarship via text parsing and computation of bibliometrics
• Algorithmic approaches to identification of academic content and disambiguation of authorships to make every paper ever written available for free
• A paper recommendation engine that helps users discover the most relevant research
• A people recommendation engine that helps users connect with others who share their interests
• Search Engine Optimizations to improve the discoverability of our corpus of 50M+ PDFs

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Generous Time Off: 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years
• Flexible Work Arrangements : Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend
• Competitive Compensation: Competitive salary, 401k plan, and stock options