Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineering Intern

Brno, Czech Republic

The Opportunity:

Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale, supporting over 150 million users in 80 countries. Our mission is to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals. 

We believe in the power of a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. As we expand globally, we are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of not only our hiring practices but who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com.
 
 
As a member of Anthology Brno’s Product Development and Delivery team, you will join a group responsible for industry-leading SaaS products. Our team includes engineers, designers, and product managers, all focused on improving student success around the globe. We believe in agile practices to build our software and in continuously delivering features and improvements to our users. You are a person who is always pushing your teammates to do their best work and intolerant of anything else. Our team believes that a successful product is built by working with designers, product managers, and operators to understand the full cycle of software development.

 
Specific responsibilities will include:

• Analyzing problems and program solutions that appropriately trade off architectural constraints of functionality, usability, performance, reliability, and scalability
• Implementing new services, program components, and supporting infrastructure as well as writing/modifying SQL programs
• Designing and implementing database schema changes to support new functionality
• Working with peers to determine long-term architectural direction
• Supporting application during quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and post release
• Monitoring, analyzing, and implementing performance tuning functions in support of the operational baseline
• Complying with and contributing to consistent development guidelines (coding, change control, build, versioning)

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• Knowledge of software development in large-scale, multi-platform environments 
• Experience with AWS Cloud and services, Python language
• Experience with both relational database management systems and document-oriented databases 
• Hands-on development experience using service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services
• Data structure, algorithm analysis and design skills  
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full SDLC 
• Experience developing applications for a continuous delivery lifecycle
• B.S. in Computer Science or related area of study

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Master’s degree

The Office:
We have an office in the beautiful and vibrant city of Brno. 

• Great office location in city center near Luzanky 
• Accessible by public transportation as well as bike, with bike stands and showers in the office 
• Cozy personal office spaces where you can shut your door to really focus or leave it open to interact with others 
• Flexible work hours with no expectations of overtime 
• Great benefits including health & life insurance and English lessons 
• Countless walkable places to eat  
   

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time.  

Anthology is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, protected military/veteran status, or any other legally protected factor.