Software Engineer

Job Description

Software Engineer

Chennai, India

 

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.  

In this role, you will join a motivated, creative, and energetic team that works in a flexible and agile fashion to deliver world-class products to the education market. By joining this team, you will become a core contributing member to Anthology’s EdTech Platform initiative. This future state platform will seamlessly and uniquely deliver a revolutionized learning experience through innovation, continuous delivery, and architectural integration.

As a Software Engineer, you will work in a SAFe Agile environment to deliver and build the next-generation EdTech platform. You will be developing and maintaining microservices that provide the foundation for teaching and learning core capabilities and features. A successful candidate must be comfortable with complex software development projects and be an innovative thinker capable of communicating multi-faceted technical concepts. As a direct contributor, the candidate must have a track record of achieving goals and meeting deadlines on multi-team projects, and the ability to work in an aggressive, fast-paced environment with evolving requirements. In addition to developing software, the ideal candidate can troubleshoot problems and support our production environments. 

We are looking for a candidate with strong backend skills, with the willingness to expand and grow their skillset. This engineer will be working in a serverless environment on the AWS platform and should have a strong desire to learn as technologies evolve. 

The Candidate:
Required skills/qualifications: 

• At least 3 years of experience in product development
• Passion for software development (Python, Node.js)
• Experience implementing Web Services (REST API) using Domain Driven Design and service-oriented architecture
• Experience with PaaS and/or serverless
• Experience with git (GitHub), test driven development and CI/CD lifecycles
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences in a global environment

Preferred skills/qualifications: 

• Experience with infrastructure as code, such as CDK (preferred), CloudFormation, or Terraform
• Experience building in large-scale, AWS environments
• Experience with AWS serverless: Lambda, DynamoDB, Event Bridge, ECS Fargate, etc.

The Office:
We have an office in one of the biggest cultural, economic, and educational centers in South India: Chennai. 

• Located on OMR, the IT corridor of South Chennai
• Easy access to Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur Railway station and bus stop
• Very close to Tidel Park, and SRP Tools – Holiday Inn
• Office provides lunch and snacks on all working days
• Office is situated in 6th floor of Ascendas Phase 2 ( Crest Building)
• Fun Committee, Happy Fete Team, Food Committee, and Sports Committee ensures fun at work
• ISR Team actively engages employees in contributing to various local charities

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/affirmative action 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.