Software Engineer | UI

Job Requisition ID: 18383

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“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is a high-purpose, high-performing, leading K-12 EdTech company, powered by values and culture that support continuous learning and rapid innovation. Known for serving more than 50 million students and 4 million educators in 150+ countries, we provide learning to countless students and teachers, transforming lives, supporting communities, and making our society more open, just, and inclusive for all. HMH Technology India Pvt. Ltd. is our technology and innovation arm in India, focused on developing products and solutions using cutting-edge technology in order to better serve education globally. We aim to help employees grow as people, not just as professionals. We do work that matters and are in a unique position to support and empower people’s lives.”

Software Engineer (UI)

HMH is a learning technology company committed to delivering connected solutions that

engage learners, empower educators, and improve student outcomes. As a leading provider

of K–12 core curriculum, supplemental and intervention solutions and professional learning

services, HMH partners with educators and school districts to uncover solutions that unlock

students' potential and extend teachers' capabilities. HMH serves more than 50 million

students and 4 million educators in 150 countries.

Software Engineering at HMH

Software Engineering at HMH is focused on building fantastic software to meet the

challenges facing teachers and learners, enabling and supporting a wide range of next

generation learning experiences. We are creating teams full of innovative, eager software

professionals to build the products that will transform our industry.

Our frontend and UI teams develop using the latest web technologies and you’ll be

responsible, with your team’s support, for UI feature development from conception to

production. We do all this in an agile fashion.

We are passionate about helping you discover your potential and exploring opportunities

for your growth and development. If you want to make a lasting difference in the lives of

millions of students and teachers and you understand what it takes to deliver high quality

software, we would love to talk to you.

Technology Stack

You'll work with modern Web technologies such as ECMAScript6, ReactJS, Node/NPM,

Jenkins, GIT.

Responsibilities
• This will be a hands-on coding role working as part of a cross-functional team

alongside other Developers, Designers and Quality Engineers within an agile

development environment
• You will possess strong coding capabilities, are a natural problem solver, focussed on

quality with the ability to communicate enthusiastically, clearly and concisely to

other Engineers as well as with other HMH functional teams
• You will work collaboratively within a cross-functional, agile development team to

solve problems, transfer knowledge and contribute to overall product architecture
• You will contribute to the collective ownership and delivery of UI design,

development and maintenance
• You will contribute to development of our engineering culture and ever-improving

concept of engineering best practices
• You will have a proven understanding of project tracking and agile development

methodologies

Skills & Experience
• 1 to 4 years' experience in a relevant software development role
• Strong working knowledge of modern JavaScript language features, frameworks

and libraries
• Professional experience delivering great User Experiences
• Experience using testing frameworks
• Working knowledge of Agile teams and methodologies

Required Education
• Degree/Master’s in Computer Science or relevant discipline OR equivalent work