Engineer III, Platform Systems

What We're Looking For:
A thoughtful, collaborative and results-driven senior engineer with experience architecting solutions, promoting best practices, and leading technical conversations. You have a range of full-stack JavaScript experience and are comfortable working in an agile environment. You are a doer and are passionate about making great software. You have experience mentoring junior engineers. You are comfortable using and providing guidance in techniques like pair programming and test driven development (TDD).
We are looking for a software engineer with experience in agile techniques like breaking down tasks into like-sized parts and pair programming.
Above all, you care about delivering quality software in a sustainable and timely manner and about software craftsmanship. You have experience in, and passion for, creating high-quality, maintainable code that confers low operating costs, high change velocity and is a point of professional pride for you and the team.
The Platform Systems team maintains and develops tools that support the exchange of data across teams throughout our portfolio, called Pre-Enrollment. We work closely with those teams, Application Systems and Marketing Systems, to streamline and optimize data and tools that help to increase prospect looks and conversions. Our goal is to streamline how data moves through the portfolio. We are also responsible for the delivery of our university brand assets to partner sites, as well as the authentication system that powers access to our university partner applications. Our stack includes a mix of JavaScript, Python, and even some Clojure. We use AWS services extensively. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about taming intricate, many-tiered systems for automation and tool-building, and know how to strike a balance between the drive for elegant design, repeatable processes, and on-time delivery.
This role reports to the Director of Engineering for the Platform Systems Techdev Team.
Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:

• Writing maintainable high-performance code
• Refactoring to keep code maintainable
• Conducting exploratory and automated testing
• Leading technical design of applications and participating in larger system design efforts
• Providing technical guidance and feedback to other team members

Things That Should Be In Your Background:

• 4+ years of engineering experience
• Proficient in writing clean JavaScript code
• React, NodeJS expertise
• Experience in:
  • Deploying your own code to production through CI/CD
  • Planning and estimating development tasks and short-term projects
  • Relating your project deliverables to products you are building and strategy behind them
  • Advocating for end user needs in software you are building
  • Collaborating with Product team (product managers, business analysts, and UX designers) to define and refine requirements

Other Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:

• UI / UX experience
• Experience with a CSS framework, i.e. Tailwind
• AWS experience (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, etc)
• Experience with monitoring and alerting services such as DataDog
• Experience working with and across other teams

About 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)
2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era-and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs-developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners.
2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement
At 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same.
Benefits & Culture
Working at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.
2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance, disability and 401(k)
• Unlimited snacks and drinks
• Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO
• Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break

In Colorado, the anticipated base salary for this role is$120,000.00 with potential bonus and equity eligibility. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate's assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate.
To learn more, visit 2U.com. #NoBackRow
Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans' status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U's equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.