Software Engineer, Early Career

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance features for students, instructors, and CDI staff, including learning activities, progress visualizations, and tools for course and learner management.

• Collaborate with the Senior Technical Lead and Product team to translate product requirements into actionable tasks.

• Implement small, thoroughly tested changes.

• Utilize AI coding agents to create features, troubleshoot bugs, and navigate unfamiliar codebases.

• Review and validate AI-generated code prior to considering it complete.

• Identify issues by reproducing them, analyzing application behavior, and utilizing logs and tests.

• Create and maintain automated tests while verifying user-facing functionality.

• Engage in code reviews with a focus on accessibility, reliability, and the protection of learner data.

• Assist in monitoring and supporting production systems, progressing towards incident response involvement.

• Enhance AI-assisted development methodologies, including project context, custom agents and skills, tool integrations, and agent-assisted code review.

• Document learning experiences, communicate progress and obstacles, and seek assistance promptly.

• Contribute to Perspectives, CDI’s online learning platform, and its AI-driven dialogue practice feature.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• At least one practical engineering project outside of coursework, such as an internship, co-op, job, freelance project, or sustained open-source contribution.

• Experience with a shared codebase and code review processes.

• A foundational understanding of at least one programming language, with the ability to articulate a project, decisions made, and problem-solving approaches.

• Knowledge of web application fundamentals, including UI-to-API communication and data storage and retrieval mechanisms.

• Capability to read and modify code, systematically solve problems, and test modifications.

• Openness to guide AI development tools, critically assess their outputs, and pose questions.

• Strong communication skills and commitment to follow-through, including responding to feedback, identifying obstacles, and asking for support.

• Passion for CDI’s mission and an interest in educational tools.

• Preferred: experience with JavaScript or TypeScript and frameworks such as React, Next.js, Java, Spring Boot, or Python.

• Preferred: familiarity with automated testing or SQL.

• Preferred: interest in accessible design or educational technology.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off.

• 13 observed company holidays.

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plans, with CDI contributing towards premiums.

• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on contributions up to 3% of salary.

• Generous annual budget for professional development.

• Reimbursement of up to $500 for home office equipment.

• Reimbursement of up to $50 per month for home internet or cell phone expenses.

• A mission-driven culture that emphasizes intellectual humility, continuous improvement, and open-mindedness.

• Flexible scheduling within U.S. time zones.