Job Description

Associate Software Engineer

Chennai, India 

The Opportunity:

Anthology delivers education and technology solutions so that students can reach their full potential and learning institutions thrive. Our mission is to empower educators and institutions with meaningful innovation that’s simple and intelligent, inspiring student success and institutional growth.

The Power of Together is built on having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to making diversity, inclusion, and belonging a foundational part of our hiring practices and who we are as a company.

For more information about Anthology and our career opportunities, please visit www.anthology.com.

This role focuses on Anthology's LMS, Blackboard, where we pride ourselves on creating well-designed web and mobile solutions to support learners, instructors, and administrators. Blackboard allows learners and instructors to access online educational experiences wherever and whenever they want through web and mobile devices. Our technology helps instructors breathe life into educational content, brings efficiency to day-to-day tasks, and empowers instructors with tools to engage and assess every learner. We help motivate learners by promoting collaboration, communication, and connections with their peers and instructors.

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will be responsible for demonstrating expertise with Java and REST APIs. You will become an active member of an agile team of developers participating in daily stand-ups, design sessions, code reviews, and sprint demos. You will embrace test-driven development as an integral part of what you deliver as a software developer. You will also respond to the unique challenges of delivering and maintaining cloud-based software including troubleshooting live production environments, minimizing downtime, and responding to client-reported issues. You will build the capabilities to assess the complete stack of technology layers to provide code fixes and develop new features. Working with AI technology to enhance development efficiency and create exciting new features for our customers. You’ll be working with AI technology to enhance development efficiency and create exciting new features for our customers.

The Candidate:

Required skills/qualifications:

• 0-2 years of experience designing, writing, and deploying scalable software
• Light experience developing single-page JavaScript applications and in frameworks such as React, Redux, or Angular
• Light experience with Java and common Java frameworks
• Light experience with SQL and NoSQL databases and web application development
• Any experience with Object-Oriented design and coding
• Knowledge of domain-driven design and Service-Oriented architecture
• Quick learner with strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Light exposure to writing unit and integration tests
• Ability to work with engineers on cross-functional agile projects
• An understanding of data structures, algorithm analysis, and design skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience  
• Previous experience in the education industry and with e-learning technologies 
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services and serverless technologies (Kubernetes, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Aurora, Lambda, Event Bridge)
• Knowledge of Web Services (REST API), authentication, CI/CD lifecycles and pipelines 
• Light experience with test-driven development