Job Description

Location: Hybrid environment from either Denver, CO or Minneapolis, MN

Team Culture

We are a group of dedicated and multi-faceted individuals who are self-motivated and are excited to be a part of a company that is charting the future of interactive maps, tours and events. We define ourselves through the values by which we operate. Employees have an opportunity to learn all elements of the business, and direct access to the leadership team. Our teams are full of ideas and everyone's voice gets heard. While our offices are in Denver, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, we currently are operating remotely with a nationally-distributed team.

About This Role

This position is for a Contract Software Engineer who will work alongside the full-time development team supporting our product. As a Contract Software Engineer, you will report directly to the Software Engineering Manager, who will be primarily responsible for providing direction and evaluating your performance.

Why This Role Is Exciting

We are flipping the script on college applications and helping Higher Ed institutions effortlessly find, engage and recruit students who will thrive on their campuses. In this role, you will contribute to the product roadmap and that includes building AI-powered solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop software adhering to the team’s established best practices and processes
• Ensure product quality through development of automated tests
• Provide and receive peer code reviews
• Develop new functionality as specified
• Fix bugs with existing code
• Actively participate in agile planning and release processes
• Other duties as assigned

About You

• You are a self-motivated and curious learner who isn’t afraid to ask questions.
• You are a full stack developer.
• While you may lean toward frontend or backend, you are open to contributing to both.
• You can proficiently write code in JavaScript.
• You have worked on projects deployed to cloud platforms (AWS).
• You have experience with agile software development and working as part of a collaborative agile team.
• You can demonstrate knowledge of computer science principles.
• You are organized, methodical, and consistent.

Preferred Technologies (do you have experience with some of these?)

• JavaScript (TypeScript, React, Node.js, Express)
• AWS
• Git
• Docker

Extra Credit

• You have experience building accessible websites that meet the WCAG 2.1 Level AA standard.
• You have experience writing serverless functions (i.e. AWS Lambda).
• You are comfortable leveraging AI in your development workflow (i.e. Cursor, Claude, OpenAI).
• You have developed software solutions incorporating AI.

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