Job opening - Lead Software Engineer at Altius Education (San Francisco, CA)

Can you own the entire software development lifecycle; do you like working with the business just as much as you enjoy writing code? Do you love working with and learning open source platforms to create solutions to business problems? Do you have a passion for technology and marketing?

Altius Education has a position for YOU!

We offer stock options, challenging work, opportunities for career growth, a relaxing and fun work environment, and most of all the chance to be part of the team who will change higher education. If this sounds like what you’re looking for then we ARE the right company for you!

We are looking for is a highly qualified self-starter to take on the position of LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER.  This person will work closely with our Marketing team to create a platform that is capable of executing and scaling through our web and social presence.

Your mission is to:

• Design, develop and maintain solutions for marketing, eCommerce, and content management functionalities leveraging open source frameworks.


• Deliver sophisticated cms-based sites pushing the boundaries of the platform.


• Engage with business users to understand the requirements, create self-service features that add value, and look for opportunities where technology can add value to business processes


• Integrating new solutions into our existing platforms using either custom code or APIs.


• Optimizing and maintaining existing code/applications.


• Direct user support, general troubleshooting, and documentation.

 SALARY & EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full time & Commensurate with experience.   

 REPORTS TO: Vice President of Technology

 WORK SCHEDULE: Flexible with Nights and Weekends.

EDUCATION: B.S. in Computer Science, or equiva! lent experience.

 LOCATION: San Francisco, CA!

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