Software Engineer
Job description
About the role
<p>IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is seeking Software Engineers who have a passion for technology and education to help us add new features to our extremely successful educational products and build new, innovative products. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions, and we are eager to have you join our team.&nbsp;</p> <p>This position requires you to be in our Raleigh, NC, area office.&nbsp;</p> <div> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING</h4> <ul> <li>Work with a team of talented engineers, both starting projects from scratch and also working within the existing code base&nbsp;</li> <li>Build the back-end wiring, application logic, and UI for our products</li> <li>Drive the development process for your team, including design, coding, documenting, testing, debugging, and tuning</li> <li>Provide accurate estimates, evaluate feasibility, and assess new platforms and technologies for project implementations</li> <li>Collaborate and communicate clearly across multiple development teams to design and release amazing products</li> </ul> <h4>WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR</h4> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in software engineering</li> <li>Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline</li> <li>Excellent programming skills in Java or other object-oriented language</li> <li>Strong communication skills</li> <li>Strong analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Passion for improving education through technology</li> </ul> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><h4>ABOUT IXL LEARNING</h4> <p>IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:</p> <ul> <li>1 in 4 students in the United States uses <a href="https://www.ixl.com/" target="_blank">IXL.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone</a> provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages</li> <li><a href="https://www.wyzant.com/" target="_blank">Wyzant</a> is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects</li> <li><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)</a> is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources</li> </ul> <p>Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. The listing location is Raleigh, NC.
Key facts
What you'll do
- <p>IXL Learning, developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is seeking Software Engineers who have a passion for technology and education to help us add new features to our extremely successful educational products and build new, innovative products.
- We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions, and we are eager to have you join our team.&nbsp;</p> <p>This position requires you to be in our Raleigh, NC, area office.&nbsp;</p> <div> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING</h4> <ul> <li>Work with a team of talented engineers, both starting projects from scratch and also working within the existing code base&nbsp;</li> <li>Build the back-end wiring, application logic, and UI for our products</li> <li>Drive the development process for your team, including design, coding, documenting, testing, debugging, and tuning</li> <li>Provide accurate estimates, evaluate feasibility, and assess new platforms and technologies for project implementations</li> <li>Collaborate and communicate clearly across multiple development teams to design and release amazing products</li> </ul> <h4>WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR</h4> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in software engineering</li> <li>Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline</li> <li>Excellent programming skills in Java or other object-oriented language</li> <li>Strong communication skills</li> <li>Strong analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Passion for improving education through technology</li> </ul> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><h4>ABOUT IXL LEARNING</h4> <p>IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company.
- We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products.
- For example:</p> <ul> <li>1 in 4 students in the United States uses <a href="https://www.ixl.com/" target="_blank">IXL.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone</a> provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages</li> <li><a href="https://www.wyzant.com/" target="_blank">Wyzant</a> is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects</li> <li><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)</a> is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources</li> </ul> <p>Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal.
- We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas.
- We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect.
- We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity.
- We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.</p> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.
Requirements
- We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions, and we are eager to have you join our team.&nbsp;</p> <p>This position requires you to be in our Raleigh, NC, area office.&nbsp;</p> <div> <h4>WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING</h4> <ul> <li>Work with a team of talented engineers, both starting projects from scratch and also working within the existing code base&nbsp;</li> <li>Build the back-end wiring, application logic, and UI for our products</li> <li>Drive the development process for your team, including design, coding, documenting, testing, debugging, and tuning</li> <li>Provide accurate estimates, evaluate feasibility, and assess new platforms and technologies for project implementations</li> <li>Collaborate and communicate clearly across multiple development teams to design and release amazing products</li> </ul> <h4>WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR</h4> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in software engineering</li> <li>Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline</li> <li>Excellent programming skills in Java or other object-oriented language</li> <li>Strong communication skills</li> <li>Strong analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Passion for improving education through technology</li> </ul> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><h4>ABOUT IXL LEARNING</h4> <p>IXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company.
- For example:</p> <ul> <li>1 in 4 students in the United States uses <a href="https://www.ixl.com/" target="_blank">IXL.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rosettastone.com/" target="_blank">Rosetta Stone</a> provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages</li> <li><a href="https://www.wyzant.com/" target="_blank">Wyzant</a> is the nation's largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects</li> <li><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)</a> is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources</li> </ul> <p>Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we're looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal.
- We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.</p> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em>At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.
About IXL Learning
IXL Learning builds online practice and instructional tools for learners and educators. The platform serves classrooms and homes, with many students using IXL.com for math and language arts. Teams focus on clear explanations, immediate feedback, and tools that help teachers understand progress. Roles span product, engineering, design, and customer support, collaborating to support learner needs.
Software engineering work usually means turning product intent into systems that run in production. Engineers write and review code, break large changes into reviewable pieces, and watch how those changes behave after they ship. Most teams share on-call or incident habits so outages get a clear owner. Collaboration with product and design is part of the job, not an extra. The duties above are the ones this listing actually states for this opening.