ClassDojo's mission is to give every child on Earth an education they love.
We started by building a network that connects teachers, children, and families. ClassDojo’s flagship app is the #1 communication app connecting K-8 teachers, children, and families, globally. They use it to share what’s happening throughout the day through photos, videos, messages, and activities. It is actively used at an unprecedented scale: in over 95% of US schools, reaching ~51 million children in ~180 countries. We are now beginning to use this network to give kids the best learning experiences in the world, far beyond those a standard school can provide.
We hire for talent density. Our team comprises the most talented, entrepreneurial, and innovative teammates from around the world, with deep backgrounds in education and large scale consumer internet, including Instagram, Netflix, Dropbox, Uber, Y Combinator, and more. We’re building a company where the most talented people want to work. We believe you’ll do the best work of your life here—and you’ll pioneer the future of education, too.
What you’ll do:
As a Cloud Platform engineer at ClassDojo, you'll be an integral part of building a platform that supports millions of students, teachers, and parents while making sure all of our teams are able to move quickly and effectively. You'll work on production code from day one in a collaborative environment. In addition, you’ll help us further develop our high-quality engineering culture, one that values rapid iteration, collaboration, and best practices. Our code is heavily tested and deployed daily, and we’re serious about building a world-class engineering team.
You will be a match if:
- You have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- You have 1+ year of sysadmin or dev-ops engineering experience
- You are in the Americas time zone
You might be a good fit if:
- You're excited to get things done, in a fast-paced environment
- You have an ownership mindset: you are comfortable with both responsibility and accountability
- You're thoughtful about creating and maintaining a world-class engineering culture
- You work well in teams and enjoy collaborating with other engineers
- You enjoy working in a collaborative programming environment
- You are passionate about education and care about having impact on tens of millions of kids' lives with your work
Bonus:
- You’ve used Terraform, Nomad, Consul
- You've worked with MongoDB or MySQL
- You have DevOps experience, especially on AWS
- > 7 years of professional software experience
[1] Some more context:
- ClassDojo's 125m Metaverse Mission (Forbes)
- ClassDojo's Second Act Comes with First Profits (TechCrunch) and Sam's note about it.
ClassDojo is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. ClassDojo is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. ClassDojo will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical and mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or an employee unless undue hardship would result. In accordance with applicable local ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
