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The Technology for Effective and Efficient Learning (TEEL) Lab at Carnegie Mellon University carries out research at the forefront of learning science, designs and develops innovative learning system technologies, curates curricula in emerging domains to advance workforce training. The TEEL Lab develops learning platforms that support interactive and social learning through iterative independent exploration, discussion, and collaboration, with a focus on hands-on learning in the areas of cloud computing, data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI).

The TEEL Lab is a team of faculty, researchers, designers, developers, learning scientists and students that work and support each other in a fast-paced, results-oriented fashion. The team adopts agile cloud-native development principles to develop cloud-hosted microservices as part of our learner-centered online learning ecosystem. We closely collaborate with leading technology product groups at Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform among others.

The Full-Stack Developer scope includes development, maintenance and productization of large-scale Django and SpringBoot applications as well as the design and implementation of new, containerized microservices. The ideal candidate is passionate about owning, building, and operating robust and cutting-edge cloud-native microservices. The candidate is detail-oriented and keen on continuously learning, being responsive, and exhibiting effective communication with team members.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Maintain mission-critical Django and React+SpringBoot services without interrupting service.
• Develop and deploy cloud-native containerized microservices.
• Make informed recommendations between refactoring vs replacement of services.
• Lead the design, refactoring, and implementation of web applications developed using Django or React+SpringBoot framework.
• Lead the design and refactoring of the data schema and data models.
• Develop monitoring metrics for web application deployments.
• Adopt test-driven development to write unit and functional tests.
• Adopt CI/CD pipelines for all microservices.
• Write Python scripts and Java shell commands to query and process data across heterogeneous microservices.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Flexibility, excellence, and passion are vital qualities within Carnegie Mellon University. Inclusion, collaboration, and cultural sensitivity are valued competencies at CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who can effectively interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the mission of the university through their work.

Qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Instructional Design, Learning Sciences, or a related field.
• Three (3) years of experience with modern object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Javascript, and Java.
• Experience with RESTful web services, Django ORM, Django REST framework.
• Experience with RESTful API specification and toolsets such as OpenAPI, Swagger.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, especially MySQL and MongoDB.
• Experience building, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting containerized microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Demonstrated experience of test-driven development with tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Junit, and Django unit testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Travis CI.
• Familiarity with commercial cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience working in an agile development environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• At least one (1) year of experience with commercial cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Azure DevOps.
• A combination of education and relevant experience from which comparable knowledge is demonstrated may be considered.

Requirements:

• Successful background check

Are you interested in this exciting opportunity?! Apply today!

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