Ruby Software Engineer at Instructure (Chicago, IL)

TL;DR: Instructure is an awesome up-and-coming ed tech company and you should work here. 

Long Version: Instructure started in 2008 wanting to disrupt the Learning Management System market with Canvas. Canvas is the LMS tool that makes teaching and learning easier. It’s a powerful new way to, well, change the world (ok the world of education). And it seems like we did just that. Today we have over 600 universities, colleges, and school districts--and we're still growing. Fast. Not bad for a product launched in 2011. Instructure was voted the best company to work for in 2013. If you are passionate about making a difference in education, then you are definitely in the right place! You just might be the talented, interesting person we need to help us continue to grow and make an impact in education. 

We’re hiring engineers who are passionate about technology and education in our Chicago shop. The product team doesn't throw specs over some imaginary wall to engineering, and engineering doesn't throw code over some imaginary wall to QA. We all collaborate together.

Most of our work is open sourced, even our primary product. We are also changing how teachers and students interact, whether in small groups or with tens of thousands of students in one course. Check out our online courses on Canvas Network. 

So…if you like front-end development, back-end development, or some combination of these, let's talk. There are lots of interesting, complex, and challenging problems that will leverage your skills; oh, and new things come up every day.

Here are some things we use, so experience in these is a plus: Ruby, Rails, CoffeeScript, JavaScript, SASS, Postgres, Redis, Cassandra.

Here’s why we look for those things:

• Front-end development using CoffeeScript, Backbone, Ember.


• Back-end development using Ruby on Rails.


• We have integrated QA, and automation QA.


• We use PostgreSQL, Linux, and our platform runs on AWS.

Skills and Requirements: Ability to solve problems.

Experience is helpful but raw talent is a must.

There will be a technical interview with lots of white board action (but no silly puzzles or trick questions). We may even have you code up a simple app to demonstrate your abilities

Benefits-

100% Employer Paid Benefits for You and Your Qualified Dependents (We got you completely covered!):

• Medical (United Healthcare)


• Dental (LifeMap)


• Life/AD&D (LifeMap)

Time Off:

• Lots of paid time off


• 9 paid holidays

Other Cool Things:

• 401K – with company match


• Stock Options (ask us about this one!)

And Some More Perks…

• Free gym membership


• Fully stocked break room


• Catering once a week


• 15” MacBook Pro Retina – 16G of ram + Thunderbolt Monitor


• “Lifty” desks


• Casual dress code


• Just sayin’

We participate in eVerify. EEO.