San Francisco, California, United States

Academia.edu is hiring a Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

About the Role

Role details below.

Responsibilities

  • Technical lead for designing, building, and testing major software components, systems, features, and products.
  • Collaborate with Product and Design to build innovative software products and solutions.
  • Own team OKRs for timely, high-quality outcomes.
  • Influence and mentor multiple teams as a technical leader.
  • Architect, build, and test large-scale production-level code.
  • Solve complex product development problems and adhere to best practices.
  • Understands business objectives and the necessary processes to achieve them.

Requirements

  • Excellent coding habits and attention to detail.
  • Sharp analytical mindset with a knack for solving complex problems.
  • Excels at rapid prototyping, building products from 0 to 1, fast.
  • Strong user empathy and product mindset
  • Ability to solve problems autonomously with a large variety of stakeholders and partners
  • Strong business and product acumen
  • Understanding of LLMs and their limitations
  • Professional level of coding proficiency with one of the following: Ruby, Python, or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript. Must be willing to learn/work with the Ruby on Rails stack.

Nice to Have

  • Experience scaling web applications with an increasing user base into the millions.

Additional Information

  • You don’t need to know our tech stack, but you must be willing and able to learn and apply it quickly!
  • Our space has everything we need—from cozy rooms for 1:1 mentoring and focused work to larger rooms designed for team activities.
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Academia.edu

Research for all. We are on a mission to accelerate research, advance science, and transform the world.

Academia’s mission is to accelerate the world’s research. We believe that science is a transformative lever for technological progress. The platform provides researchers with a way to share papers, collaborate globally, and gain visibility for their work. It supports the open access movement by enabling instant distribution of research and facilitating peer review.

Academia.edu hosts over 50 million academic papers and has over 306 million users. The platform allows academics to create profiles, upload papers, and connect with others in their field. It emphasizes speed and accessibility, helping research reach a wide audience quickly.

The company aims to advance scientific progress by improving how research is shared and discovered. Future goals include building high-impact open access journals, developing the world’s best paper recommendation system, and fostering daily engagement among academics.

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Category fullstack
Posted 6 months ago