Senior Back End DeveloperWith a work environment that encourages and nurtures creativity, great ideas take flight and become products and services built from the bottom up. Working for Rosetta Stone or Lexia, a Rosetta Stone Company means that your opportunities are limitless.There's an amazing energy here. It's the feeling that we're doing something unique, unexpected, and beneficial, and it permeates everything we do.We are dedicated to helping people change their lives through the power of language and literacy education. Join our passionate, energetic, and international team and add your talents to Who We Are!Position Overview:Our award winning products are changing people's lives. If you are passionate about learning and drawn to our mission, we would like you to join our collaborative, people-first Agile teams in developing the next generation of language learning products. We are curious, and committed to transparent discourse, continuous improvement and quality.If you are engaged, self-driven, take ownership and demonstrate initiative in your day-to-day work; if you have top notch communication and collaboration skills; if you are passionate about quality and automation; if you have a growth mindset, and are excited to learn new technologies or principles you don't currently have experience with - we look forward to talking with you!Core Responsibilities:* Developing and maintaining our back-end infrastructure that supports Authentication, Licensing, Progress and Usage Tracking, Reporting and Administration of Education and Enterprise customers.* Participating in, and driving Architecture discussions focused on Personalized and AI driven learning experiences, as well as internal efforts to simplify our Platform.* Working closely with our Product Owners, Project Managers, UX/UI team and other engineers to analyze new feature requirements, complete research spikes, create and size stories for development* Driving the continuous improvement of our existing codebase by participating in code reviews, refactoring legacy code, and measuring code coverage and performance* Guiding and mentoring junior engineersQualifications:* 7+ years of server-side software development experience* Experience in object-oriented programming, preferably in Java, Ruby and/or JavaScript* Experience designing and developing production-ready APIs with attention to performance, security and caching* Solid understanding of software development principles and best practices* Degree in a STEM field or equivalent industry experienceNice to have:* Expertise in Cloud technologies (AWS preferred)* Experience with Microservices Architecture* Experience with SQL and relational databases (MySQL preferred)* Experience with build and deployment tools and container frameworks* AI/ML experienceWe Are ProductWe create products that make lifelong aspirations a reality. What do customers need to achieve a lifelong goal? What tools and technologies will teach them to speak a new language? What experience can match the joy of reading with a child? We tackle these questions by focusing on the challenges of learning and the triumph of mastering a new skill. Is your imagination up to the task?Who We AreYou'll have the best of all worlds... the opportunity to work with passionate, talented people who are the best in their fields. Rosetta Stone and Lexia full time employees also enjoy a generous vacation policy, outstanding health and financial benefits, and much more. Employee well-being is first and foremost at Rosetta Stone -- we know that professional success depends on personal health and happiness. That's why we empower you with benefits you can use to succeed in every area of your life, including:* Comprehensive health care benefits* 401K with 100% matching up to 4% of salary* Unlimited vacation policy and 9 paid holidays* Legal assistance* Tuition reimbursement* Parking & transit benefits* Caregiver & family support* Adoption assistance* Pet insurance...and much more!At Rosetta Stone we speak, learn, and interact differently, we embrace and thrive on these differences! We deeply benefit from the diversity that each individual has to offer. We are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, ideas and experiences. Rosetta Stone is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.