Embrace® Special Education Software
Description
Who We Are:
Embrace® provides software solutions to over 1,100 school districts across eight states, enabling educators to spend less time on paperwork, and more time where it matters - in the classroom. We are committed to providing high quality, easy-to-use software for managing IEP and 504 plans, documenting intervention plans, monitoring services and reimbursement, and evaluating staff.
Summary: Embrace is looking for a Junior Software Developer to join our agile software development team. In this role, you will collaborate with other developers to maintain and expand our web application. Part of these responsibilities include writing and debugging code, so we are looking for applicants familiar with PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. You must have excellent problem solving skills, be self-motivated, and flexible. This position offers the ability to learn from senior members of the team and advance your career with a growing company.
Job Responsibilities:
Work on fixing minor bugs
Work on creating system forms
Work on feature development projects
Maintain documentation
Attend daily/weekly developer meetings
Collaborate with other developers to design, build, and maintain applications
Use JIRA to prioritize and plan daily/ weekly workload
Job Requirements:
1+ years experience writing code in PHP, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
1+ years experience using SQL to update and retrieve data
Excellent online communication skills
Able to work independently, as part of a team, or under direction of management
Beneficial, but not Required:
Experience with git or SVN version control
Experience working with object oriented programming and ORM?s
Experience with AWS products
Experience with twitter bootstrap or other grid based layouts
Familiarity with MVC frameworks
Familiarity with JIRA
Embrace Benefits:
100% company paid health, vision, dental, and disability insurance for employee
401k with 4% employer-contribution
Monthly internet stipend
Generous PTO with yearly roll over of unused days
Remote work environment
Company provided equipment
