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We are seeking engineers with a passion for problem solving and optimization. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions, and we are eager to have you join our team. \nThis is a full-time position that requires you to be in our Raleigh, NC, area office. \nWHAT YOU'LL BE DOING\nWork with your team to master a variety of production technology stacks\nTake responsibility for site performance, uptime and scalability \nDevelop and maintain accurate monitoring dashboards, alerting and runbook documentation suited to each product\nIdentify technical problems and develop solutions\nPartner with application engineering teams to understand product needs, and help deliver scalable solutions for our customers\nBuild and propose architecture changes that will make our products more scalable and reliable\nDevelop tooling for deployment and release processes\nWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR\nBachelor's or advanced degree in computer science or a related discipline\n6+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or site reliability experience\nExperience with at least one object oriented programming language like Java, C++, C\nExperience with at least one scripting language like Python, Bash, Perl\nPublic cloud provider experience (AWS or GCP is a plus)\nExperience with containerized cloud solutions utilizing Docker and Kubernetes\nExperience with common service technologies like web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databases\nFluency in observability tools and methodologies\nFlexibility to work with a variety of technologies and legacy systems, balanced against a passion to streamline and modernize\nSkill at troubleshooting problems across the stack, providing both immediate fixes as well as long term solutions\nFlexibility about work hours and being on call\nStrong communication and time management skills\nABOUT IXL LEARNING\nIXL Learning is the country's largest EdTech company. 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