McGraw Hill
Sr Software Engineer
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $130K - $135K
💻 Software Engineering
🗓️ November 11th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Design, develop, and maintain mission-critical web applications and learning tools.
- Manage end-to-end delivery including discovery, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create scalable and iterative technical roadmaps.
- Shape system architecture and improve development lifecycle using infrastructure-as-code and monitoring-as-code.
- Champion engineering best practices ensuring quality, performance, security, resiliency, and maintainability.
- Build observability using New Relic, define service-level objectives, and drive operational excellence.
- Mentor peers and foster a culture of ownership.
- Requires over 10 years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Advanced proficiency in C# (.NET Core) including async/await, LINQ, dependency injection, and Entity Framework Core.
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, OOP, SOLID principles, design patterns, microservices, message queuing systems (e.g., MassTransit or SQS), relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL), Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Proficient in application performance monitoring tools such as New Relic with experience in custom metrics, SLOs, alerts, and incident response.
- Compensation range between $130,000 and $135,000 annually plus possible bonus and benefits package.
- This is a remote position open to U.S. authorized workers.
Sr Software Engineer Full Description
Overview
Build the Future:
At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.
How can you make an impact?
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help strengthen and evolve McGraw Hill's SIMnet, a premier course management and learning solution that empowers students to reach their full potential. You'll focus on improving automation, team efficiency, and development velocity as we build new features and expand the SIMnet brand. Leveraging your analytical expertise and technical acumen, you'll contribute to a forward-thinking product vision that energizes your teammates and delivers exceptional experiences for learners.
At McGraw Hill, we're proud to inspire learners around the world through innovation and collaboration. If you bring curiosity and a passion for impact, you'll find a supportive environment where your ideas are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your work helps shape the future of digital education.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.
What You'll Do:
- Design, develop, and maintain high-throughput, mission-critical web applications and learning tools used globally by students and educators.
- Own end-to-end delivery, including discovery, technical design, development, automated testing, deployment, and production support.
- Partner with product and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable, iterative solutions and technical roadmaps.
- Shape system architecture and development standards while improving the SDLC through infrastructure-as-code and monitoring-as-code practices.
- Champion engineering best practices to ensure product quality, performance, security, resiliency, and maintainability.
- Build actionable observability in New Relic, define SLOs, and drive operational excellence while mentoring peers and fostering a culture of ownership.
What You Bring:
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise or product software development with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Advanced proficiency in C# (.NET Core), including async/await, LINQ, dependency injection, and Entity Framework Core for complex queries, performance tuning, and DbContext configuration.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API design, object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, design patterns, microservices architecture, andmessage queuing systems such as MassTransit or SQS.
- Skilled in relational database design and SQL optimization (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL), with hands-on experience using Docker, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Proficient in application performance monitoringusing New Relic or similar tools, including creating custom metrics, defining SLOs, and implementing alerts and incident response.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communicationskills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Why work for us?
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.
The pay range for this position is between $130,000-$135,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a "@mheducation.com" email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.
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