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McGraw Hill
Sr Software Engineer, Frontend
AWS
React
GraphQL
Edtech.com's Summary
McGraw Hill is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend to build and improve Sharpen, one of its most innovative learning products, supporting AI-driven web experiences, instructor courseware, and related digital platforms. The role leads complex front-end initiatives, shapes front-end architecture, mentors engineers, and works closely with engineering, product, design, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure, accessible user experiences. It’s a full-time, remote position with an annual salary of $110,000 to $160,000.
Highlights
- Designs, develops, tests, and maintains user-facing web applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
- Builds reusable, accessible, responsive, and performant UI components
- Integrates front-end applications with GraphQL and REST APIs, including Apollo Client and schema-driven development
- Leads complex front-end initiatives and contributes to shared component libraries and architecture
- Collaborates across product, design, backend, mobile, platform, and data teams, influencing technical decisions
- Writes automated tests using Playwright and champions accessibility, performance, security, and reliability
- Works with cloud/AWS services such as CloudFront, S3, ECR, EKS, and serverless compute
- Builds AI-driven user experiences and uses AI-assisted development workflows
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science (or equivalent experience) plus 8+ years of professional front-end development experience
- Prefers experience in a SOX- and/or SOC 2-compliant environment, plus AWS certification and EdTech background
Sr Software Engineer, Frontend Full Description
Your role:
As a senior front-end software engineer on Sharpen, you will build and improve one of McGraw Hill's most innovative learning products, supporting AI-driven web experiences, instructor courseware, and related digital platforms. You will work with engineering, product, design, and platform teams to deliver scalable, reliable, secure, accessible, and engaging user experiences, lead complex technical initiatives, shape front-end architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver solutions across teams.
What You'll Do:
- Designs, develops, tests, and maintains user-facing web applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
- Builds reusable, accessible, responsive, and performant UI components
- Integrates front-end applications with GraphQL and REST APIs, working with schemas, generated types, queries, mutations, and subscriptions
- Leads complex front-end initiatives and contributes to shared component libraries and architecture
- Collaborates with product, design, backend, mobile, platform, and data teams; influences technical decisions across teams
- Participates in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical planning
- Writes automated tests and champions quality, accessibility, performance, security, and reliability
- Troubleshoots production issues and implements durable solutions
- Follows compliance, auditability, and change-management practices
- Mentors engineers and contributes to continuous improvement, using automation and AI-assisted tools where appropriate
What We Value / What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including designing, building, and supporting production front-end applications
- Advanced proficiency with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and Next.js
- Strong experience developing component-based UIs and design systems
- Experience integrating front-end applications with GraphQL and REST APIs, including Apollo Client and schema-driven development
- Experience building AI-driven user experiences or using AI-assisted development workflows
- Proven ability to lead complex front-end initiatives and influence application architecture
- Experience with automated testing, Git workflows, continuous integration, and Playwright
- Strong understanding of web accessibility (WCAG), responsive design, performance, security, and observability
- Experience with cloud/AWS services like CloudFront, S3, ECR, EKS, and serverless compute
- Experience in a SOX- and/or SOC 2-compliant environment is preferred
Bonus Points:
- Experience in EdTech or digital learning platforms
- AWS Certification
- Experience working in a TypeScript monorepo
- Experience with headless CMS platforms or media-rich applications
- Familiarity with LaunchDarkly, Okta, analytics, or observability platforms
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