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McGraw Hill

Sr Software Engineer (Full Stack)

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $120K - $150K

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ September 25th, 2025

CI/CD Docker K-12

Edtech.com's Summary

McGraw Hill is hiring a Sr Software Engineer (Full Stack) to design and implement complex software solutions as part of their Learning Tools teams. The role involves leading technical projects, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable, efficient software for educational content used globally across multiple educational segments.

Highlights
  • Lead technical projects and make architectural decisions for digital learning platforms
  • Design and develop scalable, efficient, and maintainable full stack software solutions
  • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define software requirements
  • Implement software engineering best practices including testing, deployment, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across teams
  • 7+ years of software development experience with strong problem-solving and communication skills
  • Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and tools like Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with frontend and backend technologies including Angular, Go, Node.js, RESTful APIs, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis
  • Customer-focused development ensuring quality, stability, and performance of education software products
  • Compensation range from $120,000 to $150,000 annually plus potential bonuses and benefits

Sr Software Engineer (Full Stack) Full Description

Sr Software Engineer (Full Stack)

  • United States
  • Technology
  • Digital Platform Group
  • Remote

Overview

Impact the Moment
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide every day. We design intuitive and effective tools and experiences that maximize teachers’ time and students’ learning. And we do all of this in a supportive and collaborative environment where we work alongside brilliant colleagues, touch lives around the world, see the difference our hard work makes, and continue our paths of lifelong learning

Your Impact on Team
We are looking for an experienced Sr Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join our Learning Tools teams that is a key part of the McGraw Hill’s digital learning platform. This role will involve designing and implementing complex software solutions, leading technical projects, and mentoring junior team members. The services you help develop will provide content used across K-12, Higher Ed, Professional and International segments. Millions of students rely on the content and services every day to achieve their educational goals, which is even more critical in today’s world of hybrid and remote learning.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. Preference will be given to those in the Eastern Time zone.

What You’ll Do:
· Lead technical projects and contribute to architectural decisions
· Design and develop scalable, efficient, and maintainable software solutions
· Contribute to technical documentation and support the testing process
· Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to define requirements
· Implement best practices in coding, testing, and deployment
· Promote engineering best practices within your team to ensure quality, stability, performance, resiliency, and maintainability of your software
· Be a champion of the customer’s voice and ensure our products are built with customer empathy at the forefront
· Share knowledge and practices with other teams

About You:
· 7+ Years of experience in product or enterprise software development
· Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
· Strong understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles
· Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
· Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
· Proven technical abilities in the area of software development, testing, monitoring, performance tuning and deployment pipelines.
· Strong hands-on experience on the full software stack including Frontend, Backend / API, Databases and Infrastructure
· Passion for engineering best practices
· Focus on application quality and testing practices like unit, integration and e2e testing, code coverage analysis and automated software inspection
· Strong sense of customer empathy and a commitment to delighting customers
· Ability to work across functional and domain boundaries to deliver software on time and with quality
· Experience with Angular, Go, Node.js, RESTful Web Services, CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, AWS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis preferred

Why McGraw Hill?
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 $120,000- $150,000 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
 
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