Back End Developer, gt.school (Remote) - $100,000/year USD

Crossover is the world's #1 source of full-time remote jobs. Our clients offer top-tier pay for top-tier talent. We're recruiting this role for our client, gt.school. Have you got what it takes?

Are you a software engineer that thrives on complex challenges and is eager to make a real impact? Join our team where you'll be contributing to our strategic product line, that’s looking to reshape industries and change the way people work and learn.

Join us to work on our exciting product portfolio:

TeachTap: Bringing historical figures to life using AI, offering an engaging, TikTok-like learning experience to make learning more relevant and fun.Educational Content Generation: Utilizing the latest in generative AI combined with comprehensive learning materials to create captivating content.TeachTower: A game-based motivation system inspired by popular games like Roblox and Minecraft, designed to make learning irresistibly fun.Coachbot: A learning copilot that integrates with existing apps, guiding learning paths, recommending next steps, and rewarding daily progress.

What we offer:

The opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, including the latest in AWS serverless and no-code/low-code patterns.The opportunity to learn and experiment with using generative AI to boost your productivity.A team of exceptionally talented engineers from around the world as your peers.The chance to work on products that are reshaping industries and making a difference in people's lives.

We're not just using AI as a buzzword. We're at the start of a thrilling journey with generative AI, experimenting and learning to fully leverage its potential and free our engineers from mundane tasks, allowing them to focus on what truly matters: design, decision-making, and understanding the far-reaching implications of different implementation strategies.

Showcase your skills, not just your resume. Take on our challenges: 15-min Cognitive, 90-min Coding, 120-min Technical Decision-Making. Excel and you'll face a decisive interview with our Hiring Manager. More than half walk away with an offer. Ready to unleash your potential? Apply today!

What You Will Be Doing

Developing cloud-native backends and implementing data processing algorithms using the latest serverless cloud patterns, including AWS.Review code to ensure adherence to best practices, team standards, and customer requirements.

What You Won’t Be Doing

Spending time on minor bug fixes or features in outdated codebases.Dealing with tedious infrastructure to keep poorly written products running.Getting stuck in endless meetings discussing roadmaps and priorities or chasing people around.

Basic Requirements

Back End Developer key responsibilities

At least 4 years of experience writing production code for the server side of web applications.At least 2 years of experience being the primary technical contributor for a development team OR software product.At least 1 year of hands-on experience developing using cloud patterns (any cloud vendor).An openness to learn to use generative AI in your day-to-day development work.

Nice-to-have Requirements

Experience in using generative AI in your day-to-day development work.

About Gt.school

GT School is an EdTech Startup that leverages technology, AI, and subject matter experts to cultivate a new way of learning. Our unique approach leverages 50+ years of learning science, cutting-edge data analytics and high-performance coaching. In doing so, we can help students learn more, learn faster, and learn better - and have fun while doing it. We are a remote-first company that hires globally via Crossover.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with Crossover

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.

What to expect next:

You will receive an email with a link to start your self-paced, online job application.Our hiring platform will guide you through a series of online “screening” assessments to check for basic job fit, job-related skills, and finally a few real-world job-specific assignments.

Important! If you do not receive an email from us:

First, emails may take up to 15 minutes to send, refresh and check again.Second, check your spam and junk folders for an email from Crossover.com, mark as “Not Spam” since you will receive other emails as well.Third, we will send to whatever email account you indicated on the Apply form - by default, that is the email address you use as your LinkedIn username and it might be different than the one you have already checked.If all else fails, just reset your password by visiting https://www.crossover.com/auth/password-recovery if you already applied using LinkedIn EasyApply.

Crossover Job Code: LJ-4358-EG-Cairo-BackEndDevelop.001

Key Skills

• AWS
• Java
• SQL
• C#
• Agile