Marketplace of live online classes for kids.

Experienced Software Engineer - SEO

Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ years
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About the role

THE COMPANY

Outschool's mission is to inspire kids to love learning. We achieve this by linking learning to kids’ interests, connecting them with other classmates who share their passions, and giving them the autonomy to pick their own paths. Our small group classes meet over live video chat with teachers who celebrate their unique strengths and empower all learners to develop confidence and a strong sense of self.

We're also focused on removing barriers for historically underserved learners who face systemic challenges to their success. In 2020, we started Outschool.org and began offering financial assistance to families in need. We are currently creating an Educator Endowment Fund to appreciate the teachers who are so central to our mission of inspiring kids to love learning.

We believe that diversity drives learning. To meet our mission, we encourage, support, and celebrate different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. As a fully distributed (remote) team, we challenge one another to find the most effective way to empower learners, teachers, and parents. Your name, race, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and age are not barriers; they are why we want to work with you. We invite talented and creative candidates who value the importance of nurturing a child's boundless curiosity to join us on this journey.

The pandemic has been challenging for families all over the globe. We acted quickly and worked together to provide quality resources to learners, parents, and teachers in the past year. As communities worldwide rethink their approach to education, Outschool will continue to innovate and provide kids with unique opportunities to explore their passions.

Earlier this year, Techcrunch recognized Outschool as the newest EdTech unicorn. We've also been named Fast Company’s most innovative EdTech company in the world, and one of the top ten best startups for women from Elpha.

THE ROLE

We are an effective team of fully remote engineers distributed across the US and Canada. Our philosophy is to start small and then intentionally iterate to test our assumptions and learn quickly (we call this Remixing Our Work, one of our cultural values). We're iteratively building up a complex product for a highly engaged audience, getting a lot done by staying focused on the work that matters.

With a strong focus on user growth, Outschool is looking for an engineer that has good hands-on experience building web applications that will help power the discovery, signup and onboarding experience of one the fastest growing education platforms in the world. The ideal candidate will be able to use their deep SEO expertise to make changes that will drive organic traffic as well as build new user experiences to activate and convert users. This engineer, as part of our Growth Pod, will work closely with marketing to identify and prioritize opportunities for increased user acquisition and conversion.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Identify, implement and optimize search traffic growth opportunities
  • Collaborate with a team of engineers, product managers, designers, marketers, content writers, user researchers and product analysts in building top of the funnel user experiences to drive sign ups and convert users
  • Work with the team to conduct in-depth SEO audits by analyzing outputs from reporting tools to uncover issues related to web crawling, performance, etc.
  • Work with product manager, marketing and other non-engineering teams to build and maintain a tracking and reporting system for organic search traffic
  • Work on all levels of the stack from React+HTML+CSS to GraphQL+Node.js+SQL
  • Engage with the team in gathering requirements, day-to-day activities such as daily standups, sprint planning, and retros, and deploying features in production
  • Mentor other engineers on SEO best practices

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

  • 5+ years of industry experience working as an engineer with at least 3+ years of hands-on experience with SEO
  • 3+ years of experience working in modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, etc) and Node based applications
  • 3+ years of experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL
  • 2+ years of experience working with web analytics tool like Google Analytics, SEMRush, Screaming Frog, etc
  • Experience with tag management systems (TMS) like Google Tag Manager and how tag managers collect the tagged data and store it for analysis
  • Experience with SQL for data science analysis and reporting
  • Experience writing APIs with Javascript or Python
  • Track record of ownership of technical projects
  • Experience mentoring others in what you know

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

  • Previous experience in startups
  • Experience with AWS
  • Passion for learning and education
  • Familiar with GraphQL and/or the challenges of scaling a web app
  • Certification in Google Analytics Individual Qualification
  • Past experience working with a Growth team

OUTSCHOOL CARES:

  • Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, and investment plans that make saving for retirement easier.
  • Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage options for employees and their families. Our medical benefits include fertility and family planning coverage. We also provide employees with online access to coaching and therapy sessions through our partner, ModernHealth.
  • PTO & Family Benefits: PTO and family leave enable our team to take the time that we need to recharge, relax, and spend time with family and friends.
  • Fully Distributed: With a team distributed across the US and Canada, we create a remote culture through expensable weekly meals, virtual events, expensable home office setup, and internet allowance.
  • Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets to self-direct our professional development as well as DEI learning. There’s also a budget for employees’ learners to take classes on Outschool!
  • Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to established charities and has committed to donating $3M to Outschool.org non-profit programs.

Outschool is an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience.

Outschool is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to neurodiverse individuals, applicants with physical and mental disabilities, and disabled veterans. For individuals who would like to request an accommodation, please let Recruiting know.

Benefits packages are included for full-time employees only. Full-time employees must be a citizen or legal residents of the U.S. or Canada and reside in U.S. or Canada.

Why you should join Outschool

Outschool is a marketplace of live online classes for kids. Our mission is to inspire kids to love learning. We provide small group classes that meet over live video chat where learners connect with teachers and classmates who share their interests. These classes are offered through our marketplace and conducted on our remote learning platform.

Outschool
Founded:2015
Team Size:140
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Nicholas Grandy
Nicholas Grandy
Founder
Amir Nathoo
Amir Nathoo
Founder