Senior Software Engineer, Programmer, Web Developer in New Orleans

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:56:17 GMT

Kickboard is the world's most innovative data-management application for classrooms.

Think of what Trac/Jira/FogBugz did for software development, except that instead of documenting bugs and managing tickets, teachers use Kickboard to keep track of student grades, skill mastery, behavior, and family communication in order to make smarter instructional decisions.

Our talented development team is growing - we are looking for a senior engineer who is versatile, experienced, and interested in working in a small company atmosphere with a focus on collaboration and continuous improvement.

Kickboard is the flagship web application built by Drop the Chalk, Inc. The company founder and CEO is a software engineer and computer scientist who spent several years as a middle and high school teacher, where the need for Kickboard was discovered through first-hand experience.

This means that engineers who have a passion for designing highly useful products are very welcome at Kickboard. Our goal, and your goal as senior software engineer, is to design elegant, powerful, and reliable software to get teachers to abandon legacy student information systems and incorporate modern data analysis into classroom instruction with Kickboard.

Kickboard is a venture-backed startup with investors and advisors who are veterans of the ed-tech industry.

We have been the recipient of numerous awards including the Tulane New Day Challenge, Domain Companies Challenge, Idea Village Challege, MassChallenge Finalist, Unreasonable Institute Finalist, Echoing Green finalist, and First Growth Venture Network.

We are located in the Central Business District of New Orleans in a vibrant walkable section of town close to restaurants, coffee shops and bars. Our developers take an active role in growing the hacker community here as organizers and members of several meetups and tech events.

Job Description
You’ll enjoy the freedom to innovate and have your work seen by thousands of (paying!) customers. We use an agile development methodology and take customer feedback seriously.

You will own the back-end infrastructure and ensure its reliability and scalability as we grow. You'll take the lead on solving hard problems: designing and optimizing a predictive analytics engine, efficient data caching and data visualization, writing a domain specific language are just a few of our current toughest problems.

The server side application is written in PHP using Zend Framework, with plenty of Javascript, jQuery, and AJAX on the client side. Ability to design and understand database schema diagrams and write SQL code is a must. Appreciation for UI/UX detail is critical - you'll work closely with talented front end designers.

To get hired, you’ll need professional experience and solid references. We protect our culture and team and will only consider people who will prosper in this environment. Working in our New Orleans office is a requirement - face-to-face team meetings and "user observation field trips" to customer schools are the main reasons why we are able to iterate so quickly.

Application Procedure
Before applying, please request a demo account by emailing kickboard@dropthechalk.com and explore the application. If you meet the outlined requirements and are interested in the position, please send the following to jobs@dropthechalk.com:

1. Cover letter (as body of the email) that discusses your most important skills that match this job description.
2. Resume (as attachment to email)
3. Put “Engineer” in the subject line of your email (otherwise your application may get lost)

Drop the Chalk, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Software Engineer in New Orleans

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:07 GMT

If you believe…

technology can be used to dramatically improve education,
all children deserve an excellent education, regardless of their background,
software development can be more than just writing lines of code,
…This is an exciting and rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a company that is transforming the education industry.

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Director of Growth Strategy and Business Development in New Orleans

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:58:57 GMT

If you believe…
Technology can be used to dramatically improve our education system.
All children deserve an excellent education, regardless of their background.

And if you’re the type of person who gets fired up about problems worth solving...
Get in on the ground floor of a company that is transforming the education industry by empowering teachers with tools to measure their immediate impact in the classroom.

In our first year, we have acquired 15 clients in New Orleans, and we need an energetic and ambitious sales guru to start selling Drop the Chalk to schools nationwide. You’ll be joining the management team, in charge of the most important part of the start-up: building a network of happy, paying customers.

The Role:
The “right” person for this job is someone excited about taking ownership of the entire sales process. You will be in charge of finding leads, generating demand for the product, shaping marketing materials, giving pitches, and, most importantly, closing deals.

Our targets are public charter schools, traditional K-12 public school districts, and private schools. We’re looking for someone with experience selling to those sectors.

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