Magpie Literacy

Full-stack Engineer

• Design and build platform capabilities that deliver reliable, high-value features with safety, precision, and user focus.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to create new features and improve existing ones.
• Approach the platform as a product: maintain a clear understanding of customer needs, identify friction points, and take ownership of outcomes with metrics-driven decision making (KPIs, OKRs, and North Star metrics).
• Use data to inform decisions, measure impact, and drive improvements through empirical evidence.
• Take ownership across all phases of development, from design to production, and monitor system performance in live environments.
• Continuously improve the flow of work from idea to production, using data to identify and remove friction.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Build and maintain APIs, and integrate with third-party services.
• Ensure application performance, quality, and responsiveness across platforms.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to maintain high-quality deliverables.
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to their growth.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and help define technical standards and best practices.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and suggest improvements to enhance development processes.

Senior Software Engineer

Product Manager

• Drive end-to-end product development for personalized learning pathways, AI-powered practice, and formative assessments — from shaping vision to delivering live impact in classrooms.
• Deeply embed user research and data insights to inform product strategy and prioritize features that maximize student growth and teacher usability.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, academics, design, data science, and implementation teams to deliver high-quality, joyful student experiences that align with our learning science principles.
• Integrate data, assessment, and efficacy rigor and personalization engines to ensure every learner’s progress is tracked, analyzed, and used to adapt their reading journey.
• Champion a culture of measurement, using clear success criteria, KPIs, and user data to inform decisions and iterate quickly.
• Communicate vision and progress clearly to leadership, funders, and partner organizations, grounding plans in evidence and user stories.

Senior Software Engineer

Principal Product Manager – AI Literacy Platform