SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - YES PREP SYSTEM OFFICE - IMMEDIATE OPENING
- Employer
- YES Prep Public Schools
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- Salary
- Competitive
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Job Details
Software Developer
POSITION: Software Developer
REPORTS TO: Managing Director of Information Systems/Director of Software Development
POSITION TYPE: 12-month
START DATE: Immediate
COMPENSATION: $68,907-$89,500
THE CHALLENGE
Across the nation, only half of all students from low-income communities graduate from high school and only 10% earn a college degree. Even though 89% of our students are economically disadvantaged, YES Prep provides evidence that different outcomes are possible. Eighty-three (83%) of YES Prep alumni matriculate to college within one year and alumni like Eddie Zapata are earning their college degrees at five times the rate of their peers with similar socioeconomic backgrounds. How do we do this? YES Prep has 21 campuses serving K-12, 19 campuses of those campuses serving 6th-12th graders, like Monique Bowie . The remaining 2 are YES Prep's newest elementary campuses starting in the 20-21 school year, and we will continue adding 2 elementary campuses per year until 2024. This allows us to serve even more families and provide access to a college preparatory mindset from a child's first schooling experience.
Houston is the 4th largest city and our increasing population translates into 2,000 families on YES Prep's waitlist. YES Prep's student enrollment is estimated to grow from 14,500+ students currently, to 23,000 by the 2024 - 2025 school year.
This challenge is magnified when we are serving the communities who are most impacted by the national pandemic of COVID-19. Regardless of the method of learning-virtual, in-person, or a hybrid model-we will "Keep YES Prep Learning," so that our students maximize their potential and educational experience, maintaining college readiness for all students as the bar. At the end of the day, we will work relentlessly to shape our path forward and use current challenges to become a stronger organization.
THE OPPORTUNITY
YES Prep needs a dynamic Software Developer, with a diverse set of experiences to make our mission a reality. As a YES Prep employee, you will achieve jaw-dropping results, create pathways to opportunity for our students, build transformative relationships, and eliminate educational inequities to advance social justice.
To put it simply, you will modernize our integrations, work with new best in breed technologies, and learn from a talented group of individuals bringing technology to the classroom.
THE ROLE
When you join the YES Prep team, some of the exciting work and responsibilities will include:
- Interacting with the Software Development team and other technical leaders to understand subsystem and component specifications;
- Recommending changes to systems and subsystems to facilitate efficient and effective development;
- Interacting with Information Services teams (Information Technology, Data Analytics and Assessment, and Portfolio and Learning Technology);
- Recommending data formats, APIs, and messaging strategies;
- Implementing, writing, and debugging applications and their components;
- Participating in test sessions of components and subsystems on staging and production servers;
- Additional duties as assigned.
THE PERSON
We seek staff with diverse backgrounds, talents, interests, and ideas. Certain traits consistently shine through for our most successful employees: passion for the mission, drive for results, care for students, and resilience. Other traits needed and desired for this role are:
THE MUST HAVES
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year educational institution
- 2-5 years of hands-on experience in software development
- 2-5 years of hands-on experience in SQL Scripts development
- 2+ years working with Microsoft technologies (C#, SSIS, Microsoft SQL Server)
- 2-5 years of hands-on experience in Visual Studio and .Net Framework, Entity Framework, ASP.Net MVC
- 1-2 years of experience with frontend JS technologies (VUE, React, Bootstrap)
- Experience and knowledge with various Agile project management principles including Scrum, Kanban, test-driven development, stories, estimation techniques and Lean Software Development
- Ability to work outside of normal hours and on weekends
- Belief in and commitment to the mission and core value of YES Prep Public Schools
- Openness to giving and receiving frequent feedback
- Ability to maintain emotional control under stress
- Ability to work urgently in a fast-paced and results-oriented environment
- Creates and maintains positive working relationships on a team and/or in a highly collaborative environment
- A dedication to learn, grow, and develop as a professional
THE NICE TO HAVES
- Experience with the K-12 data domain and implementing software solutions in an educational environment
- Experience with providing cloud-based application solutions - Azure experience a plus
- Deep understanding of object-oriented concepts
- Clear understanding of relational databases, stored procedures, tables, indexes, triggers, etc.
- Experience with design patterns, OATH, Active Directory RESTful Web Services, Service Orientation Architecture
- Experience with LINQ
THE PERKS
- Compensation -This position is an exempt, salaried position; salary offers commensurate with experience.
- Health and Supplemental Insurance- A $10 monthly medical option that includes $600 towards a Health Savings Account, in addition to a variety of supplemental benefits including Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, etc. Employees must work 20+ hours a week to be eligible for a full spectrum of benefits, and 10 hours a week minimum for medical benefits.
- Retirement Plans- Participation in Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a 457 Retirement Plan.
- Paid Time Off- 15 days of Paid Time Off in addition to the system closures of our Academic Calendar for all regularly scheduled employees working 20+ hours a week.
- Paid Leave Programming- In the event you need to be out due to medical needs (including maternity and paternity leave), YES Prep offers paid leave, paid out at 100%, based on eligibility and tenure.
- Professional Development - YES Prep values longevity and performance over time. We invest in developing leaders through high-quality programs, effective coaching, and ongoing professional development.
- Award Winning Culture -The strong cultures of our campuses and Home Office are just one of many reasons we were named Houston's Best Place to work in 2018 and 2019. We won the 2012 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education and were a 2016 finalist as well.
WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO EQUITY & DIVERSITY
YES Prep strives to recruit a diverse team of leaders. We believe there is a transformative academic and social benefit for students when their teachers and leaders reflect a diversity of backgrounds. Ninety-five percent (95%) of staff members agree that the organization provides a welcoming environment given their background and identity according to our latest system survey.
YES Prep is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood.
THE NEXT STEPS
If this sounds like your just right job, apply today!
If you are not sure this opportunity is for you, are simply curious, or know someone who would be perfect, please reach out to our Talent team to be connected to a recruiter by filling out this form .
Type : EXTERNAL
Location : TECH INFRASTRUCTURE
Job Family : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Posting Start : 02/26/2021
Posting End : 12/31/9999
Company
WHO WE ARE For over twenty years, YES Prep Public Schools has redefined what is possible in public education. With 14,100 college-bound students across 19 campuses, we are a system of high-performing public charter schools proving that students from underserved communities can achieve at the highest academic levels. Our exceptional results demonstrate that better outcomes are not only possible, but also probable, when school systems build a culture of high expectations, and create effective support systems to ensure that student achievement is at the forefront of every decision made.
MISSION YES Prep Public Schools will increase the number of students from underserved communities who graduate from college prepared to lead.
VISION Every child in Houston will have equitable access to a public school that delivers a college-ready education.
OUR CORE VALUES
Grow Authentic Leaders
Eliminate Educational Inequity to Advance Social Justice
Achieve Jaw-Dropping Results
Build Transformative Relationships
Create Pathways to Opportunity
Our focus at YES Prep is to prepare thousands of underserved students in Houston to be college ready, thereby transforming the city’s educational landscape. As such, all YES Prep students are expected to embody and demonstrate the YES Prep core values through their actions, their work, and their relationships.
WHY WE EXIST Across the nation, only half of all students from low-income communities graduate from high school and only 10% earn a college degree. Over the long term, these statistics damage our economy and prevent the next generation of leaders from emerging. In a country where a child’s zip code often determines their life trajectory, YES Prep provides evidence that different outcomes are possible when students are given access to high-quality educational opportunities. At YES Prep, we believe that every student, regardless of race or socioeconomic status, deserves the opportunity to receive a world-class education.
OUR CHARTER SCHOOL STATUS Charter schools are public schools intended as champions for education innovation. Charter schools are free from some of the regulations and red tape of traditional public schools. While we are a public school, some of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools do not apply to us. We do not have contracts for teachers, we are not required to provide duty free lunches to our teachers, and we can set our own academic calendar and hours of operation, providing more learning time for our students and subject to the Texas Education Agency. In Texas, charter schools receive state funding, but must raise funds privately to account for resources not funded by the government.
Along with this freedom comes a heightened sense of expectations for our staff and our students. Our mission is only possible if we hold ourselves, each other, and each of our students to the highest standards of performance and behavior.
- Telephone
- 2162883620
- Location
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5515 South Loop East, Suite B
Houston
Texas
77033
US
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